The women's 100 metre breaststroke competition of the swimming

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 events at the 2011 Pan American Games

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 will take place on the 17 of October at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center

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 champion is Michelle McKeehan

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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 freestyle

Freestyle swimming

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Records

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

World record		1:04.45	Federal Way, United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	August 7, 2009
Pan American Games record		1:07.78	Rio de Janeiro 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... , Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...	July 17, 2007

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 (1:13.3) 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.

Results

All times shown are in seconds/minutes.

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.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	5	Ashley McGregor Ashley McGregor Ashley McGregor is a female swimmer from Canada, who mostly competes in the breaststroke events. She claimed two invidividual medals and two in the relay for four at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. McGregor started the games by winning a bronze in the 100 m...		1:09.24	QA
2	2	4	Ashley Wanland		1:09.26	QA
3	2	5	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....		1:09.28	QA
4	3	4	Ann Catherine Chandler		1:09.57	QA
5	1	4	Kierra Smith		1:10.15	QA
6	2	3	Tatiane Sakemi		1:12.06	QA
7	3	3	Arantxa Medina		1:12.79	QA
8	3	6	Julia Sebastian		1:12.88	QA
9	1	7	Trysha Centeno		1:13.04	QB
10	3	2	Daniela Victoria		1:13.17	QB
11	1	6	Mercedes Toledo		1:13.20	QB
12	1	3	Danielle Beaubrun Danielle Beaubrun Danielle Beaubrun is an Olympic and National Record holding swimmer from the Caribbean island nation of Saint Lucia...		1:13.29	QB
13	2	6	Monica Alvarez		1:13.36	QB
14	1	5	Carolina Mussi		1:13.75	QB
15	2	1	Isabel Riquelme		1:13.76	QB
16	3	1	Lisa Blackburn		1:14.33	QB
17	1	2	Mijal Asis		1:14.71
18	2	7	Patricia Casellas		1:15.56
19	3	7	Alicia Lightbourne		1:15.66
20	2	2	McKayla Lightbourne		1:15.95

Final

The final was held on October 17.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	Ann Catherine Chandler		1:07.90
	5	Ashley Wanland		1:08.55
	4	Ashley McGregor Ashley McGregor Ashley McGregor is a female swimmer from Canada, who mostly competes in the breaststroke events. She claimed two invidividual medals and two in the relay for four at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. McGregor started the games by winning a bronze in the 100 m...		1:08.96
4	3	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....		1:09.11
5	2	Kierra Smith		1:10.23
6	7	Tatiane Sakemi		1:11.46
7	1	Arantxa Medina		1:12.29
8	8	Julia Sebastian		1:12.60