| Event: | Men's 100 metre backstroke |
| Games: | 1999 |
| Venue: | Pan Am Pool |
| Dates: | August 6 (preliminaries and finals) |
| Competitors: | - |
| Nations: | - |
| Win Label: | Winning score |
| Gold: | Rodolfo Falcón |
| Goldnoc: | CUB |
| Silver: | Alexandre Massura |
| Silvernoc: | BRA |
| Bronze: | Matt Allen |
| Bronzenoc: | USA |
| Prev: | 1995 |
| Next: | 2003 |
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.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Jeff Rouse of US.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.[8]
It was the first time a non-American won this event at the Pan American Games.
All times are in minutes and seconds.
The first round was held on August 6.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 55.06 | Q | |||
| 2 | - | - | - | Q | |
| 3 | 56.17 | Q | |||
| 4 | - | - | - | Q | |
| 5 | - | - | - | Q | |
| 6 | 56.38 | Q | |||
| 7 | - | - | - | Q | |
| 8 | - | - | - | Q |
The B final was held on August 6.[9]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 56.28 | ||||
| 10 | 58.42 | ||||
| 11 | 59.00 | ||||
| 12 | 59.50 | ||||
| 13 | 1:00.22 | ||||
| 14 | 1:01.00 | ||||
| 15 | 1:01.97 | ||||
| 16 | 1:02.69 |
The A final was held on August 6.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54.93 | |||||
| 55.17 | SA | ||||
| 55.86 | |||||
| 4 | 56.00 | ||||
| 5 | 56.11 | ||||
| 6 | 56.23 | ||||
| 7 | 56.38 | ||||
| 8 | 56.68 |