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

Men's 100 metre freestyle at the XI Pan American Games
Venue	-
Dates	August 14 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	- from - nations
Medalists
Gustavo Borges   Brazil   Joel Thomas   United States   Rodrigo González   Mexico
«1987 1995»

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:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

GR

Games record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Final

The final was held on August 14.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Gustavo Borges	Brazil	49.48	GR
	Joel Thomas	United States	50.55
	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

1. "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
2. Hickoksports
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
8. Swimming technical manual