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

Men's 100 metre freestyle at the XI Pan American Games
Venue -
Dates August 14 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors - from - nations
Medalists
 Gustavo Borges  Brazil
 Joel Thomas  United States
 Rodrigo González  Mexico
«1987
1995»

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

Final

The final was held on August 14.[1]

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

References

  1. 1 2 "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  2. ↑ Hickoksports
  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
  8. ↑ Swimming technical manual
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