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

Event:Men's 100 metre breaststroke
Games:2015
Venue:CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
Dates:July 17 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors:20
Nations:17
Win Value:59.21
Win Label:Winning time
Gold:Felipe França Silva
Goldnoc:BRA
Silver:Felipe Lima
Silvernoc:BRA
Bronze:Richard Funk
Bronzenoc:CAN
Prev:2011
Next:2019

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.[1] 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.[2]

Records

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

World record57.92London, United KingdomApril 17, 2015
Pan 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 align=left align=left 59.84 GR
17 July align=left align=left 59.21 GR

Qualification

See main article: Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – 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.[2] All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.[2]

Schedule

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

DateTimeRound
July 17, 2015 11:22 Heats
July 17, 2015 20:41 Final B
July 17, 2015 20:46 Final A

Results

KEY:bgcolor=ccffcc align=centerqFastest non-qualifiersbgcolor=ccffcc align=centerQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on July 15.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 QA, GR
2 3 3 1:00.53 QA, NR
3 3 4 1:00.57 QA
4 1 4 1:00.80 QA
5 3 5 1:01.29 QB
6 2 5 1:01.61 QA
7 1 3 1:01.85 QA
8 2 6 1:02.01 QA
9 1 5 1:02.02 QB
10 3 6 1:03.03 QB
11 2 2 1:03.15 QB
12 2 3 1:03.28 QB
13 1 6 1:03.75 QB
14 1 2 1:03.87 QB
15 3 7 1:03.92 QB
16 3 2 1:04.26 QB
17 1 7 1:05.50
18 2 7 1:08.27
19 3 1 1:10.96
20 2 1 1:11.94

B Final

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 1:02.46
10 3 1:02.49
11 6 1:02.57
12 5 1:03.55
13 7 1:03.60
14 1 1:03.97
15 2 1:04.57
16 8 1:04.95

A Final

The A final was also held on July 15.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
4 GR
3 1:00.01
6 1:00.29
4 5 1:00.61
5 2 1:01.34
6 1 1:01.42 NR
7 7 1:01.77
8 8 1:01.88

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide. 20 April 2015 . toronto2015.org . TO2015. 26 April 2015.
  2. Web site: Swimming Technical Manual. TO2015. 31 May 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150630150825/http://www.uana-aquatics.org/uana/UserFiles/File/TOR2015/Techman/SPT_TMAquaSwim_ENG_4C_r4.pdf. 30 June 2015.
  3. http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/resTO2015/pdf/TO2015/SW/TO2015_SW_C74A_SWM031900.pdf Men's 100m Breaststroke Preliminaries
  4. http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/resTO2015/pdf/TO2015/SW/TO2015_SW_C73A1_SWM031102.pdf Men's 100m Breaststroke - B Final
  5. http://results.toronto2015.org/IRS/resTO2015/pdf/TO2015/SW/TO2015_SW_C73A1_SWM031101.pdf Men's 100m Breaststroke - A Final