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

The women's 100 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 17, at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in the municipality of Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Michelle McKeehan of the United States.

Women's 100 metre breaststroke at the XVI Pan American Games
Venue	Scotiabank Aquatics Center
Dates	October 17 (preliminaries and finals)
Medalists
Annie Chandler   United States   Ashley Wanland   United States   Ashley McGregor   Canada
«2007 2015»

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

Records

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

World record	Jessica Hardy (USA)	1:04.45	Federal Way, United States	August 7, 2009
Pan American Games record	Annamay Pierse (CAN)	1:07.78	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	July 17, 2007

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants, providing they had met the A standard (1:13.3) 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 (1:15.5) in the same qualifying period.[2]

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on October 17.[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	5	Ashley McGregor	Canada	1:09.24	QA
2	2	4	Ashley Wanland	United States	1:09.26	QA
3	2	5	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	1:09.28	QA
4	3	4	Annie Chandler	United States	1:09.57	QA
5	1	4	Kierra Smith	Canada	1:10.15	QA
6	2	3	Tatiane Sakemi	Brazil	1:12.06	QA
7	3	3	Arantxa Medina	Mexico	1:12.79	QA
8	3	6	Julia Sebastian	Argentina	1:12.88	QA
9	1	7	Trysha Centeno	Puerto Rico	1:13.04	QB
10	3	2	Daniela Victoria	Venezuela	1:13.17	QB
11	1	6	Mercedes Toledo	Venezuela	1:13.20	QB
12	1	3	Danielle Beaubrun	Saint Lucia	1:13.29	QB
13	2	6	Monica Alvarez	Colombia	1:13.36	QB
14	1	5	Carolina Mussi	Brazil	1:13.75	QB
15	2	1	Isabel Riquelme	Chile	1:13.76	QB
16	3	1	Lisa Blackburn	Bermuda	1:14.33	QB
17	1	2	Mijal Asis	Argentina	1:14.71
18	2	7	Patricia Casellas	Puerto Rico	1:15.56
19	3	7	Alicia Lightbourne	Bahamas	1:15.66
20	2	2	McKayla Lightbourne	Bahamas	1:15.95

B Final

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

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	6	Danielle Beaubrun	Saint Lucia	1:10.63
10	2	Monica Alvarez	Colombia	1:12.25
11	5	Daniela Victoria	Venezuela	1:12.31
12	3	Mercedes Toledo	Venezuela	1:12.54
13	4	Trysha Centeno	Puerto Rico	1:12.87
14	1	Isabel Riquelme	Chile	1:13.99
15	8	Lisa Blackburn	Bermuda	1:14.75
16	7	Carolina Mussi	Brazil	1:15.63

A Final

The A final was also held on October 17.[4][5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	Annie Chandler	United States	1:07.90
	5	Ashley Wanland	United States	1:08.55
	4	Ashley McGregor	Canada	1:08.96
4	3	Alia Atkinson	Jamaica	1:09.11
5	2	Kierra Smith	Canada	1:10.23
6	7	Tatiane Sakemi	Brazil	1:11.46
7	1	Arantxa Medina	Mexico	1:12.29
8	8	Julia Sebastian	Argentina	1:12.60

References

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