Swimming at the 1983 Pan American Games

Swimming at the 1983 Pan American Games
«1979 1987»

The Swimming Tournament at the 1983 Pan American Games took place in Caracas, Venezuela from August 17 to August 22, 1983. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Three world records were broken at this edition of the Games, all by U.S. swimmers.

Men’s events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle   details	Rowdy Gaines  (USA)	50.38	Fernando Cañales  (PUR)	50.43	Alberto Mestre  (VEN)	51.09
200 m freestyle   details	Bruce Hayes  (USA)	1:49.89	Alberto Mestre  (VEN)	1:50.36	Rowdy Gaines  (USA)	1:51.27
400 m freestyle   details	Bruce Hayes  (USA)	3:53.17	Matt Cetlinski  (USA)	3:53.51	Marcelo Jucá  (BRA)	3:55.66
1500 m freestyle   details	Jeff Kostoff  (USA)	15:30.67	Marcelo Jucá  (BRA)	15:33.01	Carlos Scanavino  (URU)	15:36.07
100 m backstroke   details	Rick Carey  (USA)	55.19 WR	Dave Bottom  (USA)	56.90	Mike West  (CAN)	57.20
200 m backstroke   details	Rick Carey  (USA)	1:59.34	Ricardo Prado  (BRA)	2:02.85	Mike West  (CAN)	2:03.11
100 m breaststroke   details	Steve Lundquist  (USA)	1:02.28 WR	John Moffet  (USA)	1:02.36	Pablo Restrepo  (COL)	1:03.89
200 m breaststroke   details	Steve Lundquist  (USA)	2:19.31	Pablo Restrepo  (COL)	2:20.21	Doug Soltis  (USA)	2:20.89
100 m butterfly   details	Matt Gribble  (USA)	54.25	Pablo Morales  (USA)	54.62	Rafael Vidal  (VEN)	54.72
200 m butterfly   details	Craig Beardsley  (USA)	1:58.85	Ricardo Prado  (BRA)	1:59.00	Rafael Vidal  (VEN)	1:59.17
200 m individual medley   details	Ricardo Prado  (BRA)	2:04.51	Bill Barrett  (USA)	2:04.90	Steve Lundquist  (USA)	2:06.36
400 m individual medley   details	Ricardo Prado  (BRA)	4:21.43	Jeff Kostoff  (USA)	4:27.99	Mike O'Brien  (USA)	4:30.45
4 × 100 m freestyle relay   details	UNITED STATES Robin Leamy Matt Gribble Chris Cavanaugh Rowdy Gaines	3:21.41	BRAZIL Ronald Menezes Jorge Fernandes Djan Madruga Cyro Delgado	3:27.59	VENEZUELA Jean François Antonio Sánchez Rafael Vidal Alberto Mestre	3:29.06
4 × 200 m freestyle relay   details	UNITED STATES David Larson Richard Saeger Bruce Hayes Rowdy Gaines	7:23.63	BRAZIL Djan Madruga Marcelo Jucá Cyro Delgado Jorge Fernandes	7:32.78	VENEZUELA Jean François Antonio Sánchez Rafael Vidal Alberto Mestre	7:33.82
4 × 100 m medley relay   details	UNITED STATES Rick Carey Steve Lundquist Matt Gribble Rowdy Gaines	3:40.42 WR	CANADA Mike West Marco Veilleux Tom Ponting David Churchill	3:48.10	VENEZUELA Giovanni Frigo Glen Sochasky Rafael Vidal Alberto Mestre	3:50.52

Women’s events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle   details	Carrie Steinseifer  (USA)	56.92	Jane Kerr  (CAN)	57.51	Kathy Bald  (CAN)	57.76
200 m freestyle   details	Cynthia Woodhead  (USA)	2:01.33	Mary Wayte  (USA)	2:02.21	Julie Daigneault  (CAN)	2:02.36
400 m freestyle   details	Tiffany Cohen  (USA)	4:12.27	Cynthia Woodhead  (USA)	4:14.07	Julie Daigneault  (CAN)	4:19.91
800 m freestyle   details	Tiffany Cohen  (USA)	8:35.42	Marybeth Linzmeier  (USA)	8:41.26	Julie Daigneault  (CAN)	8:59.52
100 m backstroke   details	Susan Walsh  (USA)	1:02.48	Joan Pennington  (USA)	1:03.63	Barbara McBain  (CAN)	1:05.38
200 m backstroke   details	Amy White  (USA)	2:15.66	Susan Walsh  (USA)	2:15.94	Barbara McBain  (CAN)	2:18.93
100 m breaststroke   details	Anne Ottenbrite  (CAN)	1:10.63	Kathy Bald  (CAN)	1:11.98	Kim Rhodenbaugh  (USA)	1:12.16
200 m breaststroke   details	Kathy Bald  (CAN)	2:35.53	Susan Rapp  (USA)	2:37.91	Kim Rhodenbaugh  (USA)	2:39.03
100 m butterfly   details	Laurie Lehner  (USA)	1:01.14	Michelle MacPherson  (CAN)	1:01.63	Patty King  (USA)	1:01.96
200 m butterfly   details	Mary T. Meagher  (USA)	2:10.06	Tracy Caulkins  (USA)	2:14.15	Marie Moore  (CAN)	2:14.51
200 m individual medley   details	Tracy Caulkins  (USA)	2:16.22	Michelle MacPherson  (CAN)	2:18.22	Susan Rapp  (USA)	2:18.76
400 m individual medley   details	Tracy Caulkins  (USA)	4:51.82	Polly Winde  (USA)	4:54.11	Michelle MacPherson  (CAN)	4:54.86
4 × 100 m freestyle relay   details	UNITED STATES Jill Sterkel Dara Torres Mary Wayte Carrie Steinseifer	3:46.46	CANADA Carol Klimpel Kathy Bald Pamela Rai Jane Kerr	3:49.49	MEXICO Patricia Kohlmann Rosa Fuentes Irma Huerta Teresa Rivera	4:00.43
4 × 100 m medley relay   details	UNITED STATES Susan Walsh Kim Rhodenbaugh Laurie Lehner Carrie Steinseifer	4:12.99	CANADA Barbara McBain Anne Ottenbrite Michelle MacPherson Jane Kerr	4:13.84	MEXICO Teresa Rivera Silvia Rivero Aida Huerta Patricia Kohlmann	4:30.72

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	25	14	8	47
2	Canada	2	7	10	19
3	Brazil	2	5	1	8
4	Venezuela	0	1	6	7
5	Colombia	0	1	1	2
6	Puerto Rico	0	1	0	1
7	Mexico	0	0	2	2
8	Uruguay	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		29	29	29	87

References

• Hickoksports
• Results
• Folha Online
• USA Swimming

1. "ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history" (PDF). ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-10.
2. "Brazil medals at 1983 Pan". UOL (in Portuguese). 2007. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
3. Odir Cunha (2007). Heróis da América - História Completa dos Jogos Pan-Americanos. Editora Planeta. ISBN   8576652803.