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

Women's 100 metre freestyle at the 2015 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
Chantal van Landeghem    Canada   Natalie Coughlin    United States   Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace    Bahamas
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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.

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths in freestyle. 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	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

Main article: Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – 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]

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 DeBever	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	Notes
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 DeBever	Peru	57.56
15	8	Ariel Weech	Bahamas	57.79
	1	Karen Torrez	Bolivia

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

1. "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
2. "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