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

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Men's 100 metre butterfly at the 2015 Pan American Games
Swimming pictogram.svg
Venue CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
DatesJuly 16 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors17 from 14 nations
Winning time52.04
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
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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.

Contents

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 Flag of the United States.svg  Michael Phelps  (USA)49.82 Rome, Italy August 1, 2009
Pan American Games record Flag of Brazil.svg  Kaio de Almeida  (BRA)52.05 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 18, 2007

The following new records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
16 July A Final Giles Smith Flag of the United States.svg  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).

DateTimeRound
July 16, 201510:56Heats
July 16, 201520:13Final B
July 16, 201520:18Final A

Results

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on July 16. [3]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
134 Giles Smith Flag of the United States.svg  United States 52.13QA
233 Mauricio Fiol Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 52.25QA
325 Santiago Grassi Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 52.34QA
422 Long Yuan Gutierrez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 52.57QA
515 Albert Subirats Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 52.60QA
635 Santo Condorelli Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 52.67QA
714 Arthur Mendes Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 52.85QA
823 Eugene Godsoe Flag of the United States.svg  United States 52.89QA
936 Luiz Martínez Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 52.90QB
1013 Coleman Allen Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 53.23QB
1116 Ben Hockin Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 53.63QB
1226 Marcos Barale Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 53.73QB
1337 Dylan Carter Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 53.89QB
1432 Esnaider Reales Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 54.42QB
1512 Andrew Torres Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 54.69QB
1627 Allan Gutiérrez Castro Flag of Honduras (before 2022).svg  Honduras 55.52QB
1717 Aldo Castillo Sulca Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia 57.25
24 Thiago Pereira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil DNS

B Final

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

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
95 Ben Hockin Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 53.45
104 Coleman Allen Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 53.46
113 Marcos Barale Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 53.47
126 Esnaider Reales Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 54.03
132 Andrew Torres Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 54.77
147 Allan Gutiérrez Castro Flag of Honduras (before 2022).svg  Honduras 55.21
151 Aldo Castillo Sulca Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia 56.97

A Final

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

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Giles Smith Flag of the United States.svg  United States 52.04 GR
Silver medal icon.svg5 Santiago Grassi Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 52.09 NR
Bronze medal icon.svg2 Santo Condorelli Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 52.42
46 Albert Subirats Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 52.52
53 Long Yuan Gutierrez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 52.58
61 Eugene Godsoe Flag of the United States.svg  United States 52.66
77 Arthur Mendes Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 52.73
88 Luiz Martínez Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 52.75

References

  1. "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). TO2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  3. Men's 100m butterfly Preliminaries
  4. Men's 100m Butterfly - B Final
  5. Men's 100m Butterfly - A Final
  6. Mauricio Fiol's positive drug test