Swimming at the 2003 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke

The Men's 100m Backstroke event at the 2003 Pan American Games took place on August 16, 2003 (day 15 of the Games).

Medalists

Gold	Peter Marshall  United States
Silver	George Bovell  Trinidad and Tobago
Bronze	Jayme Cramer  United States

Records

World Record	Lenny Krayzelburg (USA)	53.60	1999-08-24	Sydney, Australia
Pan Am Record	Jeff Rouse (USA)	54.74	1995-03-16	Mar del Plata, Argentina

Results

Place	Swimmer	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time
1	Peter Marshall (USA)	55.96	1	55.52
2	George Bovell (TRI)	57.41	7	55.81
3	Jayme Cramer (USA)	56.07	2	55.88
4	Sean Sepulis (CAN)	56.53	3	56.35
5	Eduardo Otero (ARG)	56.82	4	56.36
6	Neisser Bent (CUB)	57.23	6	56.68
7	Paulo Machado (BRA)	57.05	5	57.21
8	George Gleason (ISV)	57.58 [1]	8	57.73
9	Rogério Romero (BRA)	57.58 [1]	8	57.30
10	Nick Neckles (BAR)	57.69	10	57.90
11	Juan Rodela (MEX)	58.12	11	58.35
12	Nicolas Bovell (TRI)	58.69	14	58.85
13	Christophe Vythoulkas (BAH)	59.45	16	59.09
14	Diego Urreta (MEX)	58.62	12	59.11
15	Andrew MacKay (CAY)	59.05	15	59.40
16	Tobias Oriwol (CAN)	58.68	13	59.77
17	Carlos Prudencio (BOL)	1:00.69	17
18	Guillermo Cabrera (DOM)	1:00.96	18
19	Chris Backhaus (DOM)	1:01.36	19

Notes

1. George Gleason (57.13 NR) defeated Rogério Romero (57.20) in a swim-off to qualify for the A-Final

References

• usaswimming
• 2003 Pan American Games Results: Day 15, CBC online; retrieved 2009-06-13.
• swimmers-world
• Records
• SwimNews Results