Swimming at the 1991 Pan American Games

Swimming at the 11th Pan American Games was held August 12–18, 1991 in Havana, Cuba.[1] The competition consisted of 32 events (26 individual and 6 relay); and were contested in the long course (50m) pool.[2][3][4][5]

Brazil's victory in the men's 4x100m freestyle relay was only the second time that the U.S. lost the gold in a relay event, at the Pan American Games. The first had been to Canada in women's 4x100m medley at the 1971 Pan American Games.

It was the first time that the U.S. lost the gold medal in the men's 100 meter freestyle, after 10 straight titles. This feat fitted Gustavo Borges, who went on to win four Olympic medals after this.

Results

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50m freestyle	Todd Pace  United States	22.60	Adam Schmitt  United States	22.61	Gustavo Borges  Brazil	22.82
100m freestyle	Gustavo Borges  Brazil	49.48 GR	Joel Thomas  United States	50.55	Rodrigo González  Mexico	51.25
200m freestyle	Eric Diehl  United States	1:49.67 GR	Gustavo Borges  Brazil	1:49.74	René Sáez  Cuba	1:52.14
400m freestyle	Sean Killion  United States	3:50.38 GR	Jorge Herrera  Cuba	3:54.91	Eric Diehl  United States	3:58.06
1500m freestyle	Alex Kostich  United States	15:21.36	Jorge Herrera  Cuba	15:33.61	Pedro Carrío  Cuba	15:39.73
100m backstroke	Andy Gill  United States	55.79	Rodolfo Falcón  Cuba	56.12	Bobby Brewer  United States	56.39
200m backstroke	Rogério Romero  Brazil	2:01.07	Dan Veatch  United States	2:01.14	Manuel Guzmán  Cuba	2:01.68
100 m breaststroke	Hans Dersch  United States	1:02.57	Todd Torres  Cuba	1:02.83	Jeff Commings  United States	1:03.02
200m breaststroke	Mario González  Cuba	2:15.50 GR	Nelson Diebel  United States	2:16.08	Tyler Mayfield  United States	2:17.49
100m butterfly	Anthony Nesty  Suriname	53.45 GR	Mike Merrell  United States	54.60	Eduardo Piccinini  Brazil	55.00
200m butterfly	Mark Dean  United States	2:00.11	Anthony Nesty  Suriname	2:01.76	Bart Pippenger  United States	2:02.00
200m I.M.	Ron Karnaugh  United States	2:00.92 GR	Manuel Guzmán  Cuba	2:03.99	Ray Looze  United States	2:04.29
400m I.M.	Alex Kostich  United States	4:23.96	Jody Braden  United States	4:26.25	Jasen Pratt  Canada	4:26.31
4×100m   Free Relay	Brazil   Teófilo Ferreira   Emmanuel Nascimento   Júlio César Rebolal   Gustavo Borges	3:23.26	Canada   Reggie Lacoursiere   Ronald Page   Stephen Clarke   Stephen Vandermeulen	3:25.39	Puerto Rico   David Monasterio   Jorge Herrera   Manuel Guzmán   Ricardo Busquets	3:27.17
4×200m   Free Relay	USA   John Keppeler   Jim Wells   Clay Tippins   Eric Diehl	7:23.39	Brazil   Teófilo Ferreira   Emmanuel Nascimento   Cassiano Leal   Gustavo Borges	7:28.83	Puerto Rico   David Monasterio   Jorge Herrera   Manuel Guzmán   Ricardo Busquets	7:29.96
4×100m   Medley Relay	USA   Andrew Gill   Hans Dersch   Mike Merrell   Joel Thomas	3:42.84	Puerto Rico   David Monasterio   Jorge Herrera   Todd Torres   Ricardo Busquets	3:45.78	Cuba   Rodolfo Falcón   Mario González   José Ulises Hernández   René Sáez	3:45.96

