Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 50 metre freestyle
| Women's 50 metre freestyle at the XVI Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Scotiabank Aquatics Center | |||||||||
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| Dates | October 21 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 19 from 14 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 50 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 21 at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in the municipality of Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion is Arlene Semeco of Venezuela.
This race consisted of one length of the pool in freestyle.[2]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record |  Britta Steffen (GER) |
23.73 | Rome, Italy | August 2, 2009 |
| Pan American Games record |  Arlene Semeco (VEN) |
25.14 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | July 18, 2007 |
Qualification
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (26.4) 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 (27.2) 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 21.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time[3] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 5 | Graciele Herrmann |  Brazil | 25.28 | QA |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | Lara Jackson |  United States | 25.39 | QA |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Madison Kennedy | United States | 25.40 | QA |
| 4 | 3 | 5 | Arlene Semeco | Venezuela | 25.58 | QA |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | Vanessa Garcia |  Puerto Rico | 25.64 | QA |
| 6 | 2 | 5 | Flavia Delaroli-Cazziolato | Brazil | 25.77 | QA |
| 7 | 1 | 6 | Nadia Colovini |  Argentina | 26.04 | QA, NR |
| 8 | 3 | 3 | Jennifer Beckberger |  Canada | 26.05 | QA |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Liliana Ibañez |  Mexico | 26.34 | QB |
| 10 | 3 | 6 | Carolina Colorado |  Colombia | 26.64 | QB |
| 11 | 2 | 3 | Caroline Lapierre | Canada | 26.66 | QB |
| 12 | 1 | 2 | Ariel Weech |  Bahamas | 26.76 | QB |
| 13 | 2 | 6 | Ximena Vilar | Venezuela | 26.84 | QB |
| 14 | 1 | 3 | Chinyere Pigot |  Suriname | 26.89 | QB |
| 15 | 3 | 7 | Allyson Ponson |  Aruba | 27.16 | QB |
| 16 | 2 | 7 | Karen Torrez |  Bolivia | 27.24 | QB |
| 17 | 1 | 7 | Kiera Aitken |  Bermuda | 27.27 | |
| 18 | 2 | 2 | Debra Rodriguez | Puerto Rico | 27.28 | |
| 19 | 3 | 1 | Karin O'Reilly | .svg.png){kind=small} Netherlands Antilles | 31.41 |
B Final
The B final was also held on October 21.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 4 | Liliana Ibañez | Mexico | 26.17 | |
| 10 | 6 | Ariel Weech | Bahamas | 26.49 | |
| 11 | 3 | Caroline Lapierre | Canada | 26.53 | |
| 12 | 5 | Carolina Colorado | Colombia | 26.65 | |
| 13 | 2 | Ximena Vilar | Venezuela | 26.80 | |
| 14 | 1 | Allyson Ponson | Aruba | 26.93 | |
| 15 | 8 | Karen Torrez | Bolivia | 27.03 | |
| 16 | 7 | Chinyere Pigot | Suriname | 27.32 |
A Final
The A final was also held on October 21.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time[5] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 5 | Lara Jackson | United States | 25.09 | GR |
 | 4 | Graciele Herrmann | Brazil | 25.23 | |
 | 3 | Madison Kennedy | United States | 25.24 | |
| 4 | 2 | Vanessa Garcia | Puerto Rico | 25.39 | |
| 5 | 6 | Arlene Semeco | Venezuela | 25.57 | |
| 6 | 7 | Flavia Delaroli-Cazziolato | Brazil | 25.94 | |
| 7 | 1 | Nadia Colovini | Argentina | 26.08 | |
| 8 | 8 | Jennifer Beckberger | Canada | 26.12 |
References
- ↑ "Sessions" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- 1 2 "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- ↑ "Women's 50m Preliminaries". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- 1 2 "Finals – Day 7" (PDF). Best Swimming. 2011. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
- ↑ "Women's 50m Freestyle Final A". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.