Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke

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Men's 100 metre backstroke at the XVI Pan American Games
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VenueScotiabank Aquatics Center
DatesOctober 17 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors11 from 8 nations
Medalists
Gold medal Thiago Pereira  Brazil
Silver medal Eugene Godsoe  United States
Bronze medal Guilherme Guido  Brazil
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Swimming at the
2011 Pan American Games
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Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen
Marathon
10 kmmenwomen
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The men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 17 at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in the municipality of Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Randall Bal of the United States

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.[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

Qualification[]

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (56.7) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 4, 2011). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard (58.6) in the same qualifying period.[2]

Results[]

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified GR Games record NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Heats[]

The first round was held on October 17.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time[3] Notes
1 2 4 Eugene Godsoe  United States 55.04 QA
2 2 5 Thiago Pereira  Brazil 55.50 QA
3 1 4  United States 55.57 QA
4 1 5 Guilherme Guido  Brazil 55.71 QA
5 1 3 Federico Grabich  Argentina 56.00 QA
6 2 6 Pedro Medel  Cuba 56.71 QA
7 2 3 Omar Pinzon  Colombia 56.82 QA
8 1 6 Luis Rojas  Venezuela 57.61 QA
9 1 2 Charles Hockin  Paraguay 57.65 QB
10 2 7 Miguel Robles  Mexico 57.93 QB
11 2 2  Mexico 59.29 QB

B Final[]

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Miguel Robles  Mexico 58.29
10 5  Mexico 59.11

A Final[]

The A final was also held on October 17.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time[5] Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Thiago Pereira  Brazil 54.56
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Eugene Godsoe  United States 54.61
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Guilherme Guido  Brazil 54.81
4 3  United States 54.87
5 2 Federico Grabich  Argentina 55.22
6 7 Pedro Medel  Cuba 56.16
7 1 Luis Rojas  Venezuela 57.54
8 8 Charles Hockin  Paraguay 57.63

References[]

  1. ^ "Sessions" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Men's 100m Backstroke Preliminaries". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.[dead link]
  4. ^ a b "Finals – Day 3" (PDF). Best Swimming. 2011. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  5. ^ "Men's 100m Backstroke Final A". Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original on October 20, 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
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