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. The defending Pan American Games champion was Felipe França Silva of Brazil.

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.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record57.92London, United KingdomApril 17, 2015Pan American Games record1:00.24Rio de Janeiro, BrazilJuly 17, 2007 The following new records were set during this competition. Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 17 July Heats Felipe França Silva 59.84 GR 17 July A Final Felipe França Silva 59.21 GR

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. All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.

Schedule

All times are Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4). Date Time Round July 17, 2015 11:22 Heats July 17, 2015 20:41 Final B July 17, 2015 20:46 Final A

Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats The first round was held on July 15.Men's 100m Breaststroke Preliminaries

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 4 Felipe França Silva QA, GR 2 3 3 Jorge Murillo 1:00.53 QA, NR 3 3 4 Felipe Lima 1:00.57 QA 4 1 4 Richard Funk 1:00.80 QA 5 3 5 Brad Craig 1:01.29 QB 6 2 5 B.J. Johnson 1:01.61 QA 7 1 3 Miguel De Lara 1:01.85 QA 8 2 6 Édgar Crespo 1:02.01 QA 9 1 5 Carlos Claverie 1:02.02 QB 10 3 6 Facundo Miguelena 1:03.03 QB 11 2 2 Dustin Tynes 1:03.15 QB 12 2 3 James Dergousoff 1:03.28 QB 13 1 6 Renato Prono 1:03.75 QB 14 1 2 Julian Fletcher 1:03.87 QB 15 3 7 Jordy Groters 1:03.92 QB 16 3 2 Martin Melconian 1:04.26 QB 17 1 7 Rafael Alfaro 1:05.50 18 2 7 Gerardo Huidobro 1:08.27 19 3 1 Corey Ollivierre 1:10.96 20 2 1 Nikolas Sylvester 1:11.94

B Final The B final was also held on July 17.Men's 100m Breaststroke - B Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 4 Carlos Claverie 1:02.46 10 3 Dustin Tynes 1:02.49 11 6 James Dergousoff 1:02.57 12 5 Facundo Miguelena 1:03.55 13 7 Julian Fletcher 1:03.60 14 1 Jordy Groters 1:03.97 15 2 Renato Prono 1:04.57 16 8 Martin Melconian 1:04.95

A Final The A final was also held on July 15.Men's 100m Breaststroke - A Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Felipe França Silva GR 3 Felipe Lima 1:00.01 6 Richard Funk 1:00.29 4 5 Jorge Murillo 1:00.61 5 2 Brad Craig 1:01.34 6 1 Miguel De Lara 1:01.42 NR 7 7 B.J. Johnson 1:01.77 8 8 Édgar Crespo 1:01.88

References