Swimming at the 1959 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre freestyle
The men's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 31 August and 2 September. The last Pan American Games champion was Clarke Scholes of US.
This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in freestyle.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
The first round was held on August 31.
Final
The final was held on September 2.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| Jeffrey Farrell | | 56.3 | GR |
| Elton Follett | | 57.2 | |
| Bill Woolsey | | 57.6 | |
| 4 | Manuel dos Santos | | 58.2 | |
| 5 | Cameron Grout | | - | |
| 6 | Thomas Verth | | - | |
| 7 | Francisco Carioba | | 59.6 | |
| 8 | Jorge Escalante | | - | |
