# Swimming at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke

The men's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2019 Pan American Games are scheduled to be held August 8, 2019 at the Villa Deportiva Nacional Videna cluster.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record | Ryan Murphy (USA) | 51.85 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | August 13, 2016 |
| Pan American Games record | Guilherme Guido (BRA) | 53.12 | Toronto, Canada | July 18, 2015 |

## Results

| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | GR | Games record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |

### Heats

The first round will be held on August 8.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Daniel Carr | United States | 53.97 | QA |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Guilherme Guido | Brazil | 54.52 | QA |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Nick Alexander | United States | 54.68 | QA |
| 4 | 3 | 5 | Dylan Carter | Trinidad and Tobago | 54.95 | QA |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | Javier Acevedo | Canada | 55.51 | QA |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Charles Hockin | Paraguay | 55.53 | QA |
| 7 | 1 | 5 | Omar Pinzón | Colombia | 55.55 | QA |
| 8 | 3 | 6 | Jack Stewart Kirby | Barbados | 56.08 | QA |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Patrick Groters | Aruba | 56.20 | QB, NR |
| 10 | 2 | 6 | Agustin Hernandez | Argentina | 56.43 | QB |
| 11 | 1 | 6 | Yeziel Morales | Puerto Rico | 56.53 | QB |
| 12 | 2 | 3 | Andy Xianyang Song An | Mexico | 56.57 | QB |
| 13 | 3 | 3 | Armando Barrera Aira | Cuba | 56.94 | WD |
| 14 | 1 | 2 | Maximiliano Valdovinos | Chile | 58.30 | QB |
| 15 | 1 | 7 | Jesus Lopez Yanez | Venezuela | 58.32 | QB |
| 16 | 3 | 7 | Carlos Cobos Davelouis | Peru | 58.61 | QB |
| 17 | 2 | 7 | Steven Cobos | Ecuador | 58.76 | QSO |
| 17 | 2 | 1 | Jose Neumann Doig | Peru | 58.76 | QSO |
| 19 | 2 | 2 | Matthew Mays | Virgin Islands | 59.04 | |
| 20 | 1 | 1 | Davantae Carey | Bahamas | 59.45 | |
| 21 | 3 | 1 | Hernán González | Panama | 59.65 | |
| 22 | 2 | 8 | Gabriel Castillo Sulca | Bolivia | 1:00.12 | |
| 23 | 3 | 8 | Eisner Barbarena | Nicaragua | 1:00.52 | |

### Swim-off

The swim-off was also held on August 8.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 17 | 4 | Steven Cobos | Ecuador | 58.26 | QB |
| 18 | 5 | Jose Neumann Doig | Peru | 58.77 | |

### Final B

The B final was also held on August 8.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 9 | 3 | Yeziel Morales | Puerto Rico | 55.78 | =NR |
| 10 | 4 | Patrick Groters | Aruba | 55.82 | NR |
| 11 | 5 | Agustin Hernandez | Argentina | 56.15 | |
| 12 | 6 | Andy Xianyang Song An | Mexico | 56.43 | |
| 13 | 7 | Jesus Lopez Yanez | Venezuela | 58.11 | |
| 14 | 2 | Maximiliano Valdovinos | Chile | 58.29 | |
| 15 | 7 | Carlos Cobos Davelouis | Peru | 58.83 | |
| 16 | 8 | Steven Cobos | Ecuador | 59.02 | |

### Final A

The A final was also held on August 8.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Daniel Carr | United States | 53.50 |
| | 5 | Guilherme Guido | Brazil | 53.54 |
| | 6 | Dylan Carter | Trinidad and Tobago | 54.42 |
| 4 | 3 | Nick Alexander | United States | 54.76 |
| 5 | 2 | Javier Acevedo | Canada | 55.14 |
| 6 | 7 | Charles Hockin | Paraguay | 55.62 |
| 7 | 1 | Omar Pinzón | Colombia | 55.83 |
| 8 | 8 | Jack Stewart Kirby | Barbados | 56.38 |