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 XVI Pan American Games
VenueScotiabank Aquatics Center
DatesOctober 19 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors21 from 16 nations
Medalists
 Amanda Kendall  United States
 Erika Erndl  United States
 Arlene Semeco  Venezuela
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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
Main article: Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games

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

Heats

The first round was held on October 19.

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTime[3]Notes
114Amanda Kendall United States54.82QA
224Vanessa Garcia Puerto Rico55.73QA
335Erika Erndl United States55.98QA
425Jennifer Beckberger Canada56.15QA
534Tatiana Barbosa Brazil56.47QA
626Nadia Colovini Argentina56.66QA
733Arlene Semeco Venezuela56.69QA
813Liliana Ibañez Mexico56.83QA
915Daynara de Paula Brazil57.14QB
1023Caroline Lapierre Canada57.43QB
1112Ariel Weech Bahamas57.97QB
1216Wendy Rodriguez Venezuela58.14QB
1322Karen Torrez Bolivia58.81QB
1436Chinyere Pigot Suriname58.95QB
1517Allyson Ponson Aruba59.59QB
1637Karen Riveros Paraguay1:00.11QB
1731Julimar Avila Honduras1:00.15
1821Marie Meza Peraza Costa Rica1:01.13
1911Britany van Lange Guyana1:02.28
32Fernanda González MexicoDNS
27Kendese Nangle JamaicaDNS

B Final

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

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
95Ariel Weech Bahamas57.58
104Caroline Lapierre Canada57.70
113Wendy Rodriguez Venezuela58.03
126Karen Torrez Bolivia58.84
132Chinyere Pigot Suriname59.03
147Allyson Ponson Aruba59.16
151Karen Riveros Paraguay59.96
168Julimar Avila Honduras1:00.51

A Final

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

PlaceLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
4Amanda Kendall United States54.75
3Erika Erndl United States55.04
1Arlene Semeco Venezuela55.43
45Vanessa García Puerto Rico55.55
56Jennifer Beckberger Canada55.68
68Liliana Ibañez Mexico55.74NR
72Tatiana Barbosa Brazil56.36
87Nadia Colovini Argentina56.53

References
  1. "Sessions" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  2. "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.
  4. "Finals – Day 5" (PDF). Best Swimming. 2011. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  5. "Women's 100m Freestyle Final A". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
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