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Swimming at the 1983 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre freestyle

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Men's 100 metre freestyle at the 1983 Pan American Games
Venue-
DatesAugust 19 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   Puerto Rico
Bronze medal   Venezuela
«1979
1987»

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

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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

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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
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Final

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The final was held on August 19.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Rowdy Gaines  United States 50.38
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Fernando Cañales  Puerto Rico 50.43 AR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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  1. ^ a b c "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  2. ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
  3. ^ Hickosports Results
  4. ^ All Pan medalists - Male
  5. ^ "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
  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 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine