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

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Women's 100 metre backstroke at the 2011 Pan American Games
VenueScotiabank Aquatics Center
DatesOctober 16 (preliminaries and finals)
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   United States
Bronze medal   Mexico
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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 Henao  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

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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

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Rachel Bootsma  United States 1:00.37 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Elizabeth Pelton  United States 1:01.12
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Maria Fernanda Gonzalez  Mexico 1:02.00
4 6 Fabiola Molina  Brazil 1:02.04
5 1 Carolina Colorado Henao  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

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  1. ^ Guadalajara 2011 sessions Archived 2011-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Women's 100m Backstroke Preliminaries[dead link]
  4. ^ a b "Finals – Day 2" (PDF). Best Swimming. 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2013.
  5. ^ Women's 100m Backstroke Final A[dead link]