Swimming at the 2007 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metre butterfly

The Women's 100m Butterfly event at the 2007 Pan American Games

2007 Pan American Games

The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to July 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Olympic Committees competed in 332 events in 34 sports and in...

took place at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...

, with the final being swum on July 18.

Medalists

Records

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Pan Am Record		59.35	2003-08-14	Santo Domingo Santo Domingo Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...

Finals

Place	Swimmer	Time	Note
1	Kathleen Hersey Kathleen Hersey Kathleen Elizabeth Hersey is an Olympic-level swimmer from the United States.-2007-2008:Hersey competed in the 2007 Pan American Games, where she won gold medals in the 100 m butterfly, 200 m butterfly, 400 m individual medley, and 4x100 m medley relay...	59.21	GR
2	Samantha Woodward	59.98
3	Gabriella Silva Gabriella Silva Gabriella M. Silva is a Brazilian butterfly swimmer and Olympian. As of October 2008, she is the South American and Brazilian record holder in the long-course 100 fly....	1:00.50
4	Daiene Dias	1:00.83
5	Alana Dillette Alana Dillette Alana Kathryn Dillette is an Olympic-swimmer from The Bahamas. She swam for the Bahamas at the 2008 Summer Olympics, as well as at the 2007 Pan American Games...	1:01.50
6	Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace is a national-record holding and Olympic swimmer from the Bahamas. She swam for the Bahamas at the 2008 Olympics. She swims collegiately in the USA for Auburn University...	1:02.46
7	Alia Atkinson Alia Atkinson Alia Shanee Atkinson is a Jamaican swimmer and Olympian.She competed at the 2004 Olympics, and four years later in the 2008 Olympics she finished 25th in the Women's 200 breaststroke....	1:02.92
8	Alma Arciniega	1:03.79

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