Swimming at the 1983 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre freestyle

Men's 100 metre freestyle at the IX Pan American Games
Venue -
Dates August 19 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors - from - nations
Medalists
   United States
   Puerto Rico
   Venezuela
«1979
1987»

The men's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1983 Pan American Games took place on 19 August.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was David McCagg of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in freestyle.[8]

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified GRGames record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on August 19.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Rowdy Gaines  United States 50.09 Q, GR
- Alberto Mestre  Venezuela 50.95 Q, SA
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Final

The final was held on August 19.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Rowdy Gaines  United States 50.38
2nd, silver medalist(s) Fernando Cañales  Puerto Rico 50.43 AR
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Alberto Mestre  Venezuela 51.09
4 Chris Cavanaugh  United States 51.17
5 Cyro Delgado  Brazil 52.09
6 Jorge Fernandes  Brazil 52.52
7 Dave Churchill  Canada 52.57
8 Antonio Portela  Puerto Rico 52.96

References

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