Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metre breaststroke

The women's 100 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 17 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Ann Catherine Chandler of the United States.

Women's 100 metre breaststroke at the 2015 Pan American Games
VenueCIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
DatesJuly 17 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors18 from 13 nations
Winning time1:06.26
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   Jamaica
Bronze medal   Canada
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This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all lengths in breaststroke. The top eight swimmers from the heats would qualify for the A final (where the medals would be awarded), while the next best eight swimmers would qualify for the B final.[2]

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record   Rūta Meilutytė (LTU) 1:04.35 Barcelona, Spain July 29, 2013
Pan American Games record   Annamay Pierse (CAN) 1:07.78 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 17, 2007

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
17 July Heat 2 Katie Meili   United States 1:05.64 GR

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 (1:11.89) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to May 1, 2015). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard (1:16.20) in the same qualifying period.[2] All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.[2]

Schedule

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All times are Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4).

Date Time Round
July 17, 2015 11:11 Heats
July 17, 2015 20:31 Final B
July 17, 2015 20:36 Final A

Results

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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 July 17.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 Katie Meili   United States 1:05.64 QA, GR
2 3 5 Rachel Nicol   Canada 1:07.10 QA
3 3 4 Alia Atkinson   Jamaica 1:07.46 QA
4 1 4 Tera van Beilen   Canada 1:08.11 QA
5 1 5 Jhennifer Conceição   Brazil 1:08.75 QB
6 2 6 Annie Lazor   United States 1:08.94 QA
7 3 3 Beatriz Travalon   Brazil 1:08.99 QA
8 2 3 Julia Sebastian   Argentina 1:09.97 QA
9 2 5 Macarena Ceballos   Argentina 1:10.02 QB
10 1 6 Mercedes Toledo   Venezuela 1:10.53 QB
11 3 6 Esther González   Mexico 1:10.83 QB
12 1 3 Arantxa Medina   Mexico 1:11.70 QB
13 3 7 Laura Morley   Bahamas 1:14.70 QB
14 2 7 Paula Tamashiro   Peru 1:15.46 QB
15 2 2 Evita Leter   Suriname 1:15.84 QB
16 3 2 Lisa Blackburn   Bermuda 1:16.14 QB
17 1 2 Izzy Shne Joachim   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1:20.25
18 1 7 Oreoluwa Cherebin   Grenada 1:21.52

B Final

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The B final was also held on July 17.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Macarena Ceballos   Argentina 1:09.03
10 3 Esther González   Mexico 1:10.54
11 5 Mercedes Toledo   Venezuela 1:10.90
12 6 Arantxa Medina   Mexico 1:11.32
13 8 Lisa Blackburn   Bermuda 1:14.45
14 7 Paula Tamashiro   Peru 1:14.84
15 2 Laura Morley   Bahamas 1:15.20
16 1 Evita Leter   Suriname 1:15.38

A Final

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The A final was also held on July 17.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Katie Meili   United States 1:06.26
  3 Alia Atkinson   Jamaica 1:06.59
  5 Rachel Nicol   Canada 1:07.91
4 4 Tera van Beilen   Canada 1:08.22
5 6 Annie Lazor   United States 1:08.72
6 3 Beatriz Travalon   Brazil 1:09.23
7 3 Julia Sebastian   Argentina 1:09.83
5 Jhennifer Conceição   Brazil DSQ

References

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  1. ^ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). TO2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  3. ^ Women's 100m Breaststroke Preliminaries
  4. ^ Women's 100m Breaststroke - B Final
  5. ^ Women's 100m Breaststroke - A Final