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Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 50 metre freestyle

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Women's 50 metre freestyle at the 2011 Pan American Games
VenueScotiabank Aquatics Center
DatesOctober 21 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors19 from 14 nations
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   Brazil
Bronze medal   United States
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The women's 50 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 21 at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in the municipality of Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion is Arlene Semeco of Venezuela.

This race consisted of one length of the pool in freestyle.[2]

Records

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

World record  Britta Steffen (GER) 23.73 Rome, Italy August 2, 2009
Pan American Games record  Arlene Semeco (VEN) 25.14 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 18, 2007

Qualification

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Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (26.4) 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 (27.2) in the same qualifying period.[2]

Results

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All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified GR Games record NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Heats

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The first round was held on October 21.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time[3] Notes
1 1 5 Graciele Herrmann  Brazil 25.28 QA
2 3 4 Lara Jackson  United States 25.39 QA
3 2 4 Madison Kennedy  United States 25.40 QA
4 3 5 Arlene Semeco  Venezuela 25.58 QA
5 1 4 Vanessa García  Puerto Rico 25.64 QA
6 2 5 Flavia Delaroli-Cazziolato  Brazil 25.77 QA
7 1 6 Nadia Colovini  Argentina 26.04 QA, NR
8 3 3 Jennifer Beckberger  Canada 26.05 QA
9 3 2 Liliana Ibáñez  Mexico 26.34 QB
10 3 6 Carolina Colorado Henao  Colombia 26.64 QB
11 2 3 Caroline Lapierre  Canada 26.66 QB
12 1 2 Ariel Weech  Bahamas 26.76 QB
13 2 6 Ximena Vilar  Venezuela 26.84 QB
14 1 3 Chinyere Pigot  Suriname 26.89 QB
15 3 7 Allyson Ponson  Aruba 27.16 QB
16 2 7 Karen Torrez  Bolivia 27.24 QB
17 1 7 Kiera Aitken  Bermuda 27.27
18 2 2 Debra Rodriguez  Puerto Rico 27.28
19 3 1 Karin O'Reilly  Netherlands Antilles 31.41

B Final

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The B final was also held on October 21.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
9 4 Liliana Ibáñez  Mexico 26.17
10 6 Ariel Weech  Bahamas 26.49
11 3 Caroline Lapierre  Canada 26.53
12 5 Carolina Colorado Henao  Colombia 26.65
13 2 Ximena Vilar  Venezuela 26.80
14 1 Allyson Ponson  Aruba 26.93
15 8 Karen Torrez  Bolivia 27.03
16 7 Chinyere Pigot  Suriname 27.32

A Final

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The A final was also held on October 21.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time[5] Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Lara Jackson  United States 25.09 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Graciele Herrmann  Brazil 25.23
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Madison Kennedy  United States 25.24
4 2 Vanessa García  Puerto Rico 25.39
5 6 Arlene Semeco  Venezuela 25.57
6 7 Flavia Delaroli-Cazziolato  Brazil 25.94
7 1 Nadia Colovini  Argentina 26.08
8 8 Jennifer Beckberger  Canada 26.12

References

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  1. ^ "Sessions" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Women's 50m Preliminaries". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.[dead link]
  4. ^ a b "Finals – Day 7" (PDF). Best Swimming. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 4, 2013. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
  5. ^ "Women's 50m Freestyle Final A". Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original on October 27, 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.