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Nine men's and five women's rowing events took place at the 1999 Pan American Games in Canada. The gold medals were won by rowers from the United States, Canada and Argentina. [1]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single sculls | Marnie McBean  Canada | Leslie Burns-Rawley  United States | Manuela González  Cuba |
| Double sculls |  Canada Laryssa Biesenthal Jenn Browett |  United States Olwen Huxley Karin Hughes |  Mexico Manuela González Maurenis Hernández |
| Lightweight single sculls | María Garisoain  Argentina | Tracy Duncan Canada | Melissa Obidinski United States |
| Lightweight double sculls |  Argentina Patricia Conte Elina de Lourdes Urbano | United States Melissa Obidinski Julie Ann McCleery | Canada Katrina Scott Nathalie Benzing |
| Lightweight coxless pairs | Canada Theresa Luke Emma Robinson | United States Karen Kraft Mary Ryan |  Cuba Manuela González O. Martínez |
| Lightweight quadruple sculls | Argentina Patricia Conte Ana Urbano Marisa Peguri María Garisoain | United States Marny Jaastad Grace Mowery Suzanne Walther Cassandra Cunningham | Canada Katrina Scott Nathalie Benzing Tracy Duncan Renata Troc |
| Place | Nation |  |  |  | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argentina | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | Canada | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | United States | 3 | 7 | 2 | 12 |
| 4 | Cuba | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 5 |  Brazil | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Mexico | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 |  Chile | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 | |
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