The men's 50 metre freestyle 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. The defending Pan American Games champion was César Cielo Filho of Brazil.

This race consisted of one length of the pool in freestyle. 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.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record20.91São Paulo, BrazilDecember 18, 2009Pan American Games record21.58Guadalajara, MexicoOctober 20, 2011

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (22.71) 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 (24.07) in the same qualifying period. All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.

Schedule All times are Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4). Date Time Round July 17, 2015 11:45 Heats July 17, 2015 12:25 Swim-off July 17, 2015 21:12 Final B July 17, 2015 21:16 Final A

Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats The first round was held on July 17.Men's 50m Freestyle Preliminaries

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 4 Josh Schneider 21.97 QA 2 2 4 Cullen Jones 22.12 QA 3 2 6 Federico Grabich 22.25 QA 4 3 6 Renzo Tjon A Joe 22.31 QA 5 3 4 Bruno Fratus 22.33 QA 6 1 5 George Bovell 22.34 QA 7 3 3 Oleksandr Loginov 22.37 QA8 2 3 Erik Risolvato 22.48 ? 1 3 Dylan Carter ? 10 2 5 Karl Krug 22.55 QB 11 1 6 Brett Fraser 22.71 QB 12 3 5 Nicholas Santos 22.74 QB 13 3 2 Cristian Quintero 22.77 QB 14 2 2 Jordan Augier 23.17 QB 15 2 7 Charles Hockin 23.57 QB 16 1 2 Allan Gutiérrez Castro 23.62 QB 17 1 7 Miguel Mena 23.71 18 3 7 Jordy Groters 23.93 19 3 1 Nikolas Sylvester 26.14 20 3 8 Omar Adams 26.58 21 1 1 Corey Ollivierre 26.61 22 2 1 Frantz Dorsainvil 33.83

Swim-off A swim-off was contested between Erik Risolvato and Dylan Carter to determine who would advance as the eighth seed to the A Final, while the loser would advance to the B Final.Men's 50m Freestyle - Swim Off

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Erik Risolvato 22.33 QA 2 4 Dylan Carter 22.39 QB

B Final The B final was also held on July 17.Men's 50m Freestyle - B Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 4 Dylan Carter 22.39 10 6 Nicholas Santos 22.55 11 5 Karl Krug 22.59 12 2 Cristian Quintero 22.76 13 3 Brett Fraser 22.93 14 7 Jordan Augier 23.08 15 8 Allan Gutiérrez Castro 23.61 16 1 Charles Hockin 23.76

A Final The A final was also held on July 17.Men's 50m Freestyle - A Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Josh Schneider 21.86 2 Bruno Fratus 21.91 7 George Bovell 22.17 4 8 Erik Risolvato 22.22 5 5 Cullen Jones 22.23 6 3 Federico Grabich 22.29 7 6 Renzo Tjon A Joe 22.30 8 1 Oleksandr Loginov 22.47

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