| 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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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. The last Pan American Games champion was Jeff Rouse of US.
This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.
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.
| 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.
| 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.
| 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 |  Canada |
56.11 | |
| 6 | Dustin Hersee | Canada |
56.23 | |
| 7 | Justin Ewers | United States |
56.38 | |
| 8 | Ricardo Busquets |  Puerto Rico |
56.68 |
References
- ^ "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