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

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. The defending Pan American Games champion was Rachel Bootsma of the United States.

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 eight swimmers would qualify for the B final.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record58.12Rome, ItalyJuly 28, 2009Pan American Games record1:00.37Guadalajara, MexicoOctober 16, 2011 The following new records were set during this competition. Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 17 July Heat 3 Olivia Smoliga 1:00.35 GR 17 July A Final Etiene Medeiros 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. All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.

Schedule

All times are Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4). Date Time Round July 17, 2015 10:05 Heats July 17, 2015 19:09 Final B July 17, 2015 19:14 Final A

Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats The first round was held on July 17.Women's 100m Backstroke Preliminaries

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 5 Olivia Smoliga 1:00.35 QA, GR 2 3 4 Dominique Bouchard 1:00.44 QA 3 1 4 Etiene Medeiros 1:00.74 QA 4 1 5 Clara Smiddy 1:00.79 QA 5 2 4 Hilary Caldwell 1:00.97 QA 6 1 6 Gisela Morales 1:00.99 QA 7 2 3 Maria González 1:01.25 QA 8 2 5 Andrea Berrino 1:01.32 QA 9 3 3 Natalia de Luccas 1:01.89 QB 10 3 6 Carolina Colorado 1:02.10 QB 11 1 3 Isabella Arcila 1:02.62 QB 12 2 6 Estela Davis 1:03.36 QB 13 2 7 Carla González 1:04.09 QB 14 1 2 Karen Vilorio 1:04.29 QB 15 3 2 Florencia Perotti 1:04.81 QB 16 2 2 McKenna DeBever 1:05.00 QB 17 3 7 Inés Remersaro 1:05.21 18 1 7 Sharon Bravo 1:08.36 19 3 1 Jamaris Washshah 1:10.50

B Final The B final was also held on July 17.Women's 100m Backstroke - B Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 4 Natalia de Luccas 1:02.15 10 5 Carolina Colorado 1:02.16 11 3 Isabella Arcila 1:02.44 12 6 Estela Davis 1:03.19 13 2 Carla González 1:03.68 14 7 Karen Vilorio 1:05.06 15 1 Florencia Perotti 1:05.18 16 8 Inés Remersaro 1:05.78

A Final The A final was also held on July 17.Women's 100m Backstroke - A Final Medeiros won the first gold medal in the history of Brazilian women's swimming at Pan American Games. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Etiene Medeiros GR, SA 4 Olivia Smoliga 1:00.06 6 Clara Smiddy 1:00.49 4 5 Dominique Bouchard 1:00.54 5 2 Hilary Caldwell 1:01.01 6 1 Maria González 1:01.06 7 7 Gisela Morales 1:01.31 8 8 Andrea Berrino 1:01.76

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