Swimming at the 1991 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre freestyle

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Men's 100 metre freestyle at the XI Pan American Games
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Venue-
DatesAugust 14 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal Gustavo Borges  Brazil
Silver medal Joel Thomas  United States
Bronze medal Rodrigo González  Mexico
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The men's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1991 Pan American Games took place on 14 August.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

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

It was the first time that the U.S. lost the gold medal in the men's 100 meter freestyle, after 10 straight titles. This feat fitted Gustavo Borges, who went on to win four Olympic medals after this.

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[]

Final[]

The final was held on August 14.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gustavo Borges  Brazil 49.48 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Joel Thomas  United States 50.55
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Rodrigo González  Mexico 51.25
4 Ricardo Busquets  Puerto Rico 51.28
5  United States 51.37
6 Emanuel Nascimento  Brazil 51.63
7 Giovanni Linscheer  Suriname 51.71
8 Stephen Vandermeulen  Canada 52.10

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  2. ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
  3. ^ Hickosports Results
  4. ^ All Pan medalists - Male
  5. ^ All Pan medalists - Female
  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 2010-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
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