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

Men's 100 metre butterfly at the XVII Pan American Games
Venue CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
Dates July 16 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors 17 from 14 nations
Winning time 52.04
Medalists
   United States
   Argentina
   Canada
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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.

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

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.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
16 JulyA FinalGiles Smith United States52.04GR

Qualification

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

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

Date Time Round
July 16, 201510:56Heats
July 16, 201520:13Final B
July 16, 201520:18Final A

Results

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

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
134Giles Smith United States52.13QA
233Mauricio Fiol Peru52.25QA
325Santiago Grassi Argentina52.34QA
422Long Yuan Gutierrez Mexico52.57QA
515Albert Subirats Venezuela52.60QA
635Santo Condorelli Canada52.67QA
714Arthur Mendes Brazil52.85QA
823Eugene Godsoe United States52.89QA
936Luiz Martínez Guatemala52.90QB
1013Coleman Allen Canada53.23QB
1116Ben Hockin Paraguay53.63QB
1226Marcos Barale Argentina53.73QB
1337Dylan Carter Trinidad and Tobago53.89QB
1432Esnaider Reales Colombia54.42QB
1512Andrew Torres Puerto Rico54.69QB
1627Allan Gutiérrez Castro Honduras55.52QB
1717Aldo Castillo Sulca Bolivia57.25
24Thiago Pereira BrazilDNS

B Final

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

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
95Ben Hockin Paraguay53.45
104Coleman Allen Canada53.46
113Marcos Barale Argentina53.47
126Esnaider Reales Colombia54.03
132Andrew Torres Puerto Rico54.77
147Allan Gutiérrez Castro Honduras55.21
151Aldo Castillo Sulca Bolivia56.97

A Final

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

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)4Giles Smith United States52.04GR
2nd, silver medalist(s)5Santiago Grassi Argentina52.09NR
3rd, bronze medalist(s)2Santo Condorelli Canada52.42
46Albert Subirats Venezuela52.52
53Long Yuan Gutierrez Mexico52.58
61Eugene Godsoe United States52.66
77Arthur Mendes Brazil52.73
88Luiz Martínez Guatemala52.75

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 butterfly Preliminaries
  4. Men's 100m Butterfly - B Final
  5. Men's 100m Butterfly - A Final
  6. Mauricio Fiol's positive drug test
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