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

The men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1983 Pan American Games took place on 21 August.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Bob Jackson of the United States.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Men's 100 metre backstroke at the 1983 Pan American Games
Venue-
DatesAugust 21 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   United States
Bronze medal   Canada
«1979
1987»

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.[8]

Results edit

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 edit

Final edit

The final was held on August 21.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Rick Carey   United States 55.19 WR
  Dave Bottom   United States 56.90
  Mike West   Canada 57.20
4 Wade Flemons   Canada 57.69
5 Giovanni Frigo   Venezuela 59.12 NR
6 Carlos Henao   Colombia 59.64 NR
7 Allan Marsh   Jamaica 1:00.25 NR
8 Gustavo Bustamante   Venezuela 1:02.28

References edit

  1. ^ a b "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". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
  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" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.