Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 50 metre freestyle


The men's 50 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 20 at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in the municipality of Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico. The defending Pan American Games champion was César Cielo Filho of Brazil.
This race consisted of one length of the pool in freestyle.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
World record20.91Sao Paulo, BrazilDecember 18, 2009
Pan American Games record21.84Rio 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 20.
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
134Cesar Cielo22.17QA
225Hanser Garcia22.37QA
324Bruno Fratus22.44QA
415Brett Fraser22.73QA
514William Copeland22.75QA
635Bryan Lundquist22.77QA
736Federico Grabich22.87QA
833Roy-Allan Burch22.96QA
816Gabriel Melconian22.96QB
1013Lucas del Piccolo23.02QB
1126Roberto Gomez23.11QB
1223Elvis Burrows23.36QB
1317Alejandro Escudero23.48QB
1422Perry Lindo23.60QB
1532Rory Biskupski23.64QB
1612Martyn Forde23.71QB
1727Antonio Cisneros23.72
1837Oliver Elliot23.74
1931Tolga Akcayli25.65
21Niall RobertsDNS

Swim-off

A swim-off was contested between Roy-Allan Burch and Gabriel Melconián to determine who would advance as the eighth seed to the A Final.
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15Roy-Allan Burch22.76QA
24Gabriel Melconian23.07QB

B Final

The B final was also held on October 20.
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
96Elvis Burrows23.05
105Lucas del Piccolo23.07
114Gabriel Melconian23.10
123Roberto Gomez23.12
131Rory Biskupski23.58
142Alejandro Escudero23.61
157Perry Lindo23.65
168Martyn Forde23.67

A Final

The A final was also held on October 20.
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Cesar Cielo21.58PR
3Bruno Fratus22.05
5Hanser Garcia22.15
42William Copeland22.30
56Brett Fraser22.60
67Bryan Lundquist22.67
78Roy-Allan Burch22.82
81Federico Grabich22.97