Swimming at the 1999 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke
| Men's 100 metre backstroke at the 1999 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Pan Am Pool | |||||||||
| Dates | August 6 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
| Competitors | - from - nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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«1995 2003» | ||||||||||
The men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1999 Pan American Games took place on 6 August at the Pan Am Pool.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Jeff Rouse of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.[8]
It was the first time a non-American won this event at the Pan American Games.
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 6.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rodolfo Falcón |  Cuba |
55.06 | Q |
| 2 | - | - | - | Q |
| 3 | Matt Allen |  United States |
56.17 | Q |
| 4 | - | - | - | Q |
| 5 | - | - | - | Q |
| 6 | Justin Ewers | United States |
56.38 | Q |
| 7 | - | - | - | Q |
| 8 | - | - | - | Q |
B Final
The B final was held on August 6.[9]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Leonardo Costa |  Brazil |
56.28 | |
| 10 | Nick Neckles |  Barbados |
58.42 | |
| 11 | Diego Gallo |  Uruguay |
59.00 | |
| 12 | Mike Fung-A-Wing |  Suriname |
59.50 | |
| 13 | Nicholas Rees |  Bahamas |
1:00.22 | |
| 14 | E.A. Gil |  El Salvador |
1:01.00 | |
| 15 | Carlos Prudencio |  Bolivia |
1:01.97 | |
| 16 | O.E. Rivas |  Paraguay |
1:02.69 |
A Final
The A final was held on August 6.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Rodolfo Falcón | Cuba |
54.93 | |
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Alexandre Massura | Brazil |
55.17 | SA |
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Matt Allen | United States |
55.86 | |
| 4 | Neisser Bent | Cuba |
56.00 | |
| 5 | Mark Versfeld | .svg.png){kind=small} Canada |
56.11 | |
| 6 | Dustin Hersee | Canada |
56.23 | |
| 7 | Justin Ewers | United States |
56.38 | |
| 8 | Ricardo Busquets |  Puerto Rico |
56.68 |
References
- ^ a b c "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
- ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
- ^ Hickosports Results
- ^ All Pan medalists - Male
- ^ "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-11-09.
- ^ 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" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- ^ 1999 Full results by Swimnews