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


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. 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, while the next best eight swimmers would qualify for the B final.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
World record1:04.35Barcelona, SpainJuly 29, 2013
Pan American Games record1:07.78Rio de Janeiro, BrazilJuly 17, 2007

The following new records were set during this competition.
DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
17 JulyHeat 2Katie Meili1:05.64GR

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard in the qualifying period. NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard in the same qualifying period. All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.

Schedule

All times are Eastern Time Zone.
DateTimeRound
July 17, 201511:11Heats
July 17, 201520:31Final B
July 17, 201520:36Final A

Results

Heats

The first round was held on July 17.
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
124Katie Meili1:05.64QA, GR
235Rachel Nicol1:07.10QA
334Alia Atkinson1:07.46QA
414Tera van Beilen1:08.11QA
515Jhennifer Conceição1:08.75QB
626Annie Lazor1:08.94QA
733Beatriz Travalon1:08.99QA
823Julia Sebastian1:09.97QA
925Macarena Ceballos1:10.02QB
1016Mercedes Toledo1:10.53QB
1136Esther González1:10.83QB
1213Arantxa Medina1:11.70QB
1337Laura Morley1:14.70QB
1427Paula Tamashiro1:15.46QB
1522Evita Leter1:15.84QB
1632Lisa Blackburn1:16.14QB
1712Izzy Shne Joachim1:20.25
1817Oreoluwa Cherebin1:21.52

B Final

The B final was also held on July 17.
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
94Macarena Ceballos1:09.03
103Esther González1:10.54
115Mercedes Toledo1:10.90
126Arantxa Medina1:11.32
138Lisa Blackburn1:14.45
147Paula Tamashiro1:14.84
152Laura Morley1:15.20
161Evita Leter1:15.38

A Final

The A final was also held on July 17.
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Katie Meili1:06.26
3Alia Atkinson1:06.59
5Rachel Nicol1:07.91
44Tera van Beilen1:08.22
56Annie Lazor1:08.72
63Beatriz Travalon1:09.23
73Julia Sebastian1:09.83
5Jhennifer Conceição