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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Venue CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
Dates July 17 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors 18 from 13 nations
Winning time 1:06.26
Medalists
Gold medal  Katie Meili   United States
Silver medal  Alia Atkinson   Jamaica
Bronze medal  Rachel Nicol   Canada
Swimming at the
2015 Pan American Games
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Freestyle
50 m   men   women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m women
1500 m men
Backstroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
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 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 Ann Catherine Chandler 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

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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 Arantxa Medina  Mexico 1:11.70 QB
13 3 7 Laura Morley  Bahamas 1:14.70 QB
14 2 7 Paula Tamashiro  Peru 1:15.46 QB
15 2 2 Evita Leter  Suriname 1:15.84 QB
16 3 2 Lisa Blackburn  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 Arantxa Medina  Mexico 1:11.32
13 8 Lisa Blackburn  Bermuda 1:14.45
14 7 Paula Tamashiro  Peru 1:14.84
15 2 Laura Morley  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 4 Katie Meili  United States 1:06.26
2nd 3 Alia Atkinson  Jamaica 1:06.59
3rd 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

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  3. ↑ Women's 100m Breaststroke Preliminaries
  4. ↑ Women's 100m Breaststroke - B Final
  5. ↑ Women's 100m Breaststroke - A Final
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