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

Event:	Men's 100 metre freestyle
Games:	1991
Venue:	-
Dates:	August 14 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors:	-
Nations:	-
Win Label:	Winning score
Gold:	Gustavo Borges
Goldnoc:	BRA
Silver:	Joel Thomas
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Rodrigo González
Bronzenoc:	MEX
Prev:	1987
Next:	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.

Final

The final was held on August 14.

Rank	Time	Notes
	49.48	GR
	50.55
	51.25
4	51.28
5	51.37
6	51.63
7	51.71
8	52.10

Notes and References

Web site: Results. USA SWIMMING. 25 October 2013. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304102302/http://www.usaswimming.org/_Rainbow/Documents/97d438f7-816e-454f-ac9a-ce177a1d3bd6/91_panam[1].pdf. dead.
http://www.hickoksports.com/history/panammswim.shtml Hickoksports
http://sports123.com/swi/index.html Hickosports Results
Web site: All Pan medalists - Male . 2013-10-26 . 2013-09-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130925142031/http://www.bestswimming.com.br/conteudo.php?i=14117 . dead .
Web site: All Pan medalists - Female . 2013-10-26 . 2013-09-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130925142026/http://www.bestswimming.com.br/conteudo.php?i=14118 . dead .
http://www.gbrathletics.com/sport/swimpag.htm Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving
http://www.ishof.org/library/pdf/medalists.pdf ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history
http://www.guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/manuales/eng/technical/tm_swimming.pdf Swimming technical manual