The men's 100 metre butterfly competition of the swimming

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 events at the 2011 Pan American Games

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took place on the 20th of October at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center

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. The defending

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 Pan American Games

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 champion was Kaio de Almeida

Kaio de Almeida

Kaio Márcio Ferreira Costa de Almeida is a Brazilian swimmer, who specializes in butterfly. He is also known as: Kaio Márcio, Kaio Márcio de Almeida, Kaio Almeida, or Kaio de Almeida....

 of Brazil.

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

Butterfly

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Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record		49.82	Rome Rome Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half... , Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...	August 1, 2009
Pan American Games record		52.05	Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th... , Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...	July 18, 2007

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee

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 (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (54.6) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 4, 2011). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard (56.2) in the same qualifying period.

Results

All times shown are in seconds/minutes.

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

GR

Games record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on October 20.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	5	Gabriel Mangabeira Gabriel Mangabeira Gabriel Semain Vasconcellos Mangabeira is a Brazilian international swimmer who qualified for the men's 100-meter butterfly at both the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics...		52.95	QA
2	3	5	Christopher Brady		53.67	QA
3	3	3	Omar Pinzón Omar Pinzón Omar Andrés Pinzón García is a Colombian international swimmer. He competed at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece and 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China. Pinzón attended college in the United States, where he swam for the University of Florida.At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Pinzón finished...		53.76	QA
4	1	3	Shaune Fraser Shaune Fraser Shaune David Fraser is a college and international swimmer from the Cayman Islands. Fraser represented the Cayman Islands at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics....		53.83	QA
5	3	4	Albert Subirats Albert Subirats Albert Subirats Altes is a 2-time Olympic and national record holding swimmer from Venezuela. He represented his homeland at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics...		53.84	QA
6	2	3	Benjamin Hockin		53.87	QA
7	2	4	Kaio de Almeida Kaio de Almeida Kaio Márcio Ferreira Costa de Almeida is a Brazilian swimmer, who specializes in butterfly. He is also known as: Kaio Márcio, Kaio Márcio de Almeida, Kaio Almeida, or Kaio de Almeida....		53.88	QA
8	1	4	Eugene Godsoe		54.21	QA
9	1	5	Octavio Alesi		54.51	QB
10	3	2	Mauricio Fiol		54.56	QB
11	1	2	Israel Duran		55.18	QB
12	2	2	Pablo Marmolejo		55.27	QB
13	3	7	Alex Hernandez		55.28	QB
14	3	6	Marcos Barale		55.31	QB
15	1	6	Jose Lobo		57.18	QB
	2	6	Brett Fraser Brett Fraser Brett Michael Fraser is a college and international swimmer from the Cayman Islands. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Fraser and his older brother, Shaune Fraser, were two of the three flag-bearers from the country....			DNS
	2	7	Niall Roberts			DNS

Final A

The final was held on October 20.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2	Albert Subirats Albert Subirats Albert Subirats Altes is a 2-time Olympic and national record holding swimmer from Venezuela. He represented his homeland at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics...		52.37
	8	Eugene Godsoe		52.67
	5	Christopher Brady		52.95
4	6	Shaune Fraser Shaune Fraser Shaune David Fraser is a college and international swimmer from the Cayman Islands. Fraser represented the Cayman Islands at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics....		52.96
5	3	Omar Pinzón Omar Pinzón Omar Andrés Pinzón García is a Colombian international swimmer. He competed at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece and 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China. Pinzón attended college in the United States, where he swam for the University of Florida.At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Pinzón finished...		53.17
6	4	Gabriel Mangabeira Gabriel Mangabeira Gabriel Semain Vasconcellos Mangabeira is a Brazilian international swimmer who qualified for the men's 100-meter butterfly at both the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics...		53.24
7	7	Benjamin Hockin		53.43
8	1	Kaio de Almeida Kaio de Almeida Kaio Márcio Ferreira Costa de Almeida is a Brazilian swimmer, who specializes in butterfly. He is also known as: Kaio Márcio, Kaio Márcio de Almeida, Kaio Almeida, or Kaio de Almeida....		53.62