The men's 100 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 16 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada. The defending Pan American Games champion was Albert Subirats of Venezuela.

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all lengths in butterfly. 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.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record49.82Rome, ItalyAugust 1, 2009Pan American Games record52.05Rio de Janeiro, BrazilJuly 18, 2007 The following new records were set during this competition. Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 16 July A Final Giles Smith 52.04 GR

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (53.99) 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 (57.23) in the same qualifying period. All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.

Schedule

All times are Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4). Date Time Round July 16, 2015 10:56 Heats July 16, 2015 20:13 Final B July 16, 2015 20:18 Final A

Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats The first round was held on July 16.Men's 100m butterfly Preliminaries

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 4 Giles Smith 52.13 QA 2 3 3 Mauricio Fiol 52.25 QA 3 2 5 Santiago Grassi 52.34 QA 4 2 2 Long Yuan Gutierrez 52.57 QA 5 1 5 Albert Subirats 52.60 QA 6 3 5 Santo Condorelli 52.67 QA 7 1 4 Arthur Mendes 52.85 QA 8 2 3 Eugene Godsoe 52.89 QA 9 3 6 Luiz Martínez 52.90 QB 10 1 3 Coleman Allen 53.23 QB 11 1 6 Ben Hockin 53.63 QB 12 2 6 Marcos Barale 53.73 QB 13 3 7 Dylan Carter 53.89 QB 14 3 2 Esnaider Reales 54.42 QB 15 1 2 Andrew Torres 54.69 QB 16 2 7 Allan Gutiérrez Castro 55.52 QB 17 1 7 Aldo Castillo Sulca 57.25 2 4 Thiago Pereira DNS

B Final The B final was also held on July 16.Men's 100m Butterfly - B Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 5 Ben Hockin 53.45 10 4 Coleman Allen 53.46 11 3 Marcos Barale 53.47 12 6 Esnaider Reales 54.03 13 2 Andrew Torres 54.77 14 7 Allan Gutiérrez Castro 55.21 15 1 Aldo Castillo Sulca 56.97

A Final The A final was also held on July 16.Men's 100m Butterfly - A Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Giles Smith 52.04 GR 5 Santiago Grassi 52.09 NR 2 Santo Condorelli 52.42 4 6 Albert Subirats 52.52 5 3 Long Yuan Gutierrez 52.58 6 1 Eugene Godsoe 52.66 7 7 Arthur Mendes 52.73 8 8 Luiz Martínez 52.75

Peruvian swimmer Mauricio Fiol was suspended by his team and pulled from the final for testing positive for stanozolol.Mauricio Fiol's positive drug test

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