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Men's 100 metre backstroke at the 1999 Pan American Games
Men's 100 metre backstroke at the 1999 Pan American Games
Venue	Pan Am Pool
Dates	August 6 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	- from - nations
Medalists
	«1995 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.

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	GR	Games record	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

The first round was held on August 6.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Rodolfo Falcón	Cuba	55.06	Q
2	-	-	-	Q
3	Matt Allen	United States	56.17	Q
4	-	-	-	Q
5	-	-	-	Q
6	Justin Ewers	United States	56.38	Q
7	-	-	-	Q
8	-	-	-	Q

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

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
9	Leonardo Costa	Brazil	56.28
10	Nick Neckles	Barbados	58.42
11	Diego Gallo	Uruguay	59.00
12	Mike Fung-A-Wing	Suriname	59.50
13	Nicholas Rees	Bahamas	1:00.22
14	E.A. Gil	El Salvador	1:01.00
15	Carlos Prudencio	Bolivia	1:01.97
16	O.E. Rivas	Paraguay	1:02.69

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

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Rodolfo Falcón	Cuba	54.93
	Alexandre Massura	Brazil	55.17	SA
	Matt Allen	United States	55.86
4	Neisser Bent	Cuba	56.00
5	Mark Versfeld	Canada	56.11
6	Dustin Hersee	Canada	56.23
7	Justin Ewers	United States	56.38
8	Ricardo Busquets	Puerto Rico	56.68