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.Hickoksports Hickosports ResultsAll Pan medalists - MalePan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history
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:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Heats The first round was held on August 6.
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Rodolfo Falcón 55.06 Q 2 - - - Q 3 Matt Allen 56.17 Q 4 - - - Q 5 - - - Q 6 Justin Ewers 56.38 Q 7 - - - Q 8 - - - Q
B Final The B final was held on August 6.1999 Full results by Swimnews Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 9 Leonardo Costa 56.28 10 Nick Neckles 58.42 11 Diego Gallo 59.00 12 Mike Fung-A-Wing 59.50 13 Nicholas Rees 1:00.22 14 E.A. Gil 1:01.00 15 Carlos Prudencio 1:01.97 16 O.E. Rivas 1:02.69
A Final The A final was held on August 6. Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Rodolfo Falcón 54.93 Alexandre Massura 55.17 SA Matt Allen 55.86 4 Neisser Bent 56.00 5 Mark Versfeld 56.11 6 Dustin Hersee 56.23 7 Justin Ewers 56.38 8 Ricardo Busquets 56.68
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