Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre breaststroke
The men's 100 metre breaststroke 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 Felipe França Silva of Brazil.
This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all lengths in breaststroke. 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 | 57.92 | London, United Kingdom | April 17, 2015 | |
| Pan American Games record | 1:00.24 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | July 17, 2007 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 17 July | Heats | Felipe França Silva | 59.84 | GR | |
| 17 July | A Final | Felipe França Silva | 59.21 | GR |
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 | 11:22 | Heats |
| July 17, 2015 | 20:41 | Final B |
| July 17, 2015 | 20:46 | Final A |
Results
Heats
The first round was held on July 15.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Felipe França Silva | QA, GR | ||
| 2 | 3 | 3 | Jorge Murillo | 1:00.53 | QA, NR | |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | Felipe Lima | 1:00.57 | QA | |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | Richard Funk | 1:00.80 | QA | |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Brad Craig | 1:01.29 | QB | |
| 6 | 2 | 5 | B.J. Johnson | 1:01.61 | QA | |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | Miguel De Lara | 1:01.85 | QA | |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Édgar Crespo | 1:02.01 | QA | |
| 9 | 1 | 5 | Carlos Claverie | 1:02.02 | QB | |
| 10 | 3 | 6 | Facundo Miguelena | 1:03.03 | QB | |
| 11 | 2 | 2 | Dustin Tynes | 1:03.15 | QB | |
| 12 | 2 | 3 | James Dergousoff | 1:03.28 | QB | |
| 13 | 1 | 6 | Renato Prono | 1:03.75 | QB | |
| 14 | 1 | 2 | Julian Fletcher | 1:03.87 | QB | |
| 15 | 3 | 7 | Jordy Groters | 1:03.92 | QB | |
| 16 | 3 | 2 | Martin Melconian | 1:04.26 | QB | |
| 17 | 1 | 7 | Rafael Alfaro | 1:05.50 | ||
| 18 | 2 | 7 | Gerardo Huidobro | 1:08.27 | ||
| 19 | 3 | 1 | Corey Ollivierre | 1:10.96 | ||
| 20 | 2 | 1 | Nikolas Sylvester | 1:11.94 |
B Final
The B final was also held on July 17.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 9 | 4 | Carlos Claverie | 1:02.46 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Dustin Tynes | 1:02.49 | ||
| 11 | 6 | James Dergousoff | 1:02.57 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Facundo Miguelena | 1:03.55 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Julian Fletcher | 1:03.60 | ||
| 14 | 1 | Jordy Groters | 1:03.97 | ||
| 15 | 2 | Renato Prono | 1:04.57 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Martin Melconian | 1:04.95 |
A Final
The A final was also held on July 15.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 4 | Felipe França Silva | GR | |||
| 3 | Felipe Lima | 1:00.01 | |||
| 6 | Richard Funk | 1:00.29 | |||
| 4 | 5 | Jorge Murillo | 1:00.61 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Brad Craig | 1:01.34 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Miguel De Lara | 1:01.42 | NR | |
| 7 | 7 | B.J. Johnson | 1:01.77 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Édgar Crespo | 1:01.88 |