Swimming at the 1955 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 1955 Pan American Games took place on 23 March.[1][2] The last Pan American Games champion was Allen Stack of US.[3][4][5][6][7][8]
Venue-
DatesMarch 23 (preliminaries and finals)
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This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.[9]
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 23.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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 | Frank McKinney |  United States | 1:07.1 | = GR |
 | Pedro Galvão |  Argentina | 1:07.8 | |
 | Leonide Baarcke | United States | 1:07.9 | |
| 4 | João Gonçalves Filho |  Brazil | 1:08.3 | |
| 5 | Ted Simpson |  Canada | 1:08.9 | |
| 6 | Clemente Mejía |  Mexico | 1:10.3 | |
| 7 | Peter Witteried | United States | 1:10.3 | |
| 8 | - | - | - |