Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 50 metre freestyle

The men's 50 metre freestyle 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 César Cielo Filho of Brazil.

Men's 50 metre freestyle at the XVII Pan American Games
VenueCIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
DatesJuly 17 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors22 from 18 nations
Winning time21.86
Medalists
   United States
   Brazil
   Trinidad and Tobago
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This race consisted of one length of the pool in freestyle. 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  César Cielo Filho (BRA) 20.91 Sao Paulo, Brazil December 18, 2009
Pan American Games record  César Cielo Filho (BRA) 21.58 Guadalajara, Mexico October 20, 2011

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (22.71) 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 (24.07) 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).

Date Time Round
July 17, 201511:45Heats
July 17, 201512:25Swim-off
July 17, 201521:12Final B
July 17, 201521:16Final A

Results

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified GRGames record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
114Josh Schneider United States21.97QA
224Cullen Jones United States22.12QA
326Federico Grabich Argentina22.25QA
436Renzo Tjon A Joe Suriname22.31QA
534Bruno Fratus Brazil22.33QA
615George Bovell Trinidad and Tobago22.34QA
733Oleksandr Loginov Canada22.37QA
823Erik Risolvato Puerto Rico22.48?
13Dylan Carter Trinidad and Tobago?
1025Karl Krug Canada22.55QB
1116Brett Fraser Cayman Islands22.71QB
1235Nicholas Santos Brazil22.74QB
1332Cristian Quintero Venezuela22.77QB
1422Jordan Augier Saint Lucia23.17QB
1527Charles Hockin Paraguay23.57QB
1612Allan Gutiérrez Castro Honduras23.62QB
1717Miguel Mena Nicaragua23.71
1837Jordy Groters Aruba23.93
1931Nikolas Sylvester Saint Vincent and the Grenadines26.14
2038Omar Adams Guyana26.58
2111Corey Ollivierre Grenada26.61
2221Frantz Dorsainvil Haiti33.83

Swim-off

A swim-off was contested between Erik Risolvato and Dylan Carter to determine who would advance as the eighth seed to the A Final, while the loser would advance to the B Final.[4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15Erik Risolvato Puerto Rico22.33QA
24Dylan Carter Trinidad and Tobago22.39QB

B Final

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

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
94Dylan Carter Trinidad and Tobago22.39
106Nicholas Santos Brazil22.55
115Karl Krug Canada22.59
122Cristian Quintero Venezuela22.76
133Brett Fraser Cayman Islands22.93
147Jordan Augier Saint Lucia23.08
158Allan Gutiérrez Castro Honduras23.61
161Charles Hockin Paraguay23.76

A Final

The A final was also held on July 17.[6]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Josh Schneider United States21.86
2Bruno Fratus Brazil21.91
7George Bovell Trinidad and Tobago22.17
48Erik Risolvato Puerto Rico22.22
55Cullen Jones United States22.23
63Federico Grabich Argentina22.29
76Renzo Tjon A Joe Suriname22.30
81Oleksandr Loginov Canada22.47

References

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