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

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. 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.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World Record52.07Rome, ItalyJuly 31, 2009Pan American Games record54.46Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicAugust 11, 2003 The following new records were set during this competition. Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 14 July Heats Natalie Coughlin 53.85 GR 14 July A Final Chantal van Landeghem 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. All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.

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:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on July 14.Women's 100m Freestyle Preliminaries

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 4 Natalie Coughlin 53.85 QA, GR 2 4 4 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace 54.00 QA 3 4 5 Chantal van Landeghem 54.31 QA 4 3 5 Amanda Weir 54.36 QA 5 2 5 Larissa Oliveira 55.01 QA 6 2 4 Michelle Williams 55.29 QA 7 3 6 Vanessa García 55.45 QA 8 4 3 Graciele Herrmann 55.54 QA 9 4 6 Liliana Ibáñez 55.80 QB 10 3 3 Isabella Arcila 56.12 QB 11 2 3 Alia Atkinson 56.29 QB 12 3 7 Arlene Semeco 56.56 QB 13 3 2 Aixa Triay 56.82 QB 14 2 2 Elisbet Gamez 56.94 QB 15 4 2 Chinyere Pigot 57.29 QB 16 2 7 McKenna DeBever 57.40 QB 17 4 7 Karen Torrez 57.49 18 2 6 Ariel Weech 57.80 19 3 1 Allyson Ponson 57.89 20 4 1 Loren Bahamonde 58.29 21 4 8 Inés Remersaro 58.81 22 3 8 Marie Meza 58.89 23 2 1 Karen Riveros 58.94 24 2 8 Elinah Phillip 25 1 4 Dalia Torrez 26 1 3 Jamaris Washshah 27 1 5 Samantha Roberts 28 1 6 Onika George

B Final The B final was also held on July 14.Women's 100m Freestyle - B Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 4 Liliana Ibáñez 55.90 10 5 Isabella Arcila 56.37 11 6 Elisbet Gamez 56.84 12 3 Aixa Triay 56.87 13 2 Chinyere Pigot 57.25 14 7 McKenna DeBever 57.56 15 8 Ariel Weech 57.79 1 Karen Torrez

A Final The A final was also held on July 14.Women's 100m Freestyle - A Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Chantal van Landeghem 53.83 GR, NR 4 Natalie Coughlin 54.06 5 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace 54.15 4 7 Michelle Williams 54.55 5 2 Larissa Oliveira 54.61 =SA 6 8 Graciele Herrmann 55.01 7 1 Vanessa García 55.26 8 6 Amanda Weir 55.73

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