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

Men's 100 metre backstroke at the XVII Pan American Games
Venue	CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
Dates	July 17 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	16 from 13 nations
Winning time	53.20
Medalists
Nick Thoman   United States   Guilherme Guido   Brazil   Eugene Godsoe   United States
«2011 2019»

Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games
Freestyle
50 m		men		women
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m				women
1500 m		men
Backstroke
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Breaststroke
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Butterfly
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Individual medley
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m		men		women
4×200 m		men		women
Medley relay
4×100 m		men		women
Marathon
10 km		men		women

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Records

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

World record	Aaron Peirsol (USA)	51.94	Indianapolis, United States	July 8, 2009
Pan American Games record	Randall Bal (USA)	53.66	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	July 22, 2007

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
17 July	A Final	Nick Thoman	United States	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.^[2] All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.^[2]

Schedule

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

Results

Heats

The first round was held on July 17.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Guilherme Guido	Brazil	54.04	QA
2	3	4	Nick Thoman	United States	54.35	QA
3	2	5	Eugene Godsoe	United States	54.38	QA
4	1	4	Russell Wood	Canada	54.55	QA
5	1	5	Federico Grabich	Argentina	54.87	QA
6	2	3	Omar Pinzón	Colombia	54.94	QA
7	1	3	Albert Subirats	Venezuela	55.24	QA
8	3	3	Markus Thormeyer	Canada	55.26	QA
9	3	6	Armando Barrera	Cuba	56.14	QB
10	3	2	Charles Hockin	Paraguay	56.56	QB
11	1	6	Robinson Molina	Venezuela	57.08	QB
12	1	2	Luis Martínez	Guatemala	57.22	QB
13	2	6	Daniel Torres	Mexico	57.38	QB
14	3	7	Timothy Winter	Jamaica	57.86	QB
15	2	2	Christopher Courtis	Barbados	58.15	QB
16	1	7	Matthew Mays	Virgin Islands	59.15	QB
17	2	7	Jordan Augier	Saint Lucia	99.99 !	DNS
17	3	5	Thiago Pereira	Brazil	99.99 !	DNS

B Final

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

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	4	Armando Barrera	Cuba	56.14
10	2	Daniel Torres	Mexico	56.91
11	5	Charles Hockin	Paraguay	57.25
12	6	Luis Martínez	Guatemala	57.30
13	7	Timothy Winter	Jamaica	57.47
14	3	Robinson Molina	Venezuela	57.92
15	1	Christopher Courtis	Barbados	57.93
16	8	Matthew Mays	Virgin Islands	59.14

A Final

The A final was also held on July 17.^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	5	Nick Thoman	United States	53.20	GR
02 !	4	Guilherme Guido	Brazil	53.35
03 !	3	Eugene Godsoe	United States	53.96
4	6	Russell Wood	Canada	54.30
5	2	Federico Grabich	Argentina	54.61
6	7	Omar Pinzón	Colombia	55.22
7	8	Markus Thormeyer	Canada	55.52
8	1	Albert Subirats	Venezuela	56.09

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