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

The men's 100 metre breaststroke 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 Felipe França Silva of Brazil.

Men's 100 metre breaststroke at the XVII Pan American Games
VenueCIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
DatesJuly 17 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors20 from 17 nations
Winning time59.21
Medalists
   Brazil
   Brazil
   Canada
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This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all lengths in breaststroke. 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  Adam Peaty (GBR) 57.92 London, United Kingdom April 17, 2015
Pan American Games record  Mark Gangloff (USA) 1:00.24 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 17, 2007

The following new records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
17 JulyHeatsFelipe França Silva Brazil59.84GR
17 JulyA FinalFelipe França Silva Brazil59.21GR

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (1:02.79) 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 (1:06.56) 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, 201511:22Heats
July 17, 201520:41Final B
July 17, 201520:46Final A

Results

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified GRGames record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on July 15.[3]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
124Felipe França Silva Brazil59.84QA, GR
233Jorge Murillo Colombia1:00.53QA, NR
334Felipe Lima Brazil1:00.57QA
414Richard Funk Canada1:00.80QA
535Brad Craig United States1:01.29QB
625B.J. Johnson United States1:01.61QA
713Miguel De Lara Mexico1:01.85QA
826Édgar Crespo Panama1:02.01QA
915Carlos Claverie Venezuela1:02.02QB
1036Facundo Miguelena Argentina1:03.03QB
1122Dustin Tynes Bahamas1:03.15QB
1223James Dergousoff Canada1:03.28QB
1316Renato Prono Paraguay1:03.75QB
1412Julian Fletcher Bermuda1:03.87QB
1537Jordy Groters Aruba1:03.92QB
1632Martin Melconian Uruguay1:04.26QB
1717Rafael Alfaro El Salvador1:05.50
1827Gerardo Huidobro Peru1:08.27
1931Corey Ollivierre Grenada1:10.96
2021Nikolas Sylvester Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1:11.94

B Final

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

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
94Carlos Claverie Venezuela1:02.46
103Dustin Tynes Bahamas1:02.49
116James Dergousoff Canada1:02.57
125Facundo Miguelena Argentina1:03.55
137Julian Fletcher Bermuda1:03.60
141Jordy Groters Aruba1:03.97
152Renato Prono Paraguay1:04.57
168Martin Melconian Uruguay1:04.95

A Final

The A final was also held on July 15.[5]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Felipe França Silva Brazil59.21GR
3Felipe Lima Brazil1:00.01
6Richard Funk Canada1:00.29
45Jorge Murillo Colombia1:00.61
52Brad Craig United States1:01.34
61Miguel De Lara Mexico1:01.42NR
77B.J. Johnson United States1:01.77
88Édgar Crespo Panama1:01.88

References

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