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 15 of October at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center

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 champion is Kathleen Hersey

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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 butterfly stroke

Butterfly stroke

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Records

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

World record		56.06	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 27, 2009
Pan American Games record		59.21	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 18, 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 (1:03.7) 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

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

PR

Pan American Games record

Heats

The first round was held on October 15.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4	Claire Donahue		58.59	QA, GR
2	1	4	Elaine Breeden Elaine Breeden Elaine Breeden is an American swimmer. She qualified to swim in the 100m butterfly and 200m butterfly at the 2008 Summer Olympics by placing second and first respectively in those two events at the U.S. Olympic Trials. Breeden was eliminated in the 100m semifinals and finished seventh in the 200m...		59.23	QA
3	2	4	Daynara de Paula		1:00.25	QA
4	1	5	Carolina Colorado		1:01.06	QA
5	2	3	Rita Medrano		1:01.39	QA
6	3	1	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....		1:01.41	QA
7	2	5	Erin Miller		1:01.58	QA
8	1	3	Erika Torellas		1:01.82	QA
9	1	6	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...		1:02.32	QB
10	3	5	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....		1:02.86	QB
11	3	6	Elimar Barrios		1:03.25	QB
12	3	2	Cecilia Bertoncello		1:03.31	QB
13	1	2	Melisa Mexia		1:03.40	QB
14	3	3	Samantha Corea		1:04.14	QB
15	2	1	Karen Torrez		1:04.28	QB
16	2	2	Debra Rodriguez		1:04.29	QB
17	2	7	Marie Meza Peraza		1:04.78
18	2	6	Barbara Caraballo		1:05.23
19	1	7	Yumisleisy Morales		1:05.64
20	3	7	Oriele Espinoza		1:06.16
21	1	1	Julimar Avila		1:06.86
22	3	8	Lara Butler		1:08.34
23	2	8	Dalia Massiel Torres		1:08.65

Final A

The final was held on October 15.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Claire Donahue		58.73
	3	Daynara de Paula		59.30
	5	Elaine Breeden Elaine Breeden Elaine Breeden is an American swimmer. She qualified to swim in the 100m butterfly and 200m butterfly at the 2008 Summer Olympics by placing second and first respectively in those two events at the U.S. Olympic Trials. Breeden was eliminated in the 100m semifinals and finished seventh in the 200m...		59.81
4	1	Erin Miller		1:00.49
5	2	Rita Medrano		1:00.75
6	6	Carolina Colorado		1:01.11
7	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....		1:01.17
8	8	Erika Torellas		1:01.56