The women's 100 metre butterfly competition of the swimming

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 events at the 2011 Pan American Games

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will take place on the 16 of October at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center

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 of the United States

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This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in the backstroke

Backstroke

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Records

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

World record		58.12	Rome Rome Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half... , Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...	July 28, 2009
Pan American Games record		1:01.71	Mar del Plata Mar del Plata Mar del Plata is an Argentine city located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, south of Buenos Aires. Mar del Plata is the second largest city of Buenos Aires Province. The name "Mar del Plata" had apparently the sense of "sea of the Río de la Plata region" or "adjoining sea to the Río de la Plata"... , Argentina Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...	March 14, 1995

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee

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 (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (1:03.7) 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 (1:05.6) in the same qualifying period.

Results

All times shown are in seconds/minutes.

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

GR

Games record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Heats

The first round will be held on October 16.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Elizabeth Pelton Elizabeth Pelton Elizabeth Anne Pelton is an American swimmer.-2009:At the 2009 USA Nationals and World Championship Trials, Pelton placed second in the 100 m backstroke, 200 m backstroke, and 200 m individual medley, earning berths on the US roster for the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome...		1:01.57	GR, QA
2	3	4	Rachel Bootsma Rachel Bootsma -Career:At the 2010 National Championships, the selection meet for both the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships and the 2011 World Aquatics Championships, Bootsma placed third in the 100 m backstroke...		1:01.75	QA
3	3	5	Maria Fernanda Gonzalez		1:01.84	QA
4	1	4	Fabiola Molina Fabíola Molina Fabíola Pulga Molina is a butterfly and backstroke swimmer from Brazil, who competed at the 2000 and 2008 Olympics....		1:02.81	QA
5	3	3	Gisela Maria Morales		1:02.95	QA
6	2	5	Gabrielle Soucisse		1:03.04	QA
7	3	6	Carolina Colorado		1:03.22	QA
8	2	6	Isabella Arcila		1:04.30	QA
9	1	6	Cecilia Bertoncello		1:04.53	QB
10	1	5	Etiene Medeiros		1:04.59	QB
11	3	2	Florencia Perotti		1:04.94	QB
12	3	7	Samantha Corea		1:05.01	QB
13	1	2	Jeserik Pinto		1:05.27	QB
14	2	3	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...		1:05.34	QB
15	2	7	Estela Davis		1:05.50	QB
16	1	3	Kiera Aitken Kiera Aitken Kiera Aitken is an Olympic and national-record holding swimmer from Bermuda. She is one of Bermuda's most successful swimmers, and has twice been named Bermuda's Female Athlete of the Year...		1:05.63	QB
17	2	2	Alana Berrocal		1:06.09
18	2	1	Karen Vilorio		1:07.06
19	1	7	Kendese Nangle		1:07.47
20	3	1	Ines Remersaro		1:07.61
21	1	1	Laura Rodríguez		1:09.51

Final

The final was held on October 16.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Rachel Bootsma Rachel Bootsma -Career:At the 2010 National Championships, the selection meet for both the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships and the 2011 World Aquatics Championships, Bootsma placed third in the 100 m backstroke...		1:00.37	GR
	4	Elizabeth Pelton Elizabeth Pelton Elizabeth Anne Pelton is an American swimmer.-2009:At the 2009 USA Nationals and World Championship Trials, Pelton placed second in the 100 m backstroke, 200 m backstroke, and 200 m individual medley, earning berths on the US roster for the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome...		1:01.12
	3	Maria Fernanda Gonzalez		1:02.00
4	6	Fabiola Molina Fabíola Molina Fabíola Pulga Molina is a butterfly and backstroke swimmer from Brazil, who competed at the 2000 and 2008 Olympics....		1:02.04
5	1	Carolina Colorado		1:02.83
6	7	Gabrielle Soucisse		1:02.88
7	2	Gisela Maria Morales		1:03.37
8	8	Isabella Arcila		1:03.80