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

Men's 100 metre backstroke at the XVII Pan American Games
Venue CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
Dates July 17 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors 16 from 13 nations
Winning time 53.20
Medalists
 Nick Thoman  United States
 Guilherme Guido  Brazil
 Eugene Godsoe  United States
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The men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 17 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Thiago Pereira of Brazil.

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

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

World record  Aaron Peirsol (USA) 51.94 Indianapolis, United States July 8, 2009
Pan American Games record  Randall Bal (USA) 53.66 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 22, 2007

The following new records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
17 JulyA FinalNick Thoman United States53.20GR

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (56.59) 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 (59.99) in the same qualifying period.[2] All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.[2]

Schedule

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

Date Time Round
July 17, 201510:18Heats
July 17, 201519:18Final B
July 17, 201519:24Final A

Results

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified GRGames record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on July 17.[3]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
124Guilherme Guido Brazil54.04QA
234Nick Thoman United States54.35QA
325Eugene Godsoe United States54.38QA
414Russell Wood Canada54.55QA
515Federico Grabich Argentina54.87QA
623Omar Pinzón Colombia54.94QA
713Albert Subirats Venezuela55.24QA
833Markus Thormeyer Canada55.26QA
936Armando Barrera Cuba56.14QB
1032Charles Hockin Paraguay56.56QB
1116Robinson Molina Venezuela57.08QB
1212Luis Martínez Guatemala57.22QB
1326Daniel Torres Mexico57.38QB
1437Timothy Winter Jamaica57.86QB
1522Christopher Courtis Barbados58.15QB
1617Matthew Mays Virgin Islands59.15QB
27Jordan Augier Saint LuciaDNS
35Thiago Pereira BrazilDNS

B Final

The B final was also held on July 17.[4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
94Armando Barrera Cuba56.14
102Daniel Torres Mexico56.91
115Charles Hockin Paraguay57.25
126Luis Martínez Guatemala57.30
137Timothy Winter Jamaica57.47
143Robinson Molina Venezuela57.92
151Christopher Courtis Barbados57.93
168Matthew Mays Virgin Islands59.14

A Final

The A final was also held on July 17.[5]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)5Nick Thoman United States53.20GR
2nd, silver medalist(s)4Guilherme Guido Brazil53.35
3rd, bronze medalist(s)3Eugene Godsoe United States53.96
46Russell Wood Canada54.30
52Federico Grabich Argentina54.61
67Omar Pinzón Colombia55.22
78Markus Thormeyer Canada55.52
81Albert Subirats Venezuela56.09

References

  1. ↑ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). TO2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  3. ↑ Men's 100m Backstroke Preliminaries
  4. ↑ Men's 100m Backstroke - B Final
  5. ↑ Men's 100m Backstroke - A Final
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