Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 50 metre freestyle

The women's 50 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 21 at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in the municipality of Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion is Arlene Semeco of Venezuela.

Women's 50 metre freestyle at the 2011 Pan American Games
VenueScotiabank Aquatics Center
DatesOctober 21 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors19 from 14 nations
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   Brazil
Bronze medal   United States
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This race consisted of one length of the pool in freestyle.[2]

Records

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

World record  Britta Steffen (GER) 23.73 Rome, Italy August 2, 2009
Pan American Games record  Arlene Semeco (VEN) 25.14 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 18, 2007

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 (26.4) 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 (27.2) in the same qualifying period.[2]

Results

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All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified GRGames record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Heats

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The first round was held on October 21.

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTime[3]Notes
115Graciele Herrmann Brazil25.28QA
234Lara Jackson United States25.39QA
324Madison Kennedy United States25.40QA
435Arlene Semeco Venezuela25.58QA
514Vanessa García Puerto Rico25.64QA
625Flavia Delaroli-Cazziolato Brazil25.77QA
716Nadia Colovini Argentina26.04QA, NR
833Jennifer Beckberger Canada26.05QA
932Liliana Ibáñez Mexico26.34QB
1036Carolina Colorado Henao Colombia26.64QB
1123Caroline Lapierre Canada26.66QB
1212Ariel Weech Bahamas26.76QB
1326Ximena Vilar Venezuela26.84QB
1413Chinyere Pigot Suriname26.89QB
1537Allyson Ponson Aruba27.16QB
1627Karen Torrez Bolivia27.24QB
1717Kiera Aitken Bermuda27.27
1822Debra Rodriguez Puerto Rico27.28
1931Karin O'Reilly Netherlands Antilles31.41

B Final

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The B final was also held on October 21.[4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
94Liliana Ibáñez Mexico26.17
106Ariel Weech Bahamas26.49
113Caroline Lapierre Canada26.53
125Carolina Colorado Henao Colombia26.65
132Ximena Vilar Venezuela26.80
141Allyson Ponson Aruba26.93
158Karen Torrez Bolivia27.03
167Chinyere Pigot Suriname27.32

A Final

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The A final was also held on October 21.[4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTime[5]Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)5Lara Jackson United States25.09GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)4Graciele Herrmann Brazil25.23
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3Madison Kennedy United States25.24
42Vanessa García Puerto Rico25.39
56Arlene Semeco Venezuela25.57
67Flavia Delaroli-Cazziolato Brazil25.94
71Nadia Colovini Argentina26.08
88Jennifer Beckberger Canada26.12

References

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  1. "Sessions" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  3. "Women's 50m Preliminaries". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.[dead link]
  4. 1 2 "Finals – Day 7" (PDF). Best Swimming. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 4, 2013. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  5. "Women's 50m Freestyle Final A". Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original on October 27, 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.