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

The men's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 16 at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in the municipality of Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was César Cielo Filho of the Brazil.

Men's 100 metre freestyle at the 2011 Pan American Games
VenueScotiabank Aquatics Center
DatesOctober 16 (preliminaries and finals)
Medalists
Gold medal   Brazil
Silver medal   Cuba
Bronze medal   Cayman Islands
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This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths in freestyle.[2]

Records

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

World record   César Cielo Filho (BRA) 46.91 Rome, Italy July 30, 2009
Pan American Games record   César Cielo Filho (BRA) 48.79 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 18, 2007

Qualification

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Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (50.4) 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 (51.9) in the same qualifying period.[2]

Results

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All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified GR Games record NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Heats

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

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 4 César Cielo   Brazil 48.89 QA
2 3 3 Shaune Fraser   Cayman Islands 49.00 QA
3 3 5 Hanser García   Cuba 49.08 QA
4 2 5 Douglas Robison   United States 49.09 QA
5 1 4 Brett Fraser   Cayman Islands 49.16 QA
6 1 5 Robert Savulich   United States 49.58 QA
7 1 6 Cristian Quintero   Venezuela 49.87 QA
8 2 3 Benjamin Hockin   Paraguay 49.91 QA
9 1 3 Federico Grabich   Argentina 50.20 QB
10 3 6 Crox Acuña   Venezuela 50.35 QB
11 2 4 Bruno Fratus   Brazil 50.51 QB
12 2 6 Gabriel Melconian   Uruguay 51.02 QB
13 3 2 Rory Biskupski   Canada 51.12 QB
14 3 7 Shawn Clarke   Barbados 51.18 QB
15 2 1 Alejandro Escudero   Mexico 51.38 QB
16 1 7 Mario Montoya   Costa Rica 51.86 QB
17 2 7 Raúl Martínez   Puerto Rico 52.06
18 3 1 Antonio Cisneros   Mexico 52.42
19 2 2 Branden Whitehurst   U.S. Virgin Islands 52.45
20 1 2 Roy-Allan Burch   Bermuda 52.87
21 3 8 Perry Lindo   Netherlands Antilles 53.32
22 1 1 Esau Simpson   Grenada 54.73
23 1 8 Niall Roberts   Guyana 55.45
24 2 8 Orel Jeffrey   Antigua and Barbuda 1:03.84

B Final

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Federico Grabich   Argentina 49.95
10 5 Gabriel Melconian   Uruguay 50.30
11 6 Shawn Clarke   Barbados 51.00
12 3 Rory Biskupski   Canada 51.15
13 2 Alejandro Escudero   Mexico 51.66
14 7 Mario Montoya   Costa Rica 51.83
15 1 Raúl Martínez   Puerto Rico 51.94
16 8 Antonio Cisneros   Mexico 52.55

A Final

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The A final was also held on October 16.[5][4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 César Cielo   Brazil 47.84 GR
  3 Hanser García   Cuba 48.34
  5 Shaune Fraser   Cayman Islands 48.63
4 6 Douglas Robison   United States 48.98
5 2 Brett Fraser   Cayman Islands 49.07
6 7 Robert Savulich   United States 49.62
7 1 Cristian Quintero   Venezuela 49.75
8 8 Benjamin Hockin   Paraguay 50.03

References

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  1. ^ Guadalajara 2011 sessions Archived 2011-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Men's 100m Freestyle Preliminaries[dead link]
  4. ^ a b "Finals – Day 2" (PDF). Best Swimming. 2011. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  5. ^ Men's 100m Freestyle Final A[dead link]