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

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Women's 100 metre backstroke at the 2011 Pan American Games
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Venue Scotiabank Aquatics Center
DatesOctober 16 (preliminaries and finals)
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
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The women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 16 at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in the municipality of Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico. [1] The defending Pan American Games champion is Julia Smit of the United States.

Contents

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

Records

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

World record Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Gemma Spofforth  (GBR)58.12 Rome, Italy July 28, 2009
Pan American Games record Flag of the United States.svg  Barbara Bedford  (USA)1:01.71 Mar del Plata, Argentina March 14, 1995

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 are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on October 16. [3]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
124 Elizabeth Pelton Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:01.57 GR , QA
234 Rachel Bootsma Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:01.75QA
335 Maria Fernanda Gonzalez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:01.84QA
414 Fabiola Molina Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:02.81QA
533 Gisela Maria Morales Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 1:02.95QA
625 Gabrielle Soucisse Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:03.04QA
736 Carolina Colorado Henao Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1:03.22QA
826 Isabella Arcila Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1:04.30QA
916 Cecilia Bertoncello Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1:04.53QB
1015 Etiene Medeiros Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:04.59QB
1132 Florencia Perotti Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1:04.94QB
1237 Samantha Corea Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:05.01QB
1312 Jeserik Pinto Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 1:05.27QB
1423 Alana Dillette Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 1:05.34QB
1527 Estela Davis Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:05.50QB
1613 Kiera Aitken Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 1:05.63QB
1722 Alana Berrocal Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 1:06.09
1821 Karen Vilorio Flag of Honduras (2022-).svg  Honduras 1:07.06
1917 Kendese Nangle Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 1:07.47
2031 Ines Remersaro Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 1:07.61
2111 Laura Rodríguez Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 1:09.51

B Final

The B final was also held on October 16. [4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
94 Cecilia Bertoncello Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1:03.26
106 Samantha Corea Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:04.03
113 Florencia Perotti Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1:04.78
127 Alana Dillette Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 1:04.85
125 Etiene Medeiros Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:04.85
141 Estela Davis Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:05.28
152 Jeserik Pinto Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 1:05.38
168 Kiera Aitken Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 1:06.12

A Final

The A final was also held on October 16. [4] [5]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Rachel Bootsma Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:00.37 GR
Silver medal icon.svg4 Elizabeth Pelton Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:01.12
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Maria Fernanda Gonzalez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:02.00
46 Fabiola Molina Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:02.04
51 Carolina Colorado Henao Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1:02.83
67 Gabrielle Soucisse Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:02.88
72 Gisela Maria Morales Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 1:03.37
88 Isabella Arcila Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1:03.80

References

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