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 2015 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
Gold medal   Brazil
Silver medal   Brazil
Bronze medal   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

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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.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
17 July Heats Felipe França Silva   Brazil 59.84 GR
17 July A Final Felipe França Silva   Brazil 59.21 GR

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 (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

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All times are Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4).

Date Time Round
July 17, 2015 11:22 Heats
July 17, 2015 20:41 Final B
July 17, 2015 20:46 Final A

Results

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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 July 15.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 Felipe França Silva   Brazil 59.84 QA, GR
2 3 3 Jorge Murillo   Colombia 1:00.53 QA, NR
3 3 4 Felipe Lima   Brazil 1:00.57 QA
4 1 4 Richard Funk   Canada 1:00.80 QA
5 3 5 Brad Craig   United States 1:01.29 QB
6 2 5 B.J. Johnson   United States 1:01.61 QA
7 1 3 Miguel De Lara   Mexico 1:01.85 QA
8 2 6 Édgar Crespo   Panama 1:02.01 QA
9 1 5 Carlos Claverie   Venezuela 1:02.02 QB
10 3 6 Facundo Miguelena   Argentina 1:03.03 QB
11 2 2 Dustin Tynes   Bahamas 1:03.15 QB
12 2 3 James Dergousoff   Canada 1:03.28 QB
13 1 6 Renato Prono   Paraguay 1:03.75 QB
14 1 2 Julian Fletcher   Bermuda 1:03.87 QB
15 3 7 Jordy Groters   Aruba 1:03.92 QB
16 3 2 Martin Melconian   Uruguay 1:04.26 QB
17 1 7 Rafael Alfaro   El Salvador 1:05.50
18 2 7 Gerardo Huidobro   Peru 1:08.27
19 3 1 Corey Ollivierre   Grenada 1:10.96
20 2 1 Nikolas Sylvester   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1:11.94

B Final

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Carlos Claverie   Venezuela 1:02.46
10 3 Dustin Tynes   Bahamas 1:02.49
11 6 James Dergousoff   Canada 1:02.57
12 5 Facundo Miguelena   Argentina 1:03.55
13 7 Julian Fletcher   Bermuda 1:03.60
14 1 Jordy Groters   Aruba 1:03.97
15 2 Renato Prono   Paraguay 1:04.57
16 8 Martin Melconian   Uruguay 1:04.95

A Final

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Felipe França Silva   Brazil 59.21 GR
  3 Felipe Lima   Brazil 1:00.01
  6 Richard Funk   Canada 1:00.29
4 5 Jorge Murillo   Colombia 1:00.61
5 2 Brad Craig   United States 1:01.34
6 1 Miguel De Lara   Mexico 1:01.42 NR
7 7 B.J. Johnson   United States 1:01.77
8 8 Édgar Crespo   Panama 1:01.88

References

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  1. ^ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "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