| Event: | Women's 100 metres |
| Games: | 2015 |
| Venue: | CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium |
| Dates: | July 21 – July 22 |
| Competitors: | 23 |
| Nations: | 14 |
| Win Value: | 10.95 |
| Win Label: | Winning time |
| Gold: | Sherone Simpson |
| Goldnoc: | JAM |
| Silver: | Ángela Tenorio |
| Silvernoc: | ECU |
| Bronze: | Barbara Pierre |
| Bronzenoc: | USA |
| Prev: | 2011 |
| Next: | 2019 |
The women's 100 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place between the 21 and 22 of July at the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Rosângela Santos of Brazil.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record | 10.49 | Indianapolis, United States | 16 July 1988 | ||
| Pan American Games record | 11.02 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 2007 |
See main article: Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (11.55) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to June 28, 2015).[2]
| Date | Time | Round | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 21, 2015 | 10:30 | Heats | |
| July 22, 2015 | 18:25 | Semifinals | |
| July 22, 2015 | 20:30 | Final |
All times shown are in seconds.
| KEY: | bgcolor=ccffcc align=center | q | bgcolor=ccffcc align=center | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best | DQ | Disqualified |
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Wind | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 10.92 | +1.6 | Q, GR, PR | |||
| 2 | 3 | 10.96 | +4.0 | Q | |||
| 3 | 3 | 11.00 | +4.0 | Q | |||
| 4 | 1 | 11.07 | +3.0 | Q | |||
| 5 | 2 | 11.08 | +1.6 | Q | |||
| 6 | 3 | 11.12 | +4.0 | Q | |||
| 7 | 3 | 11.14 | +4.0 | Q | |||
| 8 | 1 | 11.17 | +3.0 | Q | |||
| 8 | 2 | 11.17 | +1.6 | Q, SB | |||
| 10 | 3 | 11.18 | +4.0 | q | |||
| 11 | 2 | 11.19 | +1.6 | Q | |||
| 12 | 1 | 11.27 | +3.0 | Q | |||
| 13 | 2 | 11.33 | +1.6 | q, NR | |||
| 13 | 3 | 11.33 | +4.0 | q | |||
| 15 | 1 | 11.37 | +3.0 | Q | |||
| 16 | 1 | 11.41 | +3.0 | q | |||
| 17 | 3 | 11.43 | +4.0 | ||||
| 18 | 3 | 11.43 | +4.0 | ||||
| 19 | 2 | 11.44 | +1.6 | PB | |||
| 20 | 2 | 11.46 | +1.6 | PB | |||
| 21 | 1 | 11.53 | +3.0 | ||||
| 22 | 2 | 11.68 | +1.6 | ||||
| 23 | 1 | 11.69 | +3.0 |
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Wind | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Barbara Pierre | 10.96 | +2.2 | Q | ||
| 2 | 2 | Rosângela Santos | 11.01 | +2.2 | Q | ||
| 3 | 2 | Sherone Simpson | 11.02 | +2.2 | Q | ||
| 4 | 1 | Kelly-Ann Baptiste | 11.05 | +2.5 | Q | ||
| 5 | 1 | Ángela Tenorio | 11.10 | +2.5 | Q | ||
| 6 | 1 | Ana Cláudia Lemos | 11.13 | +2.5 | Q | ||
| 7 | 2 | Khamica Bingham | 11.14 | +2.2 | q | ||
| 8 | 2 | Semoy Hackett | 11.16 | +2.2 | q | ||
| 9 | 1 | Tahesia Harrigan-Scott | 11.18 | +2.5 | |||
| 10 | 1 | Crystal Emmanuel | 11.26 | +2.5 | |||
| 11 | 1 | Schillonie Calvert | 11.29 | +2.5 | |||
| 11 | 1 | Morolake Akinosun | 11.29 | +2.5 | |||
| 13 | 1 | LaVerne Jones-Ferrette | 11.33 | +2.5 | |||
| 14 | 2 | Narcisa Landazuri | 11.34 | +2.2 | |||
| 15 | 2 | Arialis Gandulla | 11.36 | +2.2 | |||
| 16 | 2 | Isidora Jiménez | 11.37 | +2.2 |
Wind: +0.9
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Sherone Simpson | 10.95 | SB | |||
| 5 | Ángela Tenorio | 10.99 | AR | |||
| 3 | Barbara Pierre | 11.01 | ||||
| 4 | 4 | Rosângela Santos | 11.04 | |||
| 5 | 6 | Kelly-Ann Baptiste | 11.05 | |||
| 6 | 2 | Khamica Bingham | 11.13 | PB | ||
| 7 | 7 | Ana Cláudia Lemos | 11.15 | |||
| 8 | 1 | Semoy Hackett | 11.16 | SB |