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

Men's 100 metre butterfly
at the XVII Pan American Games
VenueCIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
DatesJuly 16 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors17 from 14 nations
Winning time52.04
Medalists
   United States
   Argentina
   Canada
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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 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.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
16 July A Final Giles Smith  United States 52.04 GR

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, 2015 10:56 Heats
July 16, 2015 20:13 Final B
July 16, 2015 20:18 Final 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]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 4 Giles Smith United States 52.13 QA
2 3 3 Mauricio Fiol Peru 52.25 QA
3 2 5 Santiago Grassi Argentina 52.34 QA
4 2 2 Long Yuan Gutierrez Mexico 52.57 QA
5 1 5 Albert Subirats Venezuela 52.60 QA
6 3 5 Santo Condorelli Canada 52.67 QA
7 1 4 Arthur Mendes Brazil 52.85 QA
8 2 3 Eugene Godsoe United States 52.89 QA
9 3 6 Luiz Martínez Guatemala 52.90 QB
10 1 3 Coleman Allen Canada 53.23 QB
11 1 6 Ben Hockin Paraguay 53.63 QB
12 2 6 Marcos Barale Argentina 53.73 QB
13 3 7 Dylan Carter Trinidad and Tobago 53.89 QB
14 3 2 Esnaider Reales Colombia 54.42 QB
15 1 2 Andrew Torres Puerto Rico 54.69 QB
16 2 7 Allan Gutiérrez Castro Honduras 55.52 QB
17 1 7 Aldo Castillo Sulca Bolivia 57.25
18 2 4 Thiago Pereira Brazil DNS

B Final

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 5 Ben Hockin Paraguay 53.45
10 4 Coleman Allen Canada 53.46
11 3 Marcos Barale Argentina 53.47
12 6 Esnaider Reales Colombia 54.03
13 2 Andrew Torres Puerto Rico 54.77
14 7 Allan Gutiérrez Castro Honduras 55.21
15 1 Aldo Castillo Sulca Bolivia 56.97

A Final

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st 4 Giles Smith  United States 52.04 GR
2nd 5 Santiago Grassi  Argentina 52.09 NR
3rd 2 Santo Condorelli  Canada 52.42
4 6 Albert Subirats  Venezuela 52.52
5 3 Long Yuan Gutierrez  Mexico 52.58
6 1 Eugene Godsoe  United States 52.66
7 7 Arthur Mendes  Brazil 52.73
8 8 Luiz Martínez  Guatemala 52.75

References

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