Swimming at the 1951 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke
International sporting event
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The men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1951 Pan American Games took place on the 5th March.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Venue-
DatesMarch 5 (preliminaries and finals)
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The race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.[8]
Results
All times are in minutes and seconds.
| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | GR | Games record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
Heats
Final
The final was held on March 5.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Allen Stack |  United States | 1:08.0 | |
 | Pedro Galvão |  Argentina | 1:08.3 | |
 | Burwell Jones | United States | 1:09.8 | |
| 4 | Clementi Mejas |  Chile | - | |
| 5 | Ilo da Fonseca |  Brazil | - | |
| 6 | Fernando Pavan | Brazil | - | |
| 7 | - | - | - | |
| 8 | - | - | - |