Swimming at the 1983 Pan American Games

The Swimming Tournament at the 1983 Pan American Games took place in Caracas, Venezuela from August 17 to August 22, 1983.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Three world records were broken at this edition of the Games, all by U.S. swimmers.

Men’s events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle details	Rowdy Gaines (USA)	50.38	Fernando Cañales (PUR)	50.43	Alberto Mestre (VEN)	51.09
200 m freestyle details	Bruce Hayes (USA)	1:49.89	Alberto Mestre (VEN)	1:50.36	Rowdy Gaines (USA)	1:51.27
400 m freestyle details	Bruce Hayes (USA)	3:53.17	Matt Cetlinski (USA)	3:53.51	Marcelo Jucá (BRA)	3:55.66
1500 m freestyle details	Jeff Kostoff (USA)	15:30.67	Marcelo Jucá (BRA)	15:33.01	Carlos Scanavino (URU)	15:36.07

100 m backstroke details	Rick Carey (USA)	55.19 WR	(USA)	56.90	Mike West (CAN)	57.20
200 m backstroke details	Rick Carey (USA)	1:59.34	Ricardo Prado (BRA)	2:02.85	Mike West (CAN)	2:03.11

100 m breaststroke details	Steve Lundquist (USA)	1:02.28 WR	John Moffet (USA)	1:02.36	Pablo Restrepo (COL)	1:03.89
200 m breaststroke details	Steve Lundquist (USA)	2:19.31	Pablo Restrepo (COL)	2:20.21	Doug Soltis (USA)	2:20.89

100 m butterfly details	Matt Gribble (USA)	54.25	Pablo Morales (USA)	54.62	Rafael Vidal (VEN)	54.72
200 m butterfly details	Craig Beardsley (USA)	1:58.85	Ricardo Prado (BRA)	1:59.00	Rafael Vidal (VEN)	1:59.17

200 m individual medley details	Ricardo Prado (BRA)	2:04.51	Bill Barrett (USA)	2:04.90	Steve Lundquist (USA)	2:06.36
400 m individual medley details	Ricardo Prado (BRA)	4:21.43	Jeff Kostoff (USA)	4:27.99	Mike O'Brien (USA)	4:30.45

4 × 100 m freestyle relay details	UNITED STATES Robin Leamy Matt Gribble Chris Cavanaugh Rowdy Gaines	3:21.41	BRAZIL Ronald Menezes Jorge Fernandes Djan Madruga Cyro Delgado	3:27.59	VENEZUELA Jean François Rafael Vidal Alberto Mestre	3:29.06
4 × 200 m freestyle relay details	UNITED STATES David Larson Richard Saeger Bruce Hayes Rowdy Gaines	7:23.63	BRAZIL Djan Madruga Marcelo Jucá Cyro Delgado Jorge Fernandes	7:32.78	VENEZUELA Jean François Rafael Vidal Alberto Mestre	7:33.82
4 × 100 m medley relay details	UNITED STATES Rick Carey Steve Lundquist Matt Gribble Rowdy Gaines	3:40.42 WR	CANADA Mike West Marco Veilleux Tom Ponting David Churchill	3:48.10	VENEZUELA Giovanni Frigo Glen Sochasky Rafael Vidal Alberto Mestre	3:50.52

Women’s events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle details	Carrie Steinseifer (USA)	56.92	Jane Kerr (CAN)	57.51	Kathy Bald (CAN)	57.76
200 m freestyle details	Cynthia Woodhead (USA)	2:01.33	Mary Wayte (USA)	2:02.21	Julie Daigneault (CAN)	2:02.36
400 m freestyle details	Tiffany Cohen (USA)	4:12.27	Cynthia Woodhead (USA)	4:14.07	Julie Daigneault (CAN)	4:19.91
800 m freestyle details	Tiffany Cohen (USA)	8:35.42	Marybeth Linzmeier (USA)	8:41.26	Julie Daigneault (CAN)	8:59.52

100 m backstroke details	Susan Walsh (USA)	1:02.48	Joan Pennington (USA)	1:03.63	(CAN)	1:05.38
200 m backstroke details	Amy White (USA)	2:15.66	Susan Walsh (USA)	2:15.94	(CAN)	2:18.93

100 m breaststroke details	Anne Ottenbrite (CAN)	1:10.63	Kathy Bald (CAN)	1:11.98	Kim Rhodenbaugh (USA)	1:12.16
200 m breaststroke details	Kathy Bald (CAN)	2:35.53	Susan Rapp (USA)	2:37.91	Kim Rhodenbaugh (USA)	2:39.03

100 m butterfly details	(USA)	1:01.14	Michelle MacPherson (CAN)	1:01.63	(USA)	1:01.96
200 m butterfly details	Mary T. Meagher (USA)	2:10.06	Tracy Caulkins (USA)	2:14.15	Marie Moore (CAN)	2:14.51

200 m individual medley details	Tracy Caulkins (USA)	2:16.22	Michelle MacPherson (CAN)	2:18.22	Susan Rapp (USA)	2:18.76
400 m individual medley details	Tracy Caulkins (USA)	4:51.82	(USA)	4:54.11	Michelle MacPherson (CAN)	4:54.86

4 × 100 m freestyle relay details	UNITED STATES Jill Sterkel Dara Torres Mary Wayte Carrie Steinseifer	3:46.46	CANADA Carol Klimpel Kathy Bald Pamela Rai Jane Kerr	3:49.49	MEXICO Patricia Kohlmann Rosa Fuentes Irma Huerta Teresa Rivera	4:00.43
4 × 100 m medley relay details	UNITED STATES Susan Walsh Kim Rhodenbaugh Carrie Steinseifer	4:12.99	CANADA Anne Ottenbrite Michelle MacPherson Jane Kerr	4:13.84	MEXICO Teresa Rivera Patricia Kohlmann	4:30.72

Medal table[]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	25	14	8	47
2	Canada	2	7	10	19
3	Brazil	2	5	1	8
4	Venezuela	0	1	6	7
5	Colombia	0	1	1	2
6	Puerto Rico	0	1	0	1
7	Mexico	0	0	2	2
8	Uruguay	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 nations)		29	29	29	87

References[]

^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Brazil medals at 1983 Pan". UOL (in Portuguese). 2007. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
^ Odir Cunha (2007). Heróis da América - História Completa dos Jogos Pan-Americanos. . ISBN 8576652803.

[1] ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine

[2] "Brazil medals at 1983 Pan". UOL (in Portuguese). 2007. Retrieved October 15, 2013.

[3] Odir Cunha (2007). Heróis da América - História Completa dos Jogos Pan-Americanos. . ISBN 8576652803.

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Swimming at the 1983 Pan American Games

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200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
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Breaststroke
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Butterfly
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Individual medley
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400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
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