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

The women's 100 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 15 at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in the municipality of Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Kathleen Hersey of the United States.

Women's 100 metre butterfly at the 2011 Pan American Games
VenueScotiabank Aquatics Center
DatesOctober 15 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors23 from 17 nations
Winning score58.73
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   Brazil
Bronze medal   United States
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The race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in the butterfly stroke.[2]

Records

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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

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Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (1:03.7) 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

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All times are in minutes and seconds.

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

Heats

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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 Henao   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

B Final

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The B final was also held on October 15.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 7 Samantha Corea   Canada 1:02.38
10 4 Alana Dillette   Bahamas 1:02.51
11 3 Elimar Barrios   Venezuela 1:02.54
12 6 Cecilia Bertoncello   Argentina 1:02.56
13 2 Melisa Mexia   Mexico 1:03.62
14 8 Debra Rodriguez   Puerto Rico 1:03.63
15 1 Karen Torrez   Bolivia 1:03.78
16 5 Lara Butler   Cayman Islands 1:06.97

Final A

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The final was also held on October 15.[4][5]

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 Henao   Colombia 1:01.11
7 7 Alia Atkinson   Jamaica 1:01.17
8 8 Erika Torellas   Venezuela 1:01.56

References

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