The men's 100 metre backstroke competition at the 2014 South American Games took place on March 8 at the Estadio Nacional. The last champion was Guilherme Guido of Brazil.
This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows: World record51.94Indianapolis, United StatesJuly 8, 2009South American Games record55.14Medellín, ColombiaMarch 27, 2010
Results All times are in minutes and seconds.
KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedCRChampionships recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Heats The first round was held on March 8, at 11:25.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 4 Federico Grabich 56.66 Q 2 2 4 Fernando dos Santos 56.87 Q 3 1 3 Albert Subirats 56.94 Q 4 2 5 Thiago Pereira 57.06 Q 5 2 3 Benjamin Hockin 57.29 Q 6 1 5 Charles Hockin 57.88 Q 7 2 2 Agustín Hernandez 58.38 Q 8 1 6 David Céspedes 58.42 Q 9 2 6 Jesus Daniel Lopez 59.22 10 1 2 Carlos Polit Carvajal 59.52 11 2 7 Andrew Rutherfurd 1:00.04 12 1 7 Benjamin Quintanilla Arias 1:00.37 13 2 1 Eduardo Opazo Rojas 1:02.53 14 1 1 Jose Quintanilla Moreno 1:03.13
Final The final was held on March 8, at 19:41. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Albert Subirats 54.31 CR, NR 4 Federico Grabich 55.22 5 Fernando dos Santos 55.27 4 6 Thiago Pereira 55.49 5 2 Benjamin Hockin 56.90 6 7 Charles Hockin 58.13 7 1 Agustín Hernandez 58.52 8 8 David Céspedes 58.85
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