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

Men's 100 metre freestyle
at the XI Pan American Games
Venue-
DatesAugust 14 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
   Brazil
   United States
   Mexico
«19871995»

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 Gustavo Borges  Brazil 49.48 GR
2nd Joel Thomas  United States 50.55
3rd 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

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