Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 50 metre freestyle

Men's 50 metre freestyle
at the XVII Pan American Games
VenueCIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
DatesJuly 17 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors22 from 18 nations
Winning time21.86
Medalists
   United States
   Brazil
   Trinidad and Tobago
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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 50 metre freestyle 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 César Cielo Filho of Brazil.

This race consisted of one length of the pool in freestyle. 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  César Cielo Filho (BRA) 20.91 Sao Paulo, Brazil December 18, 2009
Pan American Games record  César Cielo Filho (BRA) 21.58 Guadalajara, Mexico October 20, 2011

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (22.71) 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 (24.07) 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 11:45 Heats
July 17, 2015 12:25 Swim-off
July 17, 2015 21:12 Final B
July 17, 2015 21:16 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 1 4 Josh Schneider United States 21.97 QA
2 2 4 Cullen Jones United States 22.12 QA
3 2 6 Federico Grabich Argentina 22.25 QA
4 3 6 Renzo Tjon-A-Joe Suriname 22.31 QA
5 3 4 Bruno Fratus Brazil 22.33 QA
6 1 5 George Bovell Trinidad and Tobago 22.34 QA
7 3 3 Oleksandr Loginov Canada 22.37 QA
8 2 3 Erik Risolvato Puerto Rico 22.48 ?
8 1 3 Dylan Carter Trinidad and Tobago 22.48 ?
10 2 5 Karl Krug Canada 22.55 QB
11 1 6 Brett Fraser Cayman Islands 22.71 QB
12 3 5 Nicholas Santos Brazil 22.74 QB
13 3 2 Cristian Quintero Venezuela 22.77 QB
14 2 2 Jordan Augier Saint Lucia 23.17 QB
15 2 7 Charles Hockin Paraguay 23.57 QB
16 1 2 Allan Gutiérrez Castro Honduras 23.62 QB
17 1 7 Miguel Mena Nicaragua 23.71
18 3 7 Jordy Groters Aruba 23.93
19 3 1 Nikolas Sylvester Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 26.14
20 3 8 Omar Adams Guyana 26.58
21 1 1 Corey Ollivierre Grenada 26.61
22 2 1 Frantz Dorsainvil Haiti 33.83

Swim-off

A swim-off was contested between Erik Risolvato and Dylan Carter to determine who would advance as the eighth seed to the A Final.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Erik Risolvato Puerto Rico 22.33 QA
2 4 Dylan Carter Trinidad and Tobago 22.39 QB

B Final

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Dylan Carter Trinidad and Tobago 22.39
10 6 Nicholas Santos Brazil 22.55
11 5 Karl Krug Canada 22.59
12 2 Cristian Quintero Venezuela 22.76
13 3 Brett Fraser Cayman Islands 22.93
14 7 Jordan Augier Saint Lucia 23.08
15 8 Allan Gutiérrez Castro Honduras 23.61
16 1 Charles Hockin Paraguay 23.76

A Final

The A final was also held on July 17.[6]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st 4 Josh Schneider  United States 21.86
2nd 2 Bruno Fratus  Brazil 21.91
3rd 7 George Bovell  Trinidad and Tobago 22.17
4 8 Erik Risolvato  Puerto Rico 22.22
5 5 Cullen Jones  United States 22.23
6 3 Federico Grabich  Argentina 22.29
7 6 Renzo Tjon-A-Joe  Suriname 22.30
8 1 Oleksandr Loginov  Canada 22.47

References

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