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

Women's 100 metre freestyle at the XVII Pan American Games
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
	«2011 2019»

Last updated October 02, 2019

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.

Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water. Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic sports, with varied distance events in butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle, and individual medley. In addition to these individual events, four swimmers can take part in either a freestyle or medley relay. A medley relay consists of four swimmers who will each swim a different stroke, ordered as backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle. Swimming each stroke requires a set of specific techniques; in competition, there are distinct regulations concerning the acceptable form for each individual stroke. There are also regulations on what types of swimsuits, caps, jewelry and injury tape that are allowed at competitions. Although it is possible for competitive swimmers to incur several injuries from the sport, such as tendinitis in the shoulders or knees, there are also multiple health benefits associated with the sport.

The 2015 Pan American Games, officially the XVII Pan American Games and commonly known as the Toronto 2015 Pan-Am Games, were a major international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Pan American Games, as governed by Pan American Sports Organization (PASO). The games were held from July 10 to 26, 2015 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; preliminary rounds in certain events began on July 7, 2015. These were the third Pan American games hosted by Canada, and the first in the province of Ontario. The Games were held at venues in Toronto and seventeen other Golden Horseshoe communities. The Pan American Games and 2015 Parapan American Games were organized by the Toronto Organizing Committee for the 2015 Pan and Parapan American Games (TO2015).

The Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre is a sports complex in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Owned by the City of Toronto government and the University of Toronto, it is located at the northern grounds of the University's Scarborough campus near the intersection of Highway 401 and Morningside Avenue in the suburb of Scarborough.

Freestyle is a category of swimming competition, defined by the rules of the International Swimming Federation (FINA), in which competitors are subject to few limited restrictions on their swimming stroke. Freestyle races are the most common of all swimming competitions, with distances beginning with 50 meters and reaching 1500 meters, also known as the mile. The term 'freestyle stroke' is sometimes used as a synonym for 'front crawl', as front crawl is the fastest swimming stroke. It is now the most common stroke used in freestyle competitions.

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

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]

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, NOCs are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games. They may nominate cities within their respective areas as candidates for future Olympic Games. NOCs also promote the development of athletes and training of coaches and officials at a national level within their geographies.

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
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
	3	Chantal van Landeghem	Canada	53.83	GR , NR
	4	Natalie Coughlin	United States	54.06
	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

↑ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
1 2 3 "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). TO2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
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[1] "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.

[manual-2] 1 2 3 "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). TO2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.

[3] Women's 100m Freestyle Preliminaries

[4] Women's 100m Freestyle - B Final

[5] Women's 100m Freestyle - A Final