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

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 Rodolfo Falcón  Cuba
Silver medal Alexandre Massura  Brazil
Bronze medal Matt Allen  United States
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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]

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

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 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

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

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

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Rodolfo Falcón  Cuba 54.93
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alexandre Massura  Brazil 55.17 SA
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

  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