Swimming at the 1963 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke
# Swimming at the 1963 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke

The men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1963 Pan American Games took place on April. The last Pan American Games champion was Frank McKinney of US.

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.

## 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

### Final

The final was held on April.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Ed Bartsch | United States | 1:01.5 |
| | Charles Bittick | United States | 1:02.1 |
| | Athos de Oliveira | Brazil | 1:03.2 |
| 4 | Carlos van der Maath | Argentina | 1:06.0 |
| 5 | Luis Figueiredo | Brazil | 1:07.6 |
| 6 | Ralph Hutton | Canada | 1:07.8 |
| 7 | - | - | - |
| 8 | - | - | - |
