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

The men's 100 metre backstroke 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 Thiago Pereira of Brazil.

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths in backstroke. 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 record51.94Indianapolis, United StatesJuly 8, 2009Pan American Games record53.66Rio de Janeiro, BrazilJuly 22, 2007 The following new records were set during this competition. Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 17 July A Final Nick Thoman 53.20 GR

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (56.59) 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 (59.99) 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 10:18 Heats July 17, 2015 19:18 Final B July 17, 2015 19:24 Final A

Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats The first round was held on July 17.Men's 100m Backstroke Preliminaries

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 4 Guilherme Guido 54.04 QA 2 3 4 Nick Thoman 54.35 QA 3 2 5 Eugene Godsoe 54.38 QA 4 1 4 Russell Wood 54.55 QA 5 1 5 Federico Grabich 54.87 QA 6 2 3 Omar Pinzón 54.94 QA 7 1 3 Albert Subirats 55.24 QA 8 3 3 Markus Thormeyer 55.26 QA 9 3 6 Armando Barrera 56.14 QB 10 3 2 Charles Hockin 56.56 QB 11 1 6 Robinson Molina 57.08 QB 12 1 2 Luis Martínez 57.22 QB 13 2 6 Daniel Torres 57.38 QB 14 3 7 Timothy Winter 57.86 QB 15 2 2 Christopher Courtis 58.15 QB 16 1 7 Matthew Mays 59.15 QB 2 7 Jordan Augier DNS 3 5 Thiago Pereira DNS

B Final The B final was also held on July 17.Men's 100m Backstroke - B Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 4 Armando Barrera 56.14 10 2 Daniel Torres 56.91 11 5 Charles Hockin 57.25 12 6 Luis Martínez 57.30 13 7 Timothy Winter 57.47 14 3 Robinson Molina 57.92 15 1 Christopher Courtis 57.93 16 8 Matthew Mays 59.14

A Final The A final was also held on July 17.Men's 100m Backstroke - A Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Nick Thoman 53.20 GR 4 Guilherme Guido 53.35 3 Eugene Godsoe 53.96 4 6 Russell Wood 54.30 5 2 Federico Grabich 54.61 6 7 Omar Pinzón 55.22 7 8 Markus Thormeyer 55.52 8 1 Albert Subirats 56.09

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