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

Women's 100 metre backstroke at the XVI Pan American Games
Venue Scotiabank Aquatics Center
Dates October 16 (preliminaries and finals)
Medalists
 Rachel Bootsma  United States
 Elizabeth Pelton  United States
 Maria Fernanda Gonzalez  Mexico
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Backstroke
100 m men women
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Breaststroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
200 m men women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m men women
4×200 m men women
Medley relay
4×100 m men women
Marathon
10 km men women

The women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 16 at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in the municipality of Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion is Julia Smit of the United States.

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in the backstroke.[2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record  Gemma Spofforth (GBR) 58.12 Rome, Italy July 28, 2009
Pan American Games record  Barbara Bedford (USA) 1:01.71 Mar del Plata, Argentina March 14, 1995

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.[2]

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

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 October 16.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 Elizabeth Pelton  United States 1:01.57 GR, QA
2 3 4 Rachel Bootsma  United States 1:01.75 QA
3 3 5 Maria Fernanda Gonzalez  Mexico 1:01.84 QA
4 1 4 Fabiola Molina  Brazil 1:02.81 QA
5 3 3 Gisela Maria Morales  Guatemala 1:02.95 QA
6 2 5 Gabrielle Soucisse  Canada 1:03.04 QA
7 3 6 Carolina Colorado  Colombia 1:03.22 QA
8 2 6 Isabella Arcila  Colombia 1:04.30 QA
9 1 6 Cecilia Bertoncello  Argentina 1:04.53 QB
10 1 5 Etiene Medeiros  Brazil 1:04.59 QB
11 3 2 Florencia Perotti  Argentina 1:04.94 QB
12 3 7 Samantha Corea  Canada 1:05.01 QB
13 1 2 Jeserik Pinto  Venezuela 1:05.27 QB
14 2 3 Alana Dillette  Bahamas 1:05.34 QB
15 2 7 Estela Davis  Mexico 1:05.50 QB
16 1 3 Kiera Aitken  Bermuda 1:05.63 QB
17 2 2 Alana Berrocal  Puerto Rico 1:06.09
18 2 1 Karen Vilorio  Honduras 1:07.06
19 1 7 Kendese Nangle  Jamaica 1:07.47
20 3 1 Ines Remersaro  Uruguay 1:07.61
21 1 1 Laura Rodríguez  Dominican Republic 1:09.51

B Final

The B final was also held on October 16.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Cecilia Bertoncello  Argentina 1:03.26
10 6 Samantha Corea  Canada 1:04.03
11 3 Florencia Perotti  Argentina 1:04.78
12 7 Alana Dillette  Bahamas 1:04.85
12 5 Etiene Medeiros  Brazil 1:04.85
14 1 Estela Davis  Mexico 1:05.28
15 2 Jeserik Pinto  Venezuela 1:05.38
16 8 Kiera Aitken  Bermuda 1:06.12

A Final

The A final was also held on October 16.[4][5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 5 Rachel Bootsma  United States 1:00.37 GR
2nd, silver medalist(s) 4 Elizabeth Pelton  United States 1:01.12
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 3 Maria Fernanda Gonzalez  Mexico 1:02.00
4 6 Fabiola Molina  Brazil 1:02.04
5 1 Carolina Colorado  Colombia 1:02.83
6 7 Gabrielle Soucisse  Canada 1:02.88
7 2 Gisela Maria Morales  Guatemala 1:03.37
8 8 Isabella Arcila  Colombia 1:03.80

References

  1. ↑ Guadalajara 2011 sessions
  2. 1 2 Swimming technical manual
  3. ↑ Women's 100m Backstroke Preliminaries
  4. 1 2 "Finals – Day 2" (PDF). Best Swimming. 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
  5. ↑ Women's 100m Backstroke Final A
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