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

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Men's 50 metre freestyle at the 2015 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
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   Brazil
Bronze medal   Trinidad and Tobago
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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.

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

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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 Sao Paulo, Brazil December 18, 2009
Pan American Games record  César Cielo Filho (BRA) 21.58 Guadalajara, Mexico October 20, 2011

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 (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

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

Date Time Round
July 17, 2015 11:45 Heats
July 17, 2015 12:25 Swim-off
July 17, 2015 21:12 Final B
July 17, 2015 21:16 Final A

Results

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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 July 17.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 4 Josh Schneider  United States 21.97 QA
2 2 4 Cullen Jones  United States 22.12 QA
3 2 6 Federico Grabich  Argentina 22.25 QA
4 3 6 Renzo Tjon A Joe  Suriname 22.31 QA
5 3 4 Bruno Fratus  Brazil 22.33 QA
6 1 5 George Bovell  Trinidad and Tobago 22.34 QA
7 3 3 Oleksandr Loginov  Canada 22.37 QA
8 2 3 Erik Risolvato  Puerto Rico 22.48 ?
1 3 Dylan Carter  Trinidad and Tobago ?
10 2 5 Karl Krug  Canada 22.55 QB
11 1 6 Brett Fraser  Cayman Islands 22.71 QB
12 3 5 Nicholas Santos  Brazil 22.74 QB
13 3 2 Cristian Quintero  Venezuela 22.77 QB
14 2 2 Jordan Augier  Saint Lucia 23.17 QB
15 2 7 Charles Hockin  Paraguay 23.57 QB
16 1 2 Allan Gutiérrez Castro  Honduras 23.62 QB
17 1 7 Miguel Mena  Nicaragua 23.71
18 3 7 Jordy Groters  Aruba 23.93
19 3 1 Nikolas Sylvester  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 26.14
20 3 8 Omar Adams  Guyana 26.58
21 1 1 Corey Ollivierre  Grenada 26.61
22 2 1 Frantz Dorsainvil  Haiti 33.83

Swim-off

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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]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Erik Risolvato  Puerto Rico 22.33 QA
2 4 Dylan Carter  Trinidad and Tobago 22.39 QB

B Final

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Dylan Carter  Trinidad and Tobago 22.39
10 6 Nicholas Santos  Brazil 22.55
11 5 Karl Krug  Canada 22.59
12 2 Cristian Quintero  Venezuela 22.76
13 3 Brett Fraser  Cayman Islands 22.93
14 7 Jordan Augier  Saint Lucia 23.08
15 8 Allan Gutiérrez Castro  Honduras 23.61
16 1 Charles Hockin  Paraguay 23.76

A Final

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Josh Schneider  United States 21.86
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 Bruno Fratus  Brazil 21.91
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 George Bovell  Trinidad and Tobago 22.17
4 8 Erik Risolvato  Puerto Rico 22.22
5 5 Cullen Jones  United States 22.23
6 3 Federico Grabich  Argentina 22.29
7 6 Renzo Tjon A Joe  Suriname 22.30
8 1 Oleksandr Loginov  Canada 22.47

References

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  1. ^ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). TO2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  3. ^ Men's 50m Freestyle Preliminaries
  4. ^ Men's 50m Freestyle - Swim Off
  5. ^ Men's 50m Freestyle - B Final
  6. ^ Men's 50m Freestyle - A Final