Swimming at the 1991 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 1991 Pan American Games took place on 16 August.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was the United States.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the 1991 Pan American Games
Venue-
DatesAugust 16 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal   Brazil
Silver medal   Canada
Bronze medal   Puerto Rico
«1987
1995»

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. Each of the four swimmers completed two lengths of the pool. The first swimmer had to touch the wall before the second could leave the starting block.[9]

Brazil's victory in the men's 4x100m freestyle relay was only the second time that the U.S. lost the gold in a relay event, at the Pan American Games. The first had been to Canada in women's 4x100m medley at the 1971 Pan American Games.

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 16.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Teófilo Ferreira
Emmanuel Nascimento
Júlio César Rebolal
Gustavo Borges
  Brazil 3:23.28
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  Canada 3:25.39
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  Puerto Rico 3:27.17
4 -
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  Mexico 3:27.80
5 -
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  Cuba 3:31.48
6 -
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  Argentina 3:35.32
7 -
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  Trinidad and Tobago 3:37.11
8 -
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  Bahamas 3:37.62

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 29 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 2013-10-29.
  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 2010-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Brazil medals at 1991 Pan". UOL (in Portuguese). 2007. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
  9. ^ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.