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

The women's 100 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 15 at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in the municipality of Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico.Guadalajara 2011 sessions The defending Pan American Games champion was Kathleen Hersey of the United States.

The race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in the butterfly stroke.Swimming technical manual

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record56.06Rome, ItalyJuly 27, 2009Pan American Games record59.21Rio de Janeiro, BrazilJuly 18, 2007

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.

Results All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best PR Pan American Games record

Heats The first round was held on October 15.Women's 100m Butterfly Preliminaries

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 4 Claire Donahue 58.59 QA, GR 2 1 4 Elaine Breeden 59.23 QA 3 2 4 Daynara de Paula 1:00.25 QA 4 1 5 Carolina Colorado Henao 1:01.06 QA 5 2 3 Rita Medrano 1:01.39 QA 6 3 1 Alia Atkinson 1:01.41 QA 7 2 5 Erin Miller 1:01.58 QA 8 1 3 Erika Torellas 1:01.82 QA 9 1 6 Alana Dillette 1:02.32 QB 10 3 5 Gabriella Silva 1:02.86 QB 11 3 6 Elimar Barrios 1:03.25 QB 12 3 2 Cecilia Bertoncello 1:03.31 QB 13 1 2 Melisa Mexia 1:03.40 QB 14 3 3 Samantha Corea 1:04.14 QB 15 2 1 Karen Torrez 1:04.28 QB 16 2 2 Debra Rodriguez 1:04.29 QB 17 2 7 Marie Meza Peraza 1:04.78 18 2 6 Barbara Caraballo 1:05.23 19 1 7 Yumisleisy Morales 1:05.64 20 3 7 Oriele Espinoza 1:06.16 21 1 1 Julimar Avila 1:06.86 22 3 8 Lara Butler 1:08.34 23 2 8 Dalia Massiel Torres 1:08.65

B Final The B final was also held on October 15. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 7 Samantha Corea 1:02.38 10 4 Alana Dillette 1:02.51 11 3 Elimar Barrios 1:02.54 12 6 Cecilia Bertoncello 1:02.56 13 2 Melisa Mexia 1:03.62 14 8 Debra Rodriguez 1:03.63 15 1 Karen Torrez 1:03.78 16 5 Lara Butler 1:06.97

Final A The final was also held on October 15.Women's 100m Butterfly Final A Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Claire Donahue 58.73 3 Daynara de Paula 59.30 5 Elaine Breeden 59.81 4 1 Erin Miller 1:00.49 5 2 Rita Medrano 1:00.75 6 6 Carolina Colorado Henao 1:01.11 7 7 Alia Atkinson 1:01.17 8 8 Erika Torellas 1:01.56

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