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


The men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 17 at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in the municipality of Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico. The defending Pan American Games champion was Randall Bal of the United States
This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
World record51.94Indianapolis, United StatesJuly 8, 2009
Pan American Games record53.66Rio de Janeiro, BrazilJuly 22, 2007

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.

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.
KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on October 17.
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
124Eugene Godsoe55.04QA
225Thiago Pereira55.50QA
314David Russell55.57QA
415Guilherme Guido55.71QA
513Federico Grabich56.00QA
626Pedro Medel56.71QA
723Omar Pinzon56.82QA
816Luis Rojas57.61QA
912Charles Hockin57.65QB
1027Miguel Robles57.93QB
1122Anival Rodriguez59.29QB

B Final

The B final was also held on October 17.
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
94Miguel Robles58.29
105Anival Rodriguez59.11

A Final

The A final was also held on October 17.
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
5Thiago Pereira54.56
4Eugene Godsoe54.61
6Guilherme Guido54.81
43David Russell54.87
52Federico Grabich55.22
67Pedro Medel56.16
71Luis Rojas57.54
88Charles Hockin57.63