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Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 50 metre freestyle

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Men's 50 metre freestyle at the 2011 Pan American Games
VenueScotiabank Aquatics Center
DatesOctober 20 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors20 from 16 nations
Medalists
Gold medal   Brazil
Silver medal   Brazil
Bronze medal   Cuba
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The men's 50 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 20 at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in the municipality of Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was César Cielo Filho of Brazil.

This race consisted of one length of the pool in freestyle.[2]

Records

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

World record  César Cielo Filho (BRA) 20.91 São Paulo, Brazil December 18, 2009
Pan American Games record  César Cielo Filho (BRA) 21.84 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 22, 2007

Qualification

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Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (23.1) 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 (23.8) in the same qualifying period.[2]

Results

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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

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The first round was held on October 20.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time[3] Notes
1 3 4 César Cielo  Brazil 22.17 QA
2 2 5 Hanser García  Cuba 22.37 QA
3 2 4 Bruno Fratus  Brazil 22.44 QA
4 1 5 Brett Fraser  Cayman Islands 22.73 QA
5 1 4 William Copeland  United States 22.75 QA
6 3 5 Bryan Lundquist  United States 22.77 QA
7 3 6 Federico Grabich  Argentina 22.87 QA
8 3 3 Roy-Allan Burch  Bermuda 22.96 QA
8 1 6 Gabriel Melconian  Uruguay 22.96 QB
10 1 3 Lucas del Piccolo  Argentina 23.02 QB
11 2 6 Roberto Gomez  Venezuela 23.11 QB
12 2 3 Elvis Burrows  Bahamas 23.36 QB
13 1 7 Alejandro Escudero  Mexico 23.48 QB
14 2 2 Perry Lindo  Netherlands Antilles 23.60 QB
15 3 2 Rory Biskupski  Canada 23.64 QB
16 1 2 Martyn Forde  Barbados 23.71 QB
17 2 7 Antonio Cisneros  Mexico 23.72
18 3 7 Oliver Elliot  Chile 23.74
19 3 1 Tolga Akcayli  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 25.65
2 1 Niall Roberts  Guyana DNS

Swim-off

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A swim-off was contested between Roy-Allan Burch and Gabriel Melconián to determine who would advance as the eighth seed to the A Final.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time[4] Notes
1 5 Roy-Allan Burch  Bermuda 22.76 QA
2 4 Gabriel Melconian  Uruguay 23.07 QB

B Final

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The B final was also held on October 20.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 6 Elvis Burrows  Bahamas 23.05
10 5 Lucas del Piccolo  Argentina 23.07
11 4 Gabriel Melconian  Uruguay 23.10
12 3 Roberto Gomez  Venezuela 23.12
13 1 Rory Biskupski  Canada 23.58
14 2 Alejandro Escudero  Mexico 23.61
15 7 Perry Lindo  Netherlands Antilles 23.65
16 8 Martyn Forde  Barbados 23.67

A Final

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The A final was also held on October 20.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time[6] Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 César Cielo  Brazil 21.58 PR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Bruno Fratus  Brazil 22.05
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Hanser García  Cuba 22.15
4 2 William Copeland  United States 22.30
5 6 Brett Fraser  Cayman Islands 22.60
6 7 Bryan Lundquist  United States 22.67
7 8 Roy-Allan Burch  Bermuda 22.82
8 1 Federico Grabich  Argentina 22.97

References

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  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 50 Freestyle Preliminary". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.[dead link]
  4. ^ "Men's 50 metre Freestyle Preliminaries Swim-off 1". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.[dead link]
  5. ^ a b "Finals – Day 6" (PDF). Best Swimming. 2011. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  6. ^ "Men's 50m Freestyle Final A". Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original on October 23, 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.