Giles Smith Edges Kaio Almeida’s 100 Fly Pan American Games Record

Jul 16, 2015; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Giles Smith of the United States in the men's swimming 100m butterfly preliminary heats during the 2015 Pan Am Games at Pan Am Aquatics UTS Centre and Field House. Mandatory Credit: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports

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USA’s Giles Smith clipped the Pan American Games record in the men’s 100-meter fly for the victory.

Smith, who has a 52.02 lifetime best to his credit, captured gold in 52.04. That swim downed Kaio Almeida’s meet record of 52.05 from 2007 and moved Smith to 20th in the world this year.

Argentina’s Santiago Grassi finished with a silver in 52.09, just .05 seconds behind. Grassi’s time is a new Argentinian record, breaking his previous mark of 52.34.

Canada’s Santo Condorelli snared bronze in 52.42 to better his lifetime best of 52.50 and come up a bit short of Joe Bartoch’s Canadian record of 52.28 from 2008.

Venezuela’s Albert Subirats (52.52), Mexico’s Long Gutierrez (52.58), USA’s Eugene Godsoe (52.66), Brazil’s Arthur Mendes (52.73) and Guatemala’s Luis Martinez (52.75) finished fourth through eighth.

Peru’s Mauricio Fiol had been in the A final before being booted from the Pan American Games for testing positive for a steroid.

The consolation heat proved to be the closest a 1-2-3 finish can happen.

Paraguay’s Ben Hockin, who previously swam for Great Britain, snagged the B final in 53.45. Canada’s Coleman Allen finished second in 53.46, with Argentina’s Marcos Barale earning third in 53.47.

Colombia’s Esnaider Reales (54.03), Puerto Rico’s Andrew Torres (54.77), Honduras’ Allan Gutierrez (55.21) and Bolivia’s Aldo Castillo Sulca (56.97) also put up times in the B final.

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Women’s 400 IM
Men’s 400 IM
Women’s 100 fly
Men’s 100 fly
Women’s 800 free relay

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