| Event: | Swimming |
| Games: | 2011 |
| Venue: | Scotiabank Aquatics Center |
| Dates: | October 15–22 |
| Competitors: | 274 |
| Nations: | 36 |
| Prev: | 2007 |
| Next: | 2015 |
See main article: 2011 Pan American Games.
The Swimming competition at the XVI Pan American Games was October 15–22, 2011 at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in Guadalajara, Mexico.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] The open water events swam in the waters off API Maritime Terminal in Puerto Vallarta.[15]
274 athletes from 36 countries were entered in Swimming and Open Water events at the Games (note: 13 countries were entered in Open Water, but all those countries were also entered in pool events as well):[16] [17]
Benjamin Hockin gave Paraguay its first medal in the history of swimming at the Pan American Games, a bronze in the men's 200m freestyle.
The Amateur Swimming Union of the Americas (ASUA) originally proposed an 8-day format for the Games, mimicking the Olympic order format with prelims/semifinals/finals. However, this was changed in June 2010 at the bequest of the local organizers to a 7-day format, changing to a prelims/finals only (with A&B finals).[18] The shortening was to allow for the Open Water races, which were the day following the Swimming competition, to move from Sunday, October 23, 2011, to Saturday, October 22 in Puerto Vallarta. As part of the formatting change, the men's 1500 free and women's 800 free were also moved from the last two days of the schedule to earlier in the program to distance them from the open water swim.[19]
| 50 m freestyle | 21.58 GR | 22.05 | 22.15 NR | ||||
| 100 m freestyle | 47.84 GR | 48.34 NR | 48.64 | ||||
| 200 m freestyle | 1:47.18 GR | 1:48.29 | 1:48.48 | ||||
| 400 m freestyle | 3:50.95 | 3:51.25 | 3:52.51 | ||||
| 1500 m freestyle | 15:19.59 | 15:22.19 | 15:26.20 | ||||
| 100 m backstroke | 54.56 | 54.61 | 54.81 | ||||
| 200 m backstroke | 1:57.19 GR, NR | 1:58.31 | 1:58.50 | ||||
| 100 m breaststroke | 1:00.34 | 1:00.99 | 1:01.12 | ||||
| 200 m breaststroke | 2:11.62 GR | 2:12.60 | 2:13.58 | ||||
| 100 m butterfly | 52.37 | 52.67 | 52.95 | ||||
| 200 m butterfly | 1:57.92 | 1:58.52 | 1:58.78 | ||||
| 200 m individual medley | 1:58.07 | 1:58.64 | 2:03.41 | ||||
| 400 m individual medley | 4:16.68 | 4:18.22 | 4:24.88 | ||||
| 4×100 m freestyle relay | César Cielo Bruno Fratus Nicholas Santos Nicolas Oliveira Gabriel Mangabeira | 3:14.65 GR | William Copeland Chris Brady Bobby Savulich Scot Robison Eugene Godsoe* Conor Dwyer* | 3:15.62 | Octavio Alesi Crox Acuña Cristian Quintero Albert Subirats Luis Rojas* Roberto Gomez* Daniele Tirabassi* | 3:19.92 | |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay | Conor Dwyer Scot Robison Charlie Houchin Matt Patton Daniel Madwed
| 7:15.07 | André Schultz Nicolas Oliveira Leonardo de Deus Thiago Pereira Giuliano Rocco | 7:21.96 | Daniele Tirabassi Cristian Quintero Crox Acuña Marcos Lavado Eddy Marin | 7:23.41 | |
