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Swimming at the 1959 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke

Men's 100 metre backstroke at the III Pan American Games
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Venue -
Dates September 1 (preliminaries), September 3 (finals)
Medalists
Gold medal    United States
Silver medal    United States
Bronze medal    United States
«1955
1963»

The men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 1 September (preliminaires) and 3 September (finals). The last Pan American Games champion was Frank McKinney of US.

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.

All times are in minutes and seconds.

The first round was held on September 1.

The final was held on September 3.


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