Swimming at the 1983 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre freestyle
| Men's 100 metre freestyle at the IX Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | - | |||||||||
| Dates | August 19 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
| Competitors | - from - nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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«1979 1987» | ||||||||||
| Swimming at the 1983 Pan American Games | ||
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| Freestyle | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| 4×200 m | men | |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
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: | 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 19.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rowdy Gaines |  United States |
50.09 | Q, GR |
| - | Alberto Mestre |  Venezuela |
50.95 | Q, SA |
| - | - | - | - | Q |
| - | - | - | - | Q |
| - | - | - | - | Q |
| - | - | - | - | Q |
| - | - | - | - | Q |
| - | - | - | - | Q |
Final[]
The final was held on August 19.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Rowdy Gaines | United States |
50.38 | |
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Fernando Cañales |  Puerto Rico |
50.43 | AR |
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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[]
- ^ a b c "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
- ^ Hickosports Results
- ^ All Pan medalists - Male
- ^ All Pan medalists - Female
- ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
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