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

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Women's 100 metre backstroke at the 2015 Pan American Games
Swimming pictogram.svg
Venue CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
DatesJuly 17 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors19 from 13 nations
Winning time59.61
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Etiene Medeiros  Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Silver medal icon.svg   Olivia Smoliga  Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Clara Smiddy  Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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The women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 17 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada. [1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Rachel Bootsma of the United States.

Contents

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths in backstroke. The top eight swimmers from the heats would qualify for the A final (where the medals would be awarded), while the next best eight swimmers would qualify for the B final. [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  Rachel Bootsma  (USA)1:00.37 Guadalajara, Mexico October 16, 2011

The following new records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
17 July Heat 3 Olivia Smoliga Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:00.35 GR
17 July A Final Etiene Medeiros Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 59.61 GR

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (1:04.09) 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 (1:07.94) in the same qualifying period. [2] All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots. [2]

Schedule

All times are Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4).

DateTimeRound
July 17, 201510:05Heats
July 17, 201519:09Final B
July 17, 201519:14Final A

Results

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on July 17. [3]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
135 Olivia Smoliga Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:00.35QA, GR
234 Dominique Bouchard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:00.44QA
314 Etiene Medeiros Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:00.74QA
415 Clara Smiddy Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:00.79QA
524 Hilary Caldwell Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:00.97QA
616 Gisela Morales Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 1:00.99QA
723 Maria González Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:01.25QA
825 Andrea Berrino Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1:01.32QA
933 Natalia de Luccas Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:01.89QB
1036 Carolina Colorado Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1:02.10QB
1113 Isabella Arcila Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1:02.62QB
1226 Estela Davis Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:03.36QB
1327 Carla González Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 1:04.09QB
1412 Karen Vilorio Flag of Honduras (before 2022).svg  Honduras 1:04.29QB
1532 Florencia Perotti Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1:04.81QB
1622 McKenna DeBever Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 1:05.00QB
1737 Inés Remersaro Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 1:05.21
1817 Sharon Bravo Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 1:08.36
1931 Jamaris Washshah Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 1:10.50

B Final

The B final was also held on July 17. [4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
94 Natalia de Luccas Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:02.15
105 Carolina Colorado Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1:02.16
113 Isabella Arcila Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1:02.44
126 Estela Davis Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:03.19
132 Carla González Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 1:03.68
147 Karen Vilorio Flag of Honduras (before 2022).svg  Honduras 1:05.06
151 Florencia Perotti Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1:05.18
168 Inés Remersaro Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 1:05.78

A Final

The A final was also held on July 17. [5] Medeiros won the first gold medal in the history of Brazilian women's swimming at Pan American Games.

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg3 Etiene Medeiros Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 59.61 GR , SA
Silver medal icon.svg4 Olivia Smoliga Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:00.06
Bronze medal icon.svg6 Clara Smiddy Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:00.49
45 Dominique Bouchard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:00.54
52 Hilary Caldwell Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:01.01
61 Maria González Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:01.06
77 Gisela Morales Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 1:01.31
88 Andrea Berrino Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1:01.76

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References

  1. ↑ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  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 Backstroke Preliminaries
  4. ↑ Women's 100m Backstroke - B Final
  5. ↑ Women's 100m Backstroke - A Final
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