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

The men's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 14 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was César Cielo Filho of Brazil.

Men's 100 metre freestyle at the 2015 Pan American Games
VenueCIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
DatesJuly 14 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors24 from 21 nations
Winning time48.26
Medalists
Gold medal   Argentina
Silver medal   Canada
Bronze medal   Brazil
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This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths in freestyle. 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   César Cielo Filho (BRA) 46.91 Rome, Italy July 30, 2009
Pan American Games record   César Cielo Filho (BRA) 47.84 Guadalajara, Mexico October 16, 2011

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 (50.05) 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 (53.05) 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 14, 2015 10:18 Heats
July 14, 2015 19:15 Final B
July 14, 2015 19:20 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 14.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 5 Federico Grabich   Argentina 48.60 QA, NR
2 1 4 Santo Condorelli   Canada 48.88 QA
3 2 4 Marcelo Chierighini   Brazil 48.92 QA
4 3 6 Cristian Quintero   Venezuela 49.07 QA
1 5 Yuri Kisil   Canada QA
6 1 3 Dylan Carter   Trinidad and Tobago 49.29 QA
7 2 6 Renzo Tjon-A-Joe   Suriname 49.47 QA, NR
8 3 4 Matheus Santana   Brazil 49.52 QA
9 3 5 Brett Fraser   Cayman Islands 49.58 QB
10 3 3 Darian Townsend   United States 49.88 QB
11 2 3 Cullen Jones   United States 50.09 QB
12 1 6 Benjamin Hockin   Paraguay 50.14 QB
13 2 1 Jordan Augier   Saint Lucia 50.82 QB
14 3 2 Luis Campos   Mexico 51.29 QB
15 3 7 Jordy Groters   Aruba 51.71 QB
16 2 2 Allan Gutiérrez Castro   Honduras 52.16 QB
17 1 7 Miguel Mena   Nicaragua 52.55
18 1 2 Timothy Wynter   Jamaica 52.59
19 1 1 Noah Mascoll-Gomes   Antigua and Barbuda 52.90
20 3 1 Alex Sobers   Barbados 52.92
21 2 7 Marcelo Acosta   El Salvador 53.40
22 3 8 Gustavo Gutierrez   Peru 55.66
23 1 8 Omar Adams   Guyana 58.01
24 2 8 Nikolas Sylvester   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 58.29

B Final

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The B final was also held on July 14.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Brett Fraser   Cayman Islands 49.56
10 3 Benjamin Hockin   Paraguay 49.88
11 5 Darian Townsend   United States 49.97
12 6 Jordan Augier   Saint Lucia 50.83
13 2 Luis Campos   Mexico 51.70
14 8 Timothy Wynter   Jamaica 52.23
15 7 Allan Gutiérrez Castro   Honduras 52.59
1 Miguel Mena   Nicaragua

A Final

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The A final was also held on July 14.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Federico Grabich   Argentina 48.26
  5 Santo Condorelli   Canada 48.57
  3 Marcelo Chierighini   Brazil 48.80
4 6 Cristian Quintero   Venezuela 49.06
5 7 Dylan Carter   Trinidad and Tobago 49.10
6 2 Yuri Kisil   Canada 49.26
7 8 Matheus Santana   Brazil 49.58
8 1 Renzo Tjon-A-Joe   Suriname 49.60

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 Freestyle Preliminaries
  4. ^ Men's 100m Freestyle - B Final
  5. ^ Men's 100m Freestyle - A Final