| Event: | Men's 50 metre freestyle |
| Games: | 1999 |
| Venue: | Pan Am Pool |
| Dates: | August 6 (preliminaries and finals) |
| Competitors: | - |
| Nations: | - |
| Win Label: | Winning score |
| Gold: | Fernando Scherer |
| Goldnoc: | BRA |
| Silver: | José Meolans |
| Silvernoc: | ARG |
| Bronze: | Marcos Hernández |
| Bronzenoc: | CUB |
| Prev: | 1995 |
| Next: | 2003 |
The men's 50 metre freestyle 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 Fernando Scherer of Brazil.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
This race consisted of one length of the pool in freestyle.[8]
All times are in minutes and seconds.
The first round was held on August 6.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22.22 | Q, GR | |||
| 2 | - | - | - | Q | |
| 3 | - | - | - | Q | |
| 4 | - | - | - | Q | |
| 5 | - | - | - | Q | |
| 6 | - | - | - | Q | |
| 7 | - | - | - | Q | |
| 8 | 23.24 | Q | |||
| 9 | 23.24 | ||||
| 13 | 23.50 |
The B final was held on August 6.[9]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 22.76 | ||||
| 10 | 23.29 | ||||
| 11 | 23.30 | ||||
| 12 | 23.41 | ||||
| 13 | 23.57 | ||||
| 13 | 23.57 | ||||
| 15 | 23.87 | ||||
| 16 | 24.52 |
The A final was held on August 6.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22.24 | |||||
| 22.46 | |||||
| 22.79 | |||||
| 4 | 23.06 | ||||
| 5 | 23.17 | ||||
| 6 | 23.22 | ||||
| 7 | 23.30 | ||||
| 8 | 23.37 |