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

Women's 100 metre butterfly
at the XVI Pan American Games
Venue Scotiabank Aquatics Center
Dates October 15 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors 23 from 17 nations
Winning score 58.73
Medalists
    United States
    Brazil
    United States
«2007 2015»
Swimming at the
2011 Pan American Games
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 butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games will take place on the 15 of October at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion is Kathleen Hersey of the United States.

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

Contents

Records

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

World record  Sarah Sjöström (SWE) 56.06 Rome, Italy July 27, 2009
Pan American Games record  Kathleen Hersey (USA) 59.21 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 18, 2007

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 shown are in seconds/minutes.

KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best PR Pan American Games record

Heats

The first round was held on October 15.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 4 Claire Donahue  United States 58.59 QA, GR
2 1 4 Elaine Breeden  United States 59.23 QA
3 2 4 Daynara de Paula  Brazil 1:00.25 QA
4 1 5 Carolina Colorado  Colombia 1:01.06 QA
5 2 3 Rita Medrano  Mexico 1:01.39 QA
6 3 1 Alia Atkinson  Jamaica 1:01.41 QA
7 2 5 Erin Miller  Canada 1:01.58 QA
8 1 3 Erika Torellas  Venezuela 1:01.82 QA
9 1 6 Alana Dillette  Bahamas 1:02.32 QB
10 3 5 Gabriella Silva  Brazil 1:02.86 QB
11 3 6 Elimar Barrios  Venezuela 1:03.25 QB
12 3 2 Cecilia Bertoncello  Argentina 1:03.31 QB
13 1 2 Melisa Mexia  Mexico 1:03.40 QB
14 3 3 Samantha Corea  Canada 1:04.14 QB
15 2 1 Karen Torrez  Bolivia 1:04.28 QB
16 2 2 Debra Rodriguez  Puerto Rico 1:04.29 QB
17 2 7 Marie Meza Peraza  Costa Rica 1:04.78
18 2 6 Barbara Caraballo  Puerto Rico 1:05.23
19 1 7 Yumisleisy Morales  Cuba 1:05.64
20 3 7 Oriele Espinoza  Peru 1:06.16
21 1 1 Julimar Avila  Honduras 1:06.86
22 3 8 Lara Butler  Cayman Islands 1:08.34
23 2 8 Dalia Massiel Torres  Nicaragua 1:08.65

Final A

The final was held on October 15.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
4 Claire Donahue  United States 58.73
3 Daynara de Paula  Brazil 59.30
5 Elaine Breeden  United States 59.81
4 1 Erin Miller  Canada 1:00.49
5 2 Rita Medrano  Mexico 1:00.75
6 6 Carolina Colorado  Colombia 1:01.11
7 7 Alia Atkinson  Jamaica 1:01.17
8 8 Erika Torellas  Venezuela 1:01.56

References