| 4×100 m medley relay | Guilherme Guido Felipe França Silva Gabriel Mangabeira César Cielo Thiago Pereira | 3:34.58 | Eugene Godsoe Marcus Titus Chris Brady Scot Robison David Russell
| 3:37.17 | Federico Grabich Lucas Peralta Marcos Barale Lucas Del Piccolo | 3:44.51 | |
| 10 km marathon | 1:57:31.0 | 1:57:31.3 | 1:57:33.9 | ||||
| 50m freestyle | 25.09 GR | 25.23 | 25.24 | ||||
| 100m freestyle | 54.75 | 55.04 | 55.43 | ||||
| 200m freestyle | 2:00.08 | 2:00.62 | 2:00.79 | ||||
| 400m freestyle | 4:11.58 | 4:11.81 | 4:13.31 | ||||
| 800m freestyle | 8:34.71 | 8:38.38 | 8:44.55 | ||||
| 100m backstroke | 1:00.37 GR | 1:01.12 | 1:02.00 | ||||
| 200m backstroke | 2:08.99 GR | 2:12.57 | 2:13.56 | ||||
| 100m breaststroke | 1:07.90 | 1:08.55 | 1:08.96 | ||||
| 200m breaststroke | 2:28.04 | 2:29.30 | 2:30.51 | ||||
| 100m butterfly | 58.73 | 59.30 | 59.81 | ||||
| 200m butterfly | 2:10.54 | 2:12.34 | 2:12.43 | ||||
| 200m I.M. | 2:13.73 | 2:14.75 | 2:15.08 | ||||
| 400m I.M. | 4:46.15 | 4:46.33 | 4:48.05 | ||||
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:40.66 GR | Michelle Lenhardt Flávia Delaroli Tatiana Barbosa Daynara de Paula Graciele Herrmann* | 3:44.62 | Jennifer Beckberger Caroline Lapierre Ashley McGregor Paige Schultz Gabrielle Soucisse* | 3:48.37 | ||
| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | Catherine Breed Elizabeth Pelton Chelsea Nauta Amanda Kendall Kim Vandenberg* Erika Erndl* | 8:01.18 GR | Joanna Maranhão Jéssica Cavalheiro Manuella Lyrio Tatiana Barbosa Sarah Correa* Gabriela Rocha* Larissa Cieslak* Thamy Ventorin* | 8:09.89 | Liliana Ibáñez Patricia Castañeda Fernanda González Susana Escobar Martha Beltrán* Rita Medrano* | 8:12.19 | |
| 4 × 100 m medley relay | Rachel Bootsma Annie Chandler Claire Donahue Amanda Kendall Elizabeth Pelton* Ashley Wanland* Elaine Breeden* Erika Erndl* | 4:01.00 GR | Ashley McGregor Gabrielle Soucisse Erin Miller Jennifer Beckberger Brenna MacLean* Kierra Smith* Samantha Corea* Caroline Lapierre* | 4:07.04 | 4:07.12 | ||
| 10 km marathon | 2:04:11.5 | 2:05:51.3 | 2:05:52.2 | ||||
On May 26, 2010, the qualification standards for the Swimming portion of the 2011 Pan Am Games were set.[15]
The time standards for the 2011 Pan American Games were:
| Men | Event | Women | ||
| A standard (2 entries) | B standard (1 entry) | A standard (2 entries) | B standard (1 entry) | |
| 23.1 | 23.8 | 50 freestyle | 26.4 | 27.2 |
| 50.4 | 51.9 | 100 freestyle | 57.6 | 59.3 |
| 1:51.6 | 1:54.7 | 200 freestyle | 2:05.0 | 2:08.8 |
| 4:00.1 | 4:07.2 | 400 freestyle | 4:19.9 | 4:27.7 |
| N/A | N/A | 800 freestyle | 9:05.8 | 9:22.2 |
| 15:50.4 | 16:18.9 | 1500 freestyle | N/A | N/A |
| 56.7 | 58.6 | 100 backstroke | 1:05.3 | 1:07.3 |
| 2:04.1 | 2:07.8 | 200 backstroke | 2:22.8 | 2:27.1 |
| 1:04.7 | 1:06.6 | 100 breaststroke | 1:13.3 | 1:15.5 |
| 2:21.7 | 2:26.0 | 200 breaststroke | 2:37.6 | 2:41.3 |
| 54.6 | 56.2 | 100 butterfly | 1:03.7 | 1:05.6 |
| 2:02.0 | 2:05.7 | 200 butterfly | 2:19.9 | 2:24.1 |
| 2:07.2 | 2:11.0 | 200 individual medley | 2:25.7 | 2:30.1 |
| 4:34.2 | 4:41.5 | 400 individual medley | 5:19.0 | 5:28.6 |