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
Venue	CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
Dates	July 17 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	22 from 18 nations
Winning time	21.86
Medalists
Josh Schneider   United States   Bruno Fratus   Brazil   George Bovell   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, 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

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 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

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

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

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

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Josh Schneider	United States	21.86
	2	Bruno Fratus	Brazil	21.91
	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

1. "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
2. "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