Swimming at the 1999 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke

The men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1999 Pan American Games took place on 6 August at the Pan Am Pool.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Jeff Rouse of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Men's 100 metre backstroke at the 1999 Pan American Games
VenuePan Am Pool
DatesAugust 6 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal   Cuba
Silver medal   Brazil
Bronze medal   United States
«1995
2003»

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.[8]

It was the first time a non-American won this event at the Pan American Games.

Results

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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

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The first round was held on August 6.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Rodolfo Falcón   Cuba 55.06 Q
2 - - - Q
3 Matt Allen   United States 56.17 Q
4 - - - Q
5 - - - Q
6 Justin Ewers   United States 56.38 Q
7 - - - Q
8 - - - Q

B Final

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The B final was held on August 6.[9]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
9 Leonardo Costa   Brazil 56.28
10 Nick Neckles   Barbados 58.42
11 Diego Gallo   Uruguay 59.00
12 Mike Fung-A-Wing   Suriname 59.50
13 Nicholas Rees   Bahamas 1:00.22
14 E.A. Gil   El Salvador 1:01.00
15 Carlos Prudencio   Bolivia 1:01.97
16 O.E. Rivas   Paraguay 1:02.69

A Final

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The A final was held on August 6.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Rodolfo Falcón   Cuba 54.93
  Alexandre Massura   Brazil 55.17 SA
  Matt Allen   United States 55.86
4 Neisser Bent   Cuba 56.00
5 Mark Versfeld   Canada 56.11
6 Dustin Hersee   Canada 56.23
7 Justin Ewers   United States 56.38
8 Ricardo Busquets   Puerto Rico 56.68

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  2. ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
  3. ^ Hickosports Results
  4. ^ All Pan medalists - Male
  5. ^ "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-11-09.
  6. ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
  7. ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  9. ^ 1999 Full results by Swimnews