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

The women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 16 at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in the municipality of Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion is Julia Smit of the United States.

Women's 100 metre backstroke at the XVI Pan American Games
VenueScotiabank Aquatics Center
DatesOctober 16 (preliminaries and finals)
Medalists
 Rachel Bootsma  United States
 Elizabeth Pelton  United States
 Maria Fernanda Gonzalez  Mexico
«2007
2015»
Swimming at the
2011 Pan American Games
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen
Marathon
10 kmmenwomen

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in the backstroke.[2]

Records

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

World record  Gemma Spofforth (GBR) 58.12 Rome, Italy July 28, 2009
Pan American Games record  Barbara Bedford (USA) 1:01.71 Mar del Plata, Argentina March 14, 1995

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (1:03.7) 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 (1:05.6) in the same qualifying period.[2]

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified GRGames record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on October 16.[3]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
124Elizabeth Pelton United States1:01.57GR, QA
234Rachel Bootsma United States1:01.75QA
335Maria Fernanda Gonzalez Mexico1:01.84QA
414Fabiola Molina Brazil1:02.81QA
533Gisela Maria Morales Guatemala1:02.95QA
625Gabrielle Soucisse Canada1:03.04QA
736Carolina Colorado Colombia1:03.22QA
826Isabella Arcila Colombia1:04.30QA
916Cecilia Bertoncello Argentina1:04.53QB
1015Etiene Medeiros Brazil1:04.59QB
1132Florencia Perotti Argentina1:04.94QB
1237Samantha Corea Canada1:05.01QB
1312Jeserik Pinto Venezuela1:05.27QB
1423Alana Dillette Bahamas1:05.34QB
1527Estela Davis Mexico1:05.50QB
1613Kiera Aitken Bermuda1:05.63QB
1722Alana Berrocal Puerto Rico1:06.09
1821Karen Vilorio Honduras1:07.06
1917Kendese Nangle Jamaica1:07.47
2031Ines Remersaro Uruguay1:07.61
2111Laura Rodríguez Dominican Republic1:09.51

B Final

The B final was also held on October 16.[4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
94Cecilia Bertoncello Argentina1:03.26
106Samantha Corea Canada1:04.03
113Florencia Perotti Argentina1:04.78
127Alana Dillette Bahamas1:04.85
125Etiene Medeiros Brazil1:04.85
141Estela Davis Mexico1:05.28
152Jeserik Pinto Venezuela1:05.38
168Kiera Aitken Bermuda1:06.12

A Final

The A final was also held on October 16.[4][5]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
5Rachel Bootsma United States1:00.37GR
4Elizabeth Pelton United States1:01.12
3Maria Fernanda Gonzalez Mexico1:02.00
46Fabiola Molina Brazil1:02.04
51Carolina Colorado Colombia1:02.83
67Gabrielle Soucisse Canada1:02.88
72Gisela Maria Morales Guatemala1:03.37
88Isabella Arcila Colombia1:03.80

References
  1. Guadalajara 2011 sessions Archived 2011-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Women's 100m Backstroke Preliminaries
  4. "Finals – Day 2" (PDF). Best Swimming. 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
  5. Women's 100m Backstroke Final A
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