Time Standards Drop for 2027 Pan American Games, 50s Will Qualify at PanAm Aquatics Championships

Above: Brazil’s Gui Caribe, who received the 100 free on the 2023 Pan American Games.

Time requirements for the 2027 Pan American Games have been revealed, and the massive information is the addition of fifty meter races in butterfly, backstroke, and breaststroke, mirroring these occasions’ addition to the Olympic program.

The 2027 version of the every-four-years multisport occasion will probably be held from July 23-August 8 in Lima, Peru.

Like the Olympics, the Pan American Games received’t qualify swimmers for these stroke 50s in the identical means they do different races. Instead, “Quotas for the 50 m Butterfly, 50 m Backstroke, and 50 m Breaststroke will be allocated through the PanAm Aquatics Championships 2027, held in early 2027.”

The precise dates for the PanAm Aquatics Championships haven’t been introduced, however that mirrors the way in which that World Aquatics is utilizing the earlier 12 months’s World Cup to qualify swimmers within the stroke 50s for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.

The United States, which often sends a “B” crew to this meet, dominated the swimming on the 2023 Pan American Games. They received 21 out of 39 gold medals and 48 complete medals. Canada was subsequent in gold medals (11) and Brazil completed 2nd in complete medals (27).

Qualifying Standards, Swimming, 2027 Pan American Games