title: Swimming at the 2007 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre freestyle
text: # Swimming at the 2007 Pan American Games – Men's 100 metre freestyle
  
  The Men's 100m Freestyle event at the 2007 Pan American Games occurred at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on July 16 (evening; prelims), July 17 (morning; semifinals) and July 18 (evening; finals). A total of 20 swimmer were entered in the event.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | César Cielo Brazil |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | José Meolans Argentina |
  | Bronze | Gabe Woodward United States |
  
  ## Records
  
  | World Record | Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) | 47.84 | 2000-09-19 | Sydney |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Pan Am Record | Fernando Scherer (BRA) | 49.19 | 1999-08-04 | Winnipeg |
  
  ## Results
  
  | Rank | Swimmer | Heats | Heats | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Rank | Swimmer | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time |
  | 1 | César Cielo (BRA) | 49.95 | 3 | 49.37 | 1 | 48.79 |
  | 2 | José Meolans (ARG) | 50.22 | 6 | 49.62 | 4 | 49.42 |
  | 3 | Gabe Woodward (USA) | 49.50 | 1 | 49.48 | 2 | 49.59 |
  | 4 | Eduardo Deboni (BRA) | 50.09 | 4 | 50.01 | 7 | 49.95 |
  | 5 | Shaune Fraser (CAY) | 50.41 | 7 | 49.96 | 6 | 49.99 |
  | 6 | Dale Rogers (USA) | 49.81 | 2 | 49.67 | 5 | 50.11 |
  | 7 | George Bovell (TRI) | 50.10 | 5 | 49.51 | 3 | 50.16 |
  | 8 | Albert Subirats (VEN) | 50.44 | 8 | 50.18 | 8 | 52.10 |
  | 9 | Chad Hankewich (CAN) | 50.69 | 9 | 50.20 | | |
  | 10 | Martin Kutscher (URU) | 50.79 | 10 | 50.51 | | |
  | 11 | Luis Rojas (VEN) | 51.16 | 11 | 51.09 | | |
  | 12 | Paul Kutscher (URU) | 51.48 | 13 | 51.20 | | |
  | 13 | Richard Hortness (CAN) | 51.33 | 12 | 51.22 | | |
  | 14 | Terrence Haynes (BAR) | 51.91 | 15 | 51.59 | | |
  | 15 | Juan Yeh (MEX) | 51.62 | 14 | 51.66 | | |
  | 16 | Maximiliano Schnettler (CHI) | 52.11 | 16 | 52.29 | | |
  | 17 | Jeremy Knowles (BAH) | 52.12 | | | | |
  | 18 | Josh Laban (ISV) | 52.21 | | | | |
  | 19 | Roy Burch (BER) | 53.12 | | | | |
  | 20 | Matias Aguilera (ARG) | 53.17 | | | | |
  