Swimming at the 2014 South American Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke

Men's 100 metre backstroke at the 2014 South American Games
Venue	Estadio Nacional
Dates	March 8, 2014 (heats & finals)
Competitors	14 from 8 nations
Winning time	54.31
Medalists
Albert Subirats    Venezuela   Federico Grabich    Argentina   Fernando dos Santos    Brazil
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The men's 100 metre backstroke competition at the 2014 South American Games took place on March 8 at the Estadio Nacional. ^{[1] [2]} The last champion was Guilherme Guido of Brazil. ^[3]

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in backstroke. ^[4]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:

World record	Aaron Peirsol  (USA)	51.94	Indianapolis, United States	July 8, 2009
South American Games record	Guilherme Guido  (BRA)	55.14	Medellín, Colombia	March 27, 2010

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

CR

Championships record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on March 8, at 11:25. ^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	4	Federico Grabich	Argentina	56.66	Q
2	2	4	Fernando dos Santos	Brazil	56.87	Q
3	1	3	Albert Subirats	Venezuela	56.94	Q
4	2	5	Thiago Pereira	Brazil	57.06	Q
5	2	3	Benjamin Hockin	Paraguay	57.29	Q
6	1	5	Charles Hockin	Paraguay	57.88	Q
7	2	2	Agustín Hernandez	Argentina	58.38	Q
8	1	6	David Céspedes	Colombia	58.42	Q
9	2	6	Jesus Daniel Lopez	Venezuela	59.22
10	1	2	Carlos Polit Carvajal	Ecuador	59.52
11	2	7	Andrew Rutherfurd	Bolivia	1:00.04
12	1	7	Benjamin Quintanilla Arias	Chile	1:00.37
13	2	1	Eduardo Opazo Rojas	Chile	1:02.53
14	1	1	Jose Quintanilla Moreno	Bolivia	1:03.13

Final

The final was held on March 8, at 19:41. ^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Albert Subirats	Venezuela	54.31	CR, NR
	4	Federico Grabich	Argentina	55.22
	5	Fernando dos Santos	Brazil	55.27
4	6	Thiago Pereira	Brazil	55.49
5	2	Benjamin Hockin	Paraguay	56.90
6	7	Charles Hockin	Paraguay	58.13
7	1	Agustín Hernandez	Argentina	58.52
8	8	David Céspedes	Colombia	58.85

References

1. "Results of the 100-metre backstroke heats at 2014 South American Games" (PDF). 2014 South American Games Official Site. March 8, 2014. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
2. "Results of the 100-metre backstroke finals at 2014 South American Games" (PDF). 2014 South American Games Official Site. March 8, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 9, 2014. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
3. "2010 South American Games - Full Results" (PDF). Best Swimming. March 8, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 8, 2014. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
4. "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.