Swimming at the 1951 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke

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]}

Men's 100 metre backstroke at the 1951 Pan American Games
Venue	-
Dates	March 5 (preliminaries and finals)
Medalists
Allen Stack   United States   Pedro Galvão   Argentina   Burwell Jones   United States
«- 1955»

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	-	-	-