The women's 50 metre freestyle 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 Lara Jackson of the United States.

This race consisted of one length of the pool 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 record23.73Rome, ItalyAugust 2, 2009Pan American Games record25.09Guadalajara, MexicoOctober 21, 2011 The following new records were set during this competition. Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 17 July Heats 2 Etiene Medeiros 24.75 GR 17 July Heats 4 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace 24.31 GR

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (26.05) 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 (27.61) 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 11:32 Heats July 17, 2015 21:04 Final B July 17, 2015 21:08 Final A

Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on July 17.Women's 50m Freestyle Preliminaries

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 4 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace 24.31 QA, GR2 2 4 Etiene Medeiros 24.75 QA 4 5 Madison Kennedy QA 4 3 5 Graciele Herrmann 24.97 QA 5 3 4 Chantal van Landeghem 24.99 QA6 2 5 Natalie Coughlin 25.07 QA 4 3 Michelle Williams QA 8 3 3 Vanessa García 25.37 QA 9 4 6 Liliana Ibáñez 25.46 QB 10 2 2 Chinyere Pigot 25.76 QB 11 3 6 Arlene Semeco 25.83 QB 12 4 2 Isabella Arcila 25.89 QB 13 3 2 Karen Torrez 26.01 QB 14 4 7 Aixa Triay 26.03 QB 15 2 6 Allyson Ponson 26.22 QB 16 2 3 Ariel Weech 26.32 QB 17 2 7 Elisbet Gamez 26.39 18 3 7 Loren Bahamonde 26.70 19 4 8 Marie Meza 26.74 20 4 1 Karen Riveros 27.17 21 3 1 Elinah Phillip 27.37 22 3 8 Dalia Torrez 27.80 23 1 4 Jamaris Washshah 27.87 24 1 3 Samantha Roberts 27.91 25 1 5 Trudian Patrick 27.99 26 2 8 Oreoluwa Cherebin 28.28 27 1 6 Onika George 29.03 2 1 Izzy Shne Joachim

B Final The B final was also held on July 17.Women's 50m Freestyle - B Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 4 Liliana Ibáñez 25.48 10 5 Chinyere Pigot 25.79 3 Arlene Semeco 12 6 Isabella Arcila 25.82 13 7 Aixa Triay 26.00 NR 14 2 Karen Torrez 26.12 15 8 Ariel Weech 26.28 16 1 Allyson Ponson 26.37

A Final The A final was also held on July 17.Women's 50m Freestyle - A Final Vanderpool-Wallace was the first Bahamian swimmer to win a gold medal in the history of the Pan American games. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace 24.38 5 Etiene Medeiros 24.55 SA 7 Natalie Coughlin 24.66 4 2 Chantal van Landeghem 24.70 5 3 Madison Kennedy 24.80 6 1 Michelle Williams 24.91 7 6 Graciele Herrmann 24.94 8 8 Vanessa García 25.21

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