title: Swimming at the 2007 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre butterfly
text: # Swimming at the 2007 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre butterfly
  
  The Men's 100m Butterfly event at the 2007 Pan American Games took place at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 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
  
  | Gold | Kaio Almeida Brazil |
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  | Silver | Gabriel Mangabeira Brazil |
  | Bronze | Albert Subirats Venezuela |
  
  ## Records
  
  | World Record | Ian Crocker (USA) | 50.40 | 2005-07-30 | Montreal |
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  | Pan Am Record | Ben Michaelson (USA) | 53.04 | 2003-08-12 | Santo Domingo |
  
  ## Results
  
  | Rank | Swimmer | Heats | Heats | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final |
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  | Rank | Swimmer | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time |
  | 1 | Kaio Almeida (BRA) | 53.05 | 3 | 53.02 | 2 | 52.05 |
  | 2 | Gabriel Mangabeira (BRA) | 53.21 | 4 | 52.94 | 1 | 52.43 |
  | 3 | Albert Subirats (VEN) | 54.05 | 9 | 53.02 | 2 | 52.78 |
  | 4 | Octavio Alesi (VEN) | 52.54 | 1 | 53.46 | 6 | 52.95 |
  | 5 | Ricky Berens (USA) | 53.01 | 2 | 53.66 | 8 | 52.98 |
  | 6 | Joe Bartoch (CAN) | 53.94 | 8 | 53.32 | 4 | 53.18 |
  | 7 | Adam Sioui (CAN) | 53.62 | 7 | 53.52 | 7 | 53.47 |
  | 8 | Pat O'Neil (USA) | 53.40 | 5 | 53.44 | 5 | 53.49 |
  | 9 | Juan Veloz (MEX) | 53.59 | 6 | 53.99 | | |
  | 10 | Jeremy Knowles (BAH) | 54.54 | 10 | 54.11 | | |
  | 11 | Nicholas Bovell (TRI) | 54.75 | 13 | 54.97 | | |
  | 12 | Camillo Becerra (COL) | 54.58 | 11 | 55.02 | | |
  | 13 | Emmanuel Crescimbeni (PER) | 55.16 | 14 | 55.11 | | |
  | 14 | Julio Galofre (COL) | 55.34 | 15 | 55.50 | | |
  | 15 | Gordon Touw Ngie Tjouw (SUR) | 54.71 | 12 | 55.61 | | |
  | 16 | Mariano Caviglia (ARG) | 55.59 | 16 | 55.73 | | |
  | 17 | Jorge Arce (CRC) | 56.57 | | | | |
  | 18 | Brad Hamilton (JAM) | 57.07 | | | | |
  | 19 | Roy Barahona (HON) | 57.20 | | | | |
  | 20 | Gaston Rodriguez (ARG) | 57.92 | | | | |
  