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

The men's 100 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 16 at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in Mexico.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Scott Dickens of Canada.

Men's 100 metre breaststroke at the XVI Pan American Games
Venue	Scotiabank Aquatics Center
Dates	October 16 (preliminaries and finals)
Medalists
Felipe França   Brazil   Felipe Lima   Brazil   Marcus Titus   United States
«2007 2015»

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both being in breaststroke.[2]

Records

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

World record	Brenton Rickard (AUS)	58.58	Rome, Italy	July 27, 2009
Pan American Games record	Mark Gangloff (USA)	1:00.24	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	July 17, 2007

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (1:04.7) 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 (1:06.6) in the same qualifying period.[2]

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

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

Heats

The first round was held on October 16.[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4	Felipe França	Brazil	1:00.71	QA
2	3	5	Marcus Titus	United States	1:01.28	QA
3	2	4	Kevin Swander	United States	1:01.38	QA
4	1	4	Felipe Lima	Brazil	1:02.24	QA
5	2	5	Edgar Crespo	Panama	1:02.29	QA
6	2	6	Martin Melconian	Uruguay	1:03.05	QA
7	1	3	David Oliver	Mexico	1:03.23	QA
8	3	3	Jorge Murillo	Colombia	1:03.25	QA
9	1	5	Warren Barnes	Canada	1:03.31	QB
10	3	2	Lucas Peralta	Argentina	1:03.40	QB
11	2	3	Genaro Prono	Paraguay	1:03.79	QB
12	3	6	Jacob Armstrong	Canada	1:04.02	QB
13	1	6	Rodrigo Frutos	Argentina	1:04.34	QB
14	3	1	Ezequiel Trujillo	Mexico	1:04.67	QB
15	1	1	Eladio Carrion	Puerto Rico	1:05.36	QB
16	3	8	Gerardo Huidobro	Peru	1:05.62	QB
17	2	2	Renato Prono	Paraguay	1:05.72
18	2	7	Carlos Claverie	Venezuela	1:05.80
19	1	7	Diego Santander	Chile	1:05.84
20	1	2	Juan Alberto Guerra	El Salvador	1:06.40
21	2	1	Diguan Pigot	Suriname	1:06.54
22	2	8	Christian Hernandez	Cuba	1:07.49
23	3	7	Rodion Davelaar	Netherlands Antilles	1:08.07

B Final

The B final was also held on October 16.[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	4	Warren Barnes	Canada	1:03.50
10	5	Lucas Peralta	Argentina	1:03.53
11	3	Genaro Prono	Paraguay	1:04.22
12	2	Rodrigo Frutos	Argentina	1:04.23
13	6	Jacob Armstrong	Canada	1:04.29
14	7	Ezequiel Trujillo	Mexico	1:04.50
15	1	Eladio Carrion	Puerto Rico	1:05.22
16	8	Gerardo Huidobro	Peru	1:05.68

A Final

The A final was also held on October 16.[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Felipe França	Brazil	1:00.34
	6	Felipe Lima	Brazil	1:00.99
	5	Marcus Titus	United States	1:01.12
4	3	Kevin Swander	United States	1:01.17
5	2	Edgar Crespo	Panama	1:03.08
6	7	Martin Melconian	Uruguay	1:03.10
7	8	Jorge Murillo	Colombia	1:03.11
8	1	David Oliver	Mexico	1:03.63

References

1. Guadalajara 2011 sessions Archived 2011-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
2. Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
3. Men's 100m Breaststroke Preliminaries
4. "Finals – Day 2" (PDF). Best Swimming. 2011. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
5. Men's 100m Breaststroke Final A