The Men's 100m Butterfly event at the 2007 Pan American Games

2007 Pan American Games

The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to July 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Olympic Committees competed in 332 events in 34 sports and in...

 took place at the Maria Lenk

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 Aquatic Park in Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

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, Brazil

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 on 16 July, 17 July, and 18 July.

Three first round heats were raced, with a total of 20 swimmers. The fastest 16 swimmers from this group qualified to move on to the semifinals stage. The 16 swimmers who advanced then raced in two semifinals of eight swimmers each, the results being pooled and the fastest eight swimmers advancing to the final.

Medalists

Records

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Pan Am Record		53.04	2003-08-12	Santo Domingo Santo Domingo Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...

Results

Rank	Swimmer	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time
1		53.05	3	53.02	2	52.05
2		53.21	4	52.94	1	52.43
3		54.05	9	53.02	2	52.78
4		52.54	1	53.46	6	52.95
5		53.01	2	53.66	8	52.98
6		53.94	8	53.32	4	53.18
7		53.62	7	53.52	7	53.47
8		53.40	5	53.44	5	53.49
9		53.59	6	53.99
10		54.54	10	54.11
11		54.75	13	54.97
12		54.58	11	55.02
13		55.16	14	55.11
14		55.34	15	55.50
15		54.71	12	55.61
16		55.59	16	55.73
17		56.57
18		57.07
19		57.20
20		57.92