The women's 1000 metre freestyle competition of the swimming

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 events at the 2011 Pan American Games

2011 Pan American Games

The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games, was an international multi-sport event that was held from October 14–30, 2011 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby cities of Ciudad Guzmán, Puerto Vallarta, Lagos de Moreno and Tapalpa...

took place on the 19th of October at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center

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. The defending

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

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 Pan American Games

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 champion was Arlene Semeco

Arlene Semeco

Arlene Iradie Semeco Arismendi is a female freestyle swimmer from Venezuela, who represented her native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2004. She won two gold medals at the 2007 Pan American Games. She attended the University of Alabama.-References:* *...

 of Venezuela.

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all 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		52.07	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 31, 2009
Pan American Games record		54.46	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... , Dominican Republic Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...	August 11, 2003

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 (57.6) 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 (59.3) 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 were held on October 19.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	4	Amanda Kendall		54.82	QA
2	2	4	Vanessa Garcia Vanessa García Vanessa García Vega is an Olympic and National Record holding freestyle swimmer from Puerto Rico. She swam for her native country at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics....		55.73	QA
3	3	5	Erika Erndl		55.98	QA
4	2	5	Jennifer Beckberger		56.15	QA
5	3	4	Tatiana Barbosa		56.47	QA
6	2	6	Nadia Colovini		56.66	QA
7	3	3	Arlene Semeco Arlene Semeco Arlene Iradie Semeco Arismendi is a female freestyle swimmer from Venezuela, who represented her native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2004. She won two gold medals at the 2007 Pan American Games. She attended the University of Alabama.-References:* *...		56.69	QA
8	1	3	Liliana Ibañez		56.83	QA
9	1	5	Daynara de Paula		57.14	QB
10	2	3	Caroline Lapierre		57.43	QB
11	1	2	Ariel Weech		57.97	QB
12	1	6	Wendy Rodriguez		58.14	QB
13	2	2	Karen Torrez		58.81	QB
14	3	6	Chinyere Pigot		58.95	QB
15	1	7	Allyson Ponson		59.59	QB
16	3	7	Karen Riveros		1:00.11	QB
17	3	1	Julimar Avila		1:00.15
18	2	1	Marie Meza Peraza		1:01.13
19	1	1	Britany van Lange		1:02.28
	3	2	Fernanda González Fernanda González María Fernanda González Ramirez is an Olympic and National record-holding backstroke swimmer from Mexico. She swam for Mexico at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Career:...			DNS
	2	7	Kendese Nangle			DNS

Final A

The final was held on October 19.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Amanda Kendall		54.75
	3	Erika Erndl		55.04
	1	Arlene Semeco Arlene Semeco Arlene Iradie Semeco Arismendi is a female freestyle swimmer from Venezuela, who represented her native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2004. She won two gold medals at the 2007 Pan American Games. She attended the University of Alabama.-References:* *...		55.43
4	5	Vanessa Garcia Vanessa García Vanessa García Vega is an Olympic and National Record holding freestyle swimmer from Puerto Rico. She swam for her native country at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics....		55.55
5	6	Jennifer Beckberger		55.68
6	8	Liliana Ibañez		55.74
7	2	Tatiana Barbosa		56.36
8	7	Nadia Colovini		56.53