| Men's 100 metre freestyle at the 1983 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. The last Pan American Games champion was David McCagg of US.
This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in freestyle.
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.
| 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.
| 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
- ^ "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". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
- 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
| Pan American Champions in Men's 100 m freestyle | |
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