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

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]

Men's 100 metre freestyle at the IX Pan American Games
Venue	-
Dates	August 19 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	- from - nations
Medalists
Rowdy Gaines   United States   Fernando Cañales   Puerto Rico   Alberto Mestre   Venezuela
«1979 1987»

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

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.[1]

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.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Rowdy Gaines	United States	50.38
	Fernando Cañales	Puerto Rico	50.43	AR
	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

1. "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
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