Swimming at the 1983 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 1983 Pan American Games took place on 20 August.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was the United States.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the 1983 Pan American Games
Venue-
DatesAugust 20 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   Brazil
Bronze medal   Venezuela
«1979
1987»

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. Each of the four swimmers completed two lengths of the pool. The first swimmer had to touch the wall before the second could leave the starting block.[9]

Results edit

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

Heats edit

Final edit

The final was held on August 20.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Robin Leamy (50.65)
Matt Gribble (50.71)
Chris Cavanaugh (50.24)
Rowdy Gaines (49.81)
  United States 3:21.41 GR
  Cyro Delgado
Djan Madruga
Jorge Fernandes
Ronald Menezes
  Brazil 3:27.59 SA
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  Venezuela 3:29.06 NR
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  Canada 3:29.42
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  Puerto Rico 3:29.72 NR
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  Argentina 3:39.98
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  Cuba 3:41.79 NR
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  Suriname 3:51.21 NR

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  2. ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
  3. ^ Hickosports Results
  4. ^ All Pan medalists - Male
  5. ^ "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  6. ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
  7. ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Brazil medals at 1983 Pan". UOL (in Portuguese). 2007. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
  9. ^ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.