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

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Women's 100 metre breaststroke at the XVII Pan American Games
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VenueCIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
DatesJuly 17 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors18 from 13 nations
Winning time1:06.26
Medalists
Gold medal Katie Meili  United States
Silver medal Alia Atkinson  Jamaica
Bronze medal Rachel Nicol  Canada
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The women's 100 metre breaststroke 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.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was of the United States.

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all lengths in breaststroke. 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.[2]

Records[]

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

World record  Rūta Meilutytė (LTU) 1:04.35 Barcelona, Spain July 29, 2013
Pan American Games record  Annamay Pierse (CAN) 1:07.78 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 17, 2007

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
17 July Heat 2 Katie Meili  United States 1:05.64 GR

Qualification[]

Main article: Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (1:11.89) 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 (1:16.20) in the same qualifying period.[2] All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.[2]

Schedule[]

All times are Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4).

Date Time Round
July 17, 2015 11:11 Heats
July 17, 2015 20:31 Final B
July 17, 2015 20:36 Final A

Results[]

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 July 17.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 Katie Meili  United States 1:05.64 QA, GR
2 3 5 Rachel Nicol  Canada 1:07.10 QA
3 3 4 Alia Atkinson  Jamaica 1:07.46 QA
4 1 4 Tera van Beilen  Canada 1:08.11 QA
5 1 5 Jhennifer Conceição  Brazil 1:08.75 QB
6 2 6 Annie Lazor  United States 1:08.94 QA
7 3 3 Beatriz Travalon  Brazil 1:08.99 QA
8 2 3 Julia Sebastian  Argentina 1:09.97 QA
9 2 5 Macarena Ceballos  Argentina 1:10.02 QB
10 1 6 Mercedes Toledo  Venezuela 1:10.53 QB
11 3 6 Esther González  Mexico 1:10.83 QB
12 1 3  Mexico 1:11.70 QB
13 3 7  Bahamas 1:14.70 QB
14 2 7  Peru 1:15.46 QB
15 2 2 Evita Leter  Suriname 1:15.84 QB
16 3 2  Bermuda 1:16.14 QB
17 1 2 Izzy Shne Joachim  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1:20.25
18 1 7 Oreoluwa Cherebin  Grenada 1:21.52

B Final[]

The B final was also held on July 17.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Macarena Ceballos  Argentina 1:09.03
10 3 Esther González  Mexico 1:10.54
11 5 Mercedes Toledo  Venezuela 1:10.90
12 6  Mexico 1:11.32
13 8  Bermuda 1:14.45
14 7  Peru 1:14.84
15 2  Bahamas 1:15.20
16 1 Evita Leter  Suriname 1:15.38

A Final[]

The A final was also held on July 17.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Katie Meili  United States 1:06.26
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Alia Atkinson  Jamaica 1:06.59
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Rachel Nicol  Canada 1:07.91
4 4 Tera van Beilen  Canada 1:08.22
5 6 Annie Lazor  United States 1:08.72
6 3 Beatriz Travalon  Brazil 1:09.23
7 3 Julia Sebastian  Argentina 1:09.83
5 Jhennifer Conceição  Brazil DSQ

References[]

  1. ^ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). TO2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  3. ^ Women's 100m Breaststroke Preliminaries
  4. ^ Women's 100m Breaststroke - B Final
  5. ^ Women's 100m Breaststroke - A Final
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