Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metre freestyle
| Women's 100 metre freestyle at the XVI Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Scotiabank Aquatics Center | |||||||||
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| Dates | October 19 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 21 from 16 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| «2007 | 2015» | |||||||||
| Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games | ||||
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| Freestyle | ||||
| 50 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | women | |||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| Backstroke | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Breaststroke | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Butterfly | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Individual medley | ||||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| Freestyle relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | ||
| 4×200 m | men | women | ||
| Medley relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | ||
| Marathon | ||||
| 10 km | men | women | ||
The Women's 100 metre freestyle swimming event at the 2011 Pan American Games was held on October 19 2011 in Guadalajara, Mexico.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Arlene Semeco of Venezuela.
This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both in freestyle.[2]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World Record |  Britta Steffen (GER) |
52.07 | Rome, Italy | July 31, 2009 |
| Games Record |  Amanda Weir (USA) |
54.46 | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | August 11, 2003 |
Qualification
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (57.6) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 4, 2011). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard (59.3) in the same qualifying period.[2]
Results
All times are in minutes and seconds.
| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | GR | Games record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
Heats
The first round was held on October 19.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time[3] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Amanda Kendall | United States | 54.82 | QA |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Vanessa Garcia |  Puerto Rico | 55.73 | QA |
| 3 | 3 | 5 | Erika Erndl | United States | 55.98 | QA |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Jennifer Beckberger |  Canada | 56.15 | QA |
| 5 | 3 | 4 | Tatiana Barbosa |  Brazil | 56.47 | QA |
| 6 | 2 | 6 | Nadia Colovini |  Argentina | 56.66 | QA |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | Arlene Semeco |  Venezuela | 56.69 | QA |
| 8 | 1 | 3 | Liliana Ibañez |  Mexico | 56.83 | QA |
| 9 | 1 | 5 | Daynara de Paula | Brazil | 57.14 | QB |
| 10 | 2 | 3 | Caroline Lapierre | Canada | 57.43 | QB |
| 11 | 1 | 2 | Ariel Weech |  Bahamas | 57.97 | QB |
| 12 | 1 | 6 | Wendy Rodriguez | Venezuela | 58.14 | QB |
| 13 | 2 | 2 | Karen Torrez |  Bolivia | 58.81 | QB |
| 14 | 3 | 6 | Chinyere Pigot |  Suriname | 58.95 | QB |
| 15 | 1 | 7 | Allyson Ponson |  Aruba | 59.59 | QB |
| 16 | 3 | 7 | Karen Riveros |  Paraguay | 1:00.11 | QB |
| 17 | 3 | 1 | Julimar Avila |  Honduras | 1:00.15 | |
| 18 | 2 | 1 | Marie Meza Peraza |  Costa Rica | 1:01.13 | |
| 19 | 1 | 1 | Britany van Lange |  Guyana | 1:02.28 | |
| 3 | 2 | Fernanda González | Mexico | DNS | ||
| 2 | 7 | Kendese Nangle |  Jamaica | DNS |
B Final
The B final was also held on October 19.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 5 | Ariel Weech | Bahamas | 57.58 | |
| 10 | 4 | Caroline Lapierre | Canada | 57.70 | |
| 11 | 3 | Wendy Rodriguez | Venezuela | 58.03 | |
| 12 | 6 | Karen Torrez | Bolivia | 58.84 | |
| 13 | 2 | Chinyere Pigot | Suriname | 59.03 | |
| 14 | 7 | Allyson Ponson | Aruba | 59.16 | |
| 15 | 1 | Karen Riveros | Paraguay | 59.96 | |
| 16 | 8 | Julimar Avila | Honduras | 1:00.51 |
A Final
The A final was also held on October 19.[5][4]
| Place | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 4 | Amanda Kendall | United States | 54.75 | |
 | 3 | Erika Erndl | United States | 55.04 | |
 | 1 | Arlene Semeco | Venezuela | 55.43 | |
| 4 | 5 | Vanessa García | Puerto Rico | 55.55 | |
| 5 | 6 | Jennifer Beckberger | Canada | 55.68 | |
| 6 | 8 | Liliana Ibañez | Mexico | 55.74 | NR |
| 7 | 2 | Tatiana Barbosa | Brazil | 56.36 | |
| 8 | 7 | Nadia Colovini | Argentina | 56.53 |
References
- ↑ "Sessions" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- 1 2 "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- ↑ "Women's 100m Freestyle Preliminaries". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- 1 2 "Finals – Day 5" (PDF). Best Swimming. 2011. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
- ↑ "Women's 100m Freestyle Final A". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.