2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Women's 100 metre freestyle
Competition:	2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:	Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates:	August 22, 2014 (heats &<br>finals)
Competitors:	46
Win Value:	52.72
Gold:	Cate Campbell
Goldnoc:	AUS
Silver:	Bronte Campbell
Silvernoc:	AUS
Bronze:	Simone Manuel
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	2010
Next:	2018

The women's 100 metre freestyle competition at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 22 at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.^{[1] [2]} The last champion was Natalie Coughlin of US.^[3]

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in freestyle.^[4]

Records

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

World record		52.07	Rome, Italy	July 31, 2009
Pan Pacific Championships record		53.67	Irvine, United States	August 19, 2010

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on August 22, at 10:38.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			52.62	QA, CR
2			53.50	QA
3			53.65	QA
4			53.75	QA
5			53.91	QA
6	Brittany Elmslie		54.29	QA
7	Abbey Weitzeil		54.50	QA
8	Shannon Vreeland		54.55	QA
9			54.76	QB
10	Miki Uchida		54.86	QB
11	Emma McKeon		54.96	QB
12	Victoria Poon		55.06	QB
13	Katie Ledecky		55.25	QB
14	Bronte Barratt		55.28	QB
15	Katie McLaughlin		55.33	QB
16	Camille Cheng		55.45	QB
17			55.47
18			55.54
19	Felicia Lee		55.63
20	Misaki Yamaguchi		55.66
21	Yayoi Matsumoto		55.74
21			55.74
23	Daynara de Paula		55.80
24	Alyson Ackman		55.84
25	Laura Quilter		55.87
26	Michelle Williams		55.88
27	Sandrine Mainville		55.92
28	Elizabeth Pelton		55.99
29	Samantha Cheverton		56.03
30	Madeline Groves		56.11
31	Samantha Lucie-Smith		56.25
32	Yasuko Miyamoto		56.40
33	Chihiro Igarashi		56.55
34	Zhang Sishi		56.63
35	Aya Takano		56.72
36	Zhang Jiaqi		56.73
37	Miyuki Takemura		57.00
38	Wang Shijia		57.43
39	Samantha Lee		57.52
40	Sze Hang Yu		57.59
41	Carolina Bergamaschi		57.78
42	Kin Lok Chan		58.41
43	Claudia Lau		58.53
44	Vanessa Mohr		59.04
45	Yin Fan		59.85
46	Marce Loubser		1:00.21

B Final

The B final was held on August 22, at 20:03.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9			53.65
10	Abbey Weitzeil		54.78
11			54.94
12	Misaki Yamaguchi		55.17
13	Yayoi Matsumoto		55.60
14	Alyson Ackman		55.79
15	Samantha Lucie-Smith		55.97
16	Laura Quilter		56.00

A Final

The A final was held on August 22, at 20:03.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			52.72
			53.45
	Simone Manuel		53.71
4			53.87
5			54.55
6	Victoria Poon		54.82
7	Miki Uchida		54.91
8	Camille Cheng		55.09

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results of the 100-metre freestyle heats at 2014 Pan Pacific . Australia Swimming . August 22, 2014 . September 19, 2014.
2. Web site: Results of the 100-metre freestyle finals at 2014 Pan Pacific . Australia Swimming . August 22, 2014 . September 19, 2014 . January 23, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150123211518/http://liveresults.swimming.org.au/sal/2014PP/140821F011.htm . dead .
3. Web site: Results of the 100-metre freestyle finals at 2010 Pan Pacific . OmegaTiming . August 19, 2010 . September 19, 2014.
4. http://www.guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/manuales/eng/technical/tm_swimming.pdf Swimming technical manual