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. The defending Pan American Games champion was César Cielo Filho of Brazil.
This race consisted of one length of the pool in freestyle. 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 record | 20.91 | Sao Paulo, Brazil | December 18, 2009 | |
| Pan American Games record | 21.58 | Guadalajara, Mexico | October 20, 2011 |
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.| 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
Heats
The first round was held on July 17.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Josh Schneider | 21.97 | QA | |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Cullen Jones | 22.12 | QA | |
| 3 | 2 | 6 | Federico Grabich | 22.25 | QA | |
| 4 | 3 | 6 | Renzo Tjon A Joe | 22.31 | QA | |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | Bruno Fratus | 22.33 | QA | |
| 6 | 1 | 5 | George Bovell | 22.34 | QA | |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | Oleksandr Loginov | 22.37 | QA | |
| 8 | 2 | 3 | Erik Risolvato | 22.48 | ? | |
| 8 | 1 | 3 | Dylan Carter | 22.48 | ? | |
| 10 | 2 | 5 | Karl Krug | 22.55 | QB | |
| 11 | 1 | 6 | Brett Fraser | 22.71 | QB | |
| 12 | 3 | 5 | Nicholas Santos | 22.74 | QB | |
| 13 | 3 | 2 | Cristian Quintero | 22.77 | QB | |
| 14 | 2 | 2 | Jordan Augier | 23.17 | QB | |
| 15 | 2 | 7 | Charles Hockin | 23.57 | QB | |
| 16 | 1 | 2 | Allan Gutiérrez Castro | 23.62 | QB | |
| 17 | 1 | 7 | Miguel Mena | 23.71 | ||
| 18 | 3 | 7 | Jordy Groters | 23.93 | ||
| 19 | 3 | 1 | Nikolas Sylvester | 26.14 | ||
| 20 | 3 | 8 | Omar Adams | 26.58 | ||
| 21 | 1 | 1 | Corey Ollivierre | 26.61 | ||
| 22 | 2 | 1 | Frantz Dorsainvil | 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.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Erik Risolvato | 22.33 | QA | |
| 2 | 4 | Dylan Carter | 22.39 | QB |
B Final
The B final was also held on July 17.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 9 | 4 | Dylan Carter | 22.39 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Nicholas Santos | 22.55 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Karl Krug | 22.59 | ||
| 12 | 2 | Cristian Quintero | 22.76 | ||
| 13 | 3 | Brett Fraser | 22.93 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Jordan Augier | 23.08 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Allan Gutiérrez Castro | 23.61 | ||
| 16 | 1 | Charles Hockin | 23.76 |
A Final
The A final was also held on July 17.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 4 | Josh Schneider | 21.86 | |||
| 2 | Bruno Fratus | 21.91 | |||
| 7 | George Bovell | 22.17 | |||
| 4 | 8 | Erik Risolvato | 22.22 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Cullen Jones | 22.23 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Federico Grabich | 22.29 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Renzo Tjon A Joe | 22.30 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Oleksandr Loginov | 22.47 |