Swimming at the 1999 Pan American Games – Men's 50 metre freestyle

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]

Men's 50 metre freestyle at the 1999 Pan American Games
VenuePan Am Pool
DatesAugust 6 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal   Brazil
Silver medal   Argentina
Bronze medal   Cuba
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This race consisted of one length of the pool in freestyle.[8]

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.[1]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Fernando Scherer  Brazil22.22Q, GR
2---Q
3---Q
4---Q
5---Q
6---Q
7---Q
8Jerrod Kappler  United States23.24Q
9Yannick Lupien  Canada23.24
13Matthew Busbee  United States23.50

B Final

The B final was held on August 6.[9]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
9Ricardo Busquets  Puerto Rico22.76
10Pablo Abal  Argentina23.29
11Francisco Sánchez  Venezuela23.30
12Yannick Lupien  Canada23.41
13Craig Hutchison  Canada23.57
13Matthew Busbee  United States23.57
15Francisco Páez  Venezuela23.87
16Tim Moffet  Panama24.52

A Final

The A final was held on August 6.[1]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Fernando Scherer  Brazil22.24
José Meolans  Argentina22.46
Marcos Hernández  Cuba22.79
4Gustavo Borges  Brazil23.06
5Jerrod Kappler  United States23.17
6Christopher Murray  Bahamas23.22
7Allan Murray  Bahamas23.30
8Felipe Delgado  Ecuador23.37

References