Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke

Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the XVI Pan American Games
VenueScotiabank Aquatics Center
DatesOctober 17 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors11 from 8 nations
Medalists
 Thiago Pereira  Brazil
 Eugene Godsoe  United States
 Guilherme Guido  Brazil
«20072015»
Swimming at the
2011 Pan American Games
Freestyle
50 m   men   women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m women
1500 m men
Backstroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
200 m men women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m men women
4×200 m men women
Medley relay
4×100 m men women
Marathon
10 km men women

The men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 17 at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in the municipality of Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Randall Bal of the United States

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

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (56.7) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 4, 2011). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard (58.6) in the same qualifying period.[2]

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

Heats

The first round was held on October 17.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time[3] Notes
1 2 4 Eugene Godsoe  United States 55.04 QA
2 2 5 Thiago Pereira  Brazil 55.50 QA
3 1 4 David Russell  United States 55.57 QA
4 1 5 Guilherme Guido  Brazil 55.71 QA
5 1 3 Federico Grabich  Argentina 56.00 QA
6 2 6 Pedro Medel  Cuba 56.71 QA
7 2 3 Omar Pinzon  Colombia 56.82 QA
8 1 6 Luis Rojas  Venezuela 57.61 QA
9 1 2 Charles Hockin  Paraguay 57.65 QB
10 2 7 Miguel Robles  Mexico 57.93 QB
11 2 2 Anival Rodriguez  Mexico 59.29 QB

B Final

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Miguel Robles  Mexico 58.29
10 5 Anival Rodriguez  Mexico 59.11

A Final

The A final was also held on October 17.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time[5] Notes
1st 5 Thiago Pereira  Brazil 54.56
2nd 4 Eugene Godsoe  United States 54.61
3rd 6 Guilherme Guido  Brazil 54.81
4 3 David Russell  United States 54.87
5 2 Federico Grabich  Argentina 55.22
6 7 Pedro Medel  Cuba 56.16
7 1 Luis Rojas  Venezuela 57.54
8 8 Charles Hockin  Paraguay 57.63

References

  1. ↑ "Sessions" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  3. ↑ "Men's 100m Backstroke Preliminaries". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  4. 1 2 "Finals – Day 3" (PDF). Best Swimming. 2011. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Men's 100m Backstroke Final A". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
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