| Athletics – Women's 100 metres T52 at the V Parapan American Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | CIBC Athletics Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | August 11 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 4 from 2 nations | ||||||||||||
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The women's T52 (including T51 athletes) 100 metres competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Parapan American Games was held on August 11 at the CIBC Athletics Stadium.
Prior to this competition, the existing records were as follows:
| World record |  | 25.77 | St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America | June 20, 2015 [1] |
| Americas record | | 25.77 | St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America | June 20, 2015 [1] |
| World record |  | 18.67 | Windsor, Canada | July 14, 2012 [1] |
| Americas record | | 18.67 | Windsor, Canada | July 14, 2012 [1] |
| Parapan Record | | 23.38 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | August 16, 2007 [1] |
All times are Central Standard Time (UTC-6).
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| 11 August | 17:14 | Final [2] |
All times are shown in seconds.
| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | PR | Parapan American Games record | AR | Area record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best | DSQ | Disqualified | FS | False start |
All athletes are classified as T52 unless indicated.
Wind: +3.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time [3] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Michelle Stilwell |  | 19.58 | |
 | Kerry Morgan |  | 19.92 | |
 | Cassie Mitchell | | 25.63 | T51 |
| 4 | Becky Richter | | 31.66 | T51 |
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