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

Men's 100 metre backstroke
at the XVII Pan American Games
VenueCIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
DatesJuly 17 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors16 from 13 nations
Winning time53.20
Medalists
   United States
   Brazil
   United States
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Swimming at the
2015 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 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.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
17 July A Final Nick Thoman  United States 53.20 GR

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, 2015 10:18 Heats
July 17, 2015 19:18 Final B
July 17, 2015 19:24 Final 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]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 Guilherme Guido Brazil 54.04 QA
2 3 4 Nick Thoman United States 54.35 QA
3 2 5 Eugene Godsoe United States 54.38 QA
4 1 4 Russell Wood Canada 54.55 QA
5 1 5 Federico Grabich Argentina 54.87 QA
6 2 3 Omar Pinzón Colombia 54.94 QA
7 1 3 Albert Subirats Venezuela 55.24 QA
8 3 3 Markus Thormeyer Canada 55.26 QA
9 3 6 Armando Barrera Cuba 56.14 QB
10 3 2 Charles Hockin Paraguay 56.56 QB
11 1 6 Robinson Molina Venezuela 57.08 QB
12 1 2 Luis Martínez Guatemala 57.22 QB
13 2 6 Daniel Torres Mexico 57.38 QB
14 3 7 Timothy Winter Jamaica 57.86 QB
15 2 2 Christopher Courtis Barbados 58.15 QB
16 1 7 Matthew Mays Virgin Islands 59.15 QB
17 2 7 Jordan Augier Saint Lucia DNS
17 3 5 Thiago Pereira Brazil DNS

B Final

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Armando Barrera Cuba 56.14
10 2 Daniel Torres Mexico 56.91
11 5 Charles Hockin Paraguay 57.25
12 6 Luis Martínez Guatemala 57.30
13 7 Timothy Winter Jamaica 57.47
14 3 Robinson Molina Venezuela 57.92
15 1 Christopher Courtis Barbados 57.93
16 8 Matthew Mays Virgin Islands 59.14

A Final

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st 5 Nick Thoman  United States 53.20 GR
2nd 4 Guilherme Guido  Brazil 53.35
3rd 3 Eugene Godsoe  United States 53.96
4 6 Russell Wood  Canada 54.30
5 2 Federico Grabich Argentina 54.61
6 7 Omar Pinzón Colombia 55.22
7 8 Markus Thormeyer Canada 55.52
8 1 Albert Subirats Venezuela 56.09

References

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