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

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Women's 100 metre freestyle at the XVII Pan American Games
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Venue CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
Dates July 14 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors 28 from 24 nations
Winning time 53.83
Medalists
Gold medal  Chantal van Landeghem   Canada
Silver medal  Natalie Coughlin   United States
Bronze medal  Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace   Bahamas
Swimming at the
2015 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 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 14 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Amanda Kendall of the United States.

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths in freestyle. 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

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
Pan American Games record  Amanda Weir (USA) 54.46 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic August 11, 2003

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
14 July Heats Natalie Coughlin  United States 53.85 GR
14 July A Final Chantal van Landeghem  Canada 53.83 GR

Qualification

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Main article: Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (56.91) 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 (1:00.32) in the same qualifying period.[2] All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.[2]

Schedule

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

Date Time Round
July 14, 2015 10:05 Heats
July 14, 2015 19:05 Final B
July 14, 2015 19:10 Final A

Results

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 July 14.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 4 Natalie Coughlin  United States 53.85 QA, GR
2 4 4 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace  Bahamas 54.00 QA
3 4 5 Chantal van Landeghem  Canada 54.31 QA
4 3 5 Amanda Weir  United States 54.36 QA
5 2 5 Larissa Oliveira  Brazil 55.01 QA
6 2 4 Michelle Williams  Canada 55.29 QA
7 3 6 Vanessa García  Puerto Rico 55.45 QA
8 4 3 Graciele Herrmann  Brazil 55.54 QA
9 4 6 Liliana Ibáñez  Mexico 55.80 QB
10 3 3 Isabella Arcila  Colombia 56.12 QB
11 2 3 Alia Atkinson  Jamaica 56.29 QB
12 3 7 Arlene Semeco  Venezuela 56.56 QB
13 3 2 Aixa Triay  Argentina 56.82 QB
14 2 2 Elisbet Gamez  Cuba 56.94 QB
15 4 2 Chinyere Pigot  Suriname 57.29 QB
16 2 7 McKenna De Bever  Peru 57.40 QB
17 4 7 Karen Torrez  Bolivia 57.49
18 2 6 Ariel Weech  Bahamas 57.80
19 3 1 Allyson Ponson  Aruba 57.89
20 4 1 Loren Bahamonde  Ecuador 58.29
21 4 8 Inés Remersaro  Uruguay 58.81
22 3 8 Marie Meza  Costa Rica 58.89
23 2 1 Karen Riveros  Paraguay 58.94
24 2 8 Elinah Phillip  British Virgin Islands 1:00.76
25 1 4 Dalia Torrez  Nicaragua 1:01.48
26 1 3 Jamaris Washshah  Virgin Islands 1:01.68
27 1 5 Samantha Roberts  Antigua and Barbuda 1:02.66
28 1 6 Onika George  Guyana 1:05.00

B Final

The B final was also held on July 14.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Liliana Ibáñez  Mexico 55.90
10 5 Isabella Arcila  Colombia 56.37
11 6 Elisbet Gamez  Cuba 56.84
12 3 Aixa Triay  Argentina 56.87
13 2 Chinyere Pigot  Suriname 57.25
14 7 McKenna De Bever  Peru 57.56
15 8 Ariel Weech  Bahamas 57.79
15 1 Karen Torrez  Bolivia 57.79

A Final

The A final was also held on July 14.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st 3 Chantal van Landeghem  Canada 53.83 GR, NR
2nd 4 Natalie Coughlin  United States 54.06
3rd 5 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace  Bahamas 54.15
4 7 Michelle Williams  Canada 54.55
5 2 Larissa Oliveira  Brazil 54.61 =SA
6 8 Graciele Herrmann  Brazil 55.01
7 1 Vanessa García  Puerto Rico 55.26
8 6 Amanda Weir  United States 55.73

References

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  3. ↑ Women's 100m Freestyle Preliminaries
  4. ↑ Women's 100m Freestyle - B Final
  5. ↑ Women's 100m Freestyle - A Final
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