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

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Men's 100 metre backstroke at the XVI Pan American Games
Swimming pictogram.svg
Venue Scotiabank Aquatics Center
DatesOctober 17 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors11 from 8 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
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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

Contents

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 Flag of the United States.svg  Aaron Peirsol  (USA)51.94 Indianapolis, United StatesJuly 8, 2009
Pan American Games record Flag of the United States.svg  Randall Bal  (USA)53.66 Rio de Janeiro, BrazilJuly 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:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on October 17.

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTime [3] Notes
124 Eugene Godsoe Flag of the United States.svg  United States 55.04QA
225 Thiago Pereira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 55.50QA
314 David Russell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 55.57QA
415 Guilherme Guido Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 55.71QA
513 Federico Grabich Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 56.00QA
626 Pedro Medel Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 56.71QA
723 Omar Pinzón Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 56.82QA
816 Luis Rojas Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 57.61QA
912 Charles Hockin Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 57.65QB
1027 Miguel Robles Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 57.93QB
1122 Anival Rodriguez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 59.29QB

B Final

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

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
94 Miguel Robles Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 58.29
105 Anival Rodriguez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 59.11

A Final

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

RankLaneNameNationalityTime [5] Notes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Thiago Pereira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 54.56
Silver medal icon.svg4 Eugene Godsoe Flag of the United States.svg  United States 54.61
Bronze medal icon.svg6 Guilherme Guido Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 54.81
43 David Russell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 54.87
52 Federico Grabich Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 55.22
67 Pedro Medel Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 56.16
71 Luis Rojas Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 57.54
88 Charles Hockin Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 57.63

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References

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