Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre breaststroke


The men's 100 metre breaststroke 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. The defending Pan American Games champion was Felipe França Silva of Brazil.
This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all lengths in breaststroke. The top eight swimmers from the heats would qualify for the A final, while the next best eight swimmers would qualify for the B final.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
World record57.92London, United KingdomApril 17, 2015
Pan American Games record1:00.24Rio de Janeiro, BrazilJuly 17, 2007

The following new records were set during this competition.
DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
17 JulyHeatsFelipe França Silva59.84GR
17 JulyA FinalFelipe França Silva59.21GR

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard in the qualifying period. NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard in the same qualifying period. All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.

Schedule

All times are Eastern Time Zone.
DateTimeRound
July 17, 201511:22Heats
July 17, 201520:41Final B
July 17, 201520:46Final A

Results

Heats

The first round was held on July 15.
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
124Felipe França SilvaQA, GR
233Jorge Murillo1:00.53QA, NR
334Felipe Lima1:00.57QA
414Richard Funk1:00.80QA
535Brad Craig1:01.29QB
625B.J. Johnson1:01.61QA
713Miguel De Lara1:01.85QA
826Édgar Crespo1:02.01QA
915Carlos Claverie1:02.02QB
1036Facundo Miguelena1:03.03QB
1122Dustin Tynes1:03.15QB
1223James Dergousoff1:03.28QB
1316Renato Prono1:03.75QB
1412Julian Fletcher1:03.87QB
1537Jordy Groters1:03.92QB
1632Martin Melconian1:04.26QB
1717Rafael Alfaro1:05.50
1827Gerardo Huidobro1:08.27
1931Corey Ollivierre1:10.96
2021Nikolas Sylvester1:11.94

B Final

The B final was also held on July 17.
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
94Carlos Claverie1:02.46
103Dustin Tynes1:02.49
116James Dergousoff1:02.57
125Facundo Miguelena1:03.55
137Julian Fletcher1:03.60
141Jordy Groters1:03.97
152Renato Prono1:04.57
168Martin Melconian1:04.95

A Final

The A final was also held on July 15.
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Felipe França SilvaGR
3Felipe Lima1:00.01
6Richard Funk1:00.29
45Jorge Murillo1:00.61
52Brad Craig1:01.34
61Miguel De Lara1:01.42NR
77B.J. Johnson1:01.77
88Édgar Crespo1:01.88