2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Women's 100 metre freestyle
Competition:	2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center
Dates:	10 August (heats &<br>finals)
Competitors:	35
Nations:	8
Win Value:	52.03
Gold:	Cate Campbell
Goldnoc:	AUS
Silver:	Simone Manuel
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Taylor Ruck
Bronzenoc:	CAN
Prev:	2014
Next:	2022

The women's 100 metre freestyle competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 10 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center.^[1] The defending champion was Cate Campbell of Australia.^[2]

Records

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

World record		51.71	Budapest, Hungary	23 July 2017
Pan Pacific Championships record		52.62	Gold Coast, Australia	22 August 2014

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:

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QA

Qualified A Final

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QB

Qualified B Final

CR

Championships record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on 10 August from 10:00.^[3]

Only two swimmers from each country may advance to the A or B final. If a country does not qualify any swimmer to the A final, that same country may qualify up to three swimmers to the B final.^[4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			53.23	QA
2			53.27	QA
3			53.30	QA
4			53.34	QA
5			53.61	QA
6			53.97	QB
7	Kayla Sanchez		54.02	QA
7			54.02	QB
9	Kelsi Dahlia		54.09	QB
10			54.14
10			54.14	QA
12	Madeline Groves		54.18	QB,
13	Abbigail Weitzeil		54.20
14			54.53
15			54.54	QB
16	Larissa Oliveira		54.68	QA
17	Tomomi Aoki		54.84	QB
18	Alexia Zevnik		54.93	QB
18	Brianna Throssell		54.93	QB
20	Chihiro Igarashi		54.96	QB
21	Gabrielle DeLoof		55.22
22	Mayuka Yamamoto		55.32
23	Kyla Leibel		55.37
24	Rio Shirai		55.44
25	Sarah Fournier		55.57
26	Yui Yamane		55.73
27	Lorrane Ferreira		56.50
28	Ai Soma		57.13
29	Nicole Oliva		57.17
30	Miranda Renner		1:00.05
31	Mineri Gomez		1:04.40
32	Gianna Garcia		1:04.54
33	Osisang Chilton		1:07.30
	Ariarne Titmus
	Kanako Watanabe

B Final

The B final was held on 10 August from 18:00.^[5]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9			53.37
10			54.33
11	Margo Geer		54.47
12	Brianna Throssell		54.50
13	Tomomi Aoki		54.69
14	Rebecca Smith		54.72
15	Chihiro Igarashi		55.05
16	Alexia Zevnik		55.45

A Final

The A final was held on 10 August from 18:00.^[6]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			52.03	CR, OC
			52.66
	Taylor Ruck		52.72
4			52.94
5	Rikako Ikee		53.14
6	Kayla Sanchez		53.68
7			53.74
8			54.78

Notes and References

1. Web site: Schedule Pan Pacs 2018 . Pan Pacs 2018 . 11 August 2018.
2. Web site: Results of the 100-metre freestyle finals at 2014 Pan Pacific . Australia Swimming . 22 August 2014 . 11 August 2014 . 23 January 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150123211518/http://liveresults.swimming.org.au/sal/2014PP/140821F011.htm . dead .
3. Web site: Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Women 100m Freestyle Heats . Seiko.co.jp . 10 August 2018 . 11 August 2018.
4. Web site: Pan Pacs 2018 – Information Bulletin #2 . Pan Pacs 2018 . 12 April 2018 . 11 August 2018.
5. Web site: Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Women 100m Freestyle B-Final . Seiko.co.jp . 10 August 2018 . 11 August 2018.
6. Web site: Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Women 100m Freestyle Final . Seiko.co.jp . 10 August 2018 . 11 August 2018.