Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre butterfly

The men's 100 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 16 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Albert Subirats of Venezuela.

Men's 100 metre butterfly at the 2015 Pan American Games
VenueCIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
DatesJuly 16 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors17 from 14 nations
Winning time52.04
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   Argentina
Bronze medal   Canada
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This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all lengths in butterfly. The top eight swimmers from the heats would qualify for the A final (where the medals would be awarded), while the next best eight swimmers would qualify for the B final.[2]

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record   Michael Phelps (USA) 49.82 Rome, Italy August 1, 2009
Pan American Games record   Kaio de Almeida (BRA) 52.05 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 18, 2007

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
16 July A Final Giles Smith   United States 52.04 GR

Qualification

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Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (53.99) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to May 1, 2015). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard (57.23) in the same qualifying period.[2] All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.[2]

Schedule

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All times are Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4).

Date Time Round
July 16, 2015 10:56 Heats
July 16, 2015 20:13 Final B
July 16, 2015 20:18 Final A

Results

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KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified GR Games record NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Heats

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The first round was held on July 16.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 4 Giles Smith   United States 52.13 QA
2 3 3 Mauricio Fiol   Peru 52.25 QA
3 2 5 Santiago Grassi   Argentina 52.34 QA
4 2 2 Long Yuan Gutierrez   Mexico 52.57 QA
5 1 5 Albert Subirats   Venezuela 52.60 QA
6 3 5 Santo Condorelli   Canada 52.67 QA
7 1 4 Arthur Mendes   Brazil 52.85 QA
8 2 3 Eugene Godsoe   United States 52.89 QA
9 3 6 Luiz Martínez   Guatemala 52.90 QB
10 1 3 Coleman Allen   Canada 53.23 QB
11 1 6 Ben Hockin   Paraguay 53.63 QB
12 2 6 Marcos Barale   Argentina 53.73 QB
13 3 7 Dylan Carter   Trinidad and Tobago 53.89 QB
14 3 2 Esnaider Reales   Colombia 54.42 QB
15 1 2 Andrew Torres   Puerto Rico 54.69 QB
16 2 7 Allan Gutiérrez Castro   Honduras 55.52 QB
17 1 7 Aldo Castillo Sulca   Bolivia 57.25
2 4 Thiago Pereira   Brazil DNS

B Final

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The B final was also held on July 16.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 5 Ben Hockin   Paraguay 53.45
10 4 Coleman Allen   Canada 53.46
11 3 Marcos Barale   Argentina 53.47
12 6 Esnaider Reales   Colombia 54.03
13 2 Andrew Torres   Puerto Rico 54.77
14 7 Allan Gutiérrez Castro   Honduras 55.21
15 1 Aldo Castillo Sulca   Bolivia 56.97

A Final

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The A final was also held on July 16.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Giles Smith   United States 52.04 GR
  5 Santiago Grassi   Argentina 52.09 NR
  2 Santo Condorelli   Canada 52.42
4 6 Albert Subirats   Venezuela 52.52
5 3 Long Yuan Gutierrez   Mexico 52.58
6 1 Eugene Godsoe   United States 52.66
7 7 Arthur Mendes   Brazil 52.73
8 8 Luiz Martínez   Guatemala 52.75

References

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  1. ^ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). TO2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  3. ^ Men's 100m butterfly Preliminaries
  4. ^ Men's 100m Butterfly - B Final
  5. ^ Men's 100m Butterfly - A Final
  6. ^ Mauricio Fiol's positive drug test