Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metre freestyle

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.

Women's 100 metre freestyle at the 2011 Pan American Games
VenueScotiabank Aquatics Center
DatesOctober 19 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors21 from 16 nations
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   United States
Bronze medal   Venezuela
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This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both in freestyle.[2]

Records

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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

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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

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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

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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 García   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 Ibáñez   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

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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

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The A final was also held on October 19.[4][5]

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 Ibáñez   Mexico 55.74 NR
7 2 Tatiana Barbosa   Brazil 56.36
8 7 Nadia Colovini   Argentina 56.53

References

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  1. ^ "Sessions" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Women's 100m Freestyle Preliminaries". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.[dead link]
  4. ^ a b "Finals – Day 5" (PDF). Best Swimming. 2011. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  5. ^ "Women's 100m Freestyle Final A". Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original on October 23, 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.