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50m freestyle	Kristin Topham  Canada	26.01 GR	Heather Hageman  United States	26.26	Allison Bock  United States	26.45
100m freestyle	Ashley Tappin  United States	56.51	Megan Oesting  United States	57.14	Kristin Topham  Canada	57.63
200m freestyle	Lisa Jacob  United States	2:02.06	Barbara Metz  United States	2:02.92	Kim Paton  Canada	2:04.73
400m freestyle	Jane Skillman  United States	4:13.69	Barbara Metz  United States	4:16.90	Tara-Lynn Seymour  Canada	4:22.15
800m freestyle	Jane Skillman  United States	8:43.26	Lisa Jacob  United States	8:51.36	Tara-Lynn Seymour  Canada	8:52.33
100m backstroke	Sylvia Poll  Costa Rica	1:03.15	Nikki Dryden  Canada	1:03.64	Jodi Wilson  United States	1:03.78
200m backstroke	Diana Trimble  United States	2:15.80	Nikki Dryden  Canada	2:16.13	Joanne Malar  Canada	2:16.36
100m breaststroke	Dorsey Tierney  United States	1:10.30 GR	Lydia Morrow  United States	1:11.00	Lisa Flood  Canada	1:11.75
200m breaststroke	Dorsey Tierney  United States	2:28.69 GR	Chantal Dubois  Canada	2:33.62	Lisa Flood  Canada	2:34.08
100m butterfly	Kristin Topham  Canada	1:01.19	Angie Wester-Krieg  United States	1:01.55	Suzy Buckovich  United States	1:01.60
200 m butterfly	Susan Gottlieb  United States	2:12.35	Angie Wester-Krieg  United States	2:14.55	Beth Hazel  Canada	2:14.91
200m I.M.	Lisa Summers  United States	2:16.86	Joanne Malar  Canada	2:19.14	Jennifer Toton  United States	2:19.56
400m I.M.	Amy Shaw  United States	4:50.39	Joanne Malar  Canada	4:51.27	Brandy Wood  United States	4:52.38
4×100m   Freestyle Relay	USA   Megan Oesting   Suzy Buckovich   Lisa Jacob   Ashley Tappin	3:48.88	Canada   Sharon Turner   Kristin Topham   Joanne Malar   Kimberly Paton	3:52.29	Brazil   Isabelle Vieira   Paula Marsiglia   Paula Renata Aguiar   Paoletti Filippini	3:52.92
4×200m   Freestyle Relay	USA   Natalie Norberg   Barbara Metz   Jane Skillman   Lisa Jacob	8:11.47 GR	Canada   Kimberly Paton   Joanne Malar   Nikki Dryden   Tara-Lynn Seymour	8:21.62	Mexico   Lorenza Muñoz   Maria S.Rivera   Heike Koerner   Laura Sánchez	8:29.17
4×100m   Medley Relay	USA   Jodi Wilson   Dorsey Tierney   Angie Wester-Krieg   Ashley Tappin	4:12.51 GR	Brazil   Ana Azevedo   Glicia Lofego   Paoletti Filippini   Celina Endo	4:23.45	Mexico   Heike Koerner   Monique Piñon   Gabriela Gaja   Laura Sánchez	4:25.94

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	24	14	11	49
2	Brazil	3	3	3	9
3	Canada	2	8	9	19
4	Cuba	1	1	3	5
5	Suriname	1	1	0	2
6	Costa Rica	1	0	0	1
7	Puerto Rico	0	5	3	8
8	Mexico	0	0	3	3
Totals (8 nations)		32	32	32	96

References

1. For the Record: 1991 Pan American Games Swimming results from Swimming World Magazine, October 1991, p.56. Posted online by USA Swimming, retrieved 2011-11-18.
2. ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2010-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Brazil medals at 1991 Pan". UOL (in Portuguese). 2007. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
4. USA Swimming results
5. Odir Cunha (2007). Heróis da América - História Completa dos Jogos Pan-Americanos. Editora Planeta. ISBN 8576652803.

• Results
• Folha Online
• ISHOF
• "Puerto Rico at the Pan American Games". Archived from the original on 2012-03-10.