Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metres explained

Event:	Women's 100 metres
Games:	2019
Venue:	Athletics Stadium
Dates:	August 6 – August 7
Competitors:	22
Nations:	17
Win Value:	11.17
Win Label:	Winning time
Gold:	Elaine Thompson
Goldnoc:	JAM
Silver:	Michelle-Lee Ahye
Silvernoc:	TTO
Bronze:	Vitória Cristina Rosa
Bronzenoc:	BRA
Prev:	2015
Next:	2023
Longnames:	yes

The women's 100 metres competition of the athletics events at the 2019 Pan American Games will take place between the 6 and 7 of August at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Sherone Simpson from Jamaica.

Summary

Coming out of the blocks, American collegian Twanisha Terry had the best start. It took about 5 steps before Olympic champion Elaine Thompson began to assert herself. When Thompson was rolling, nobody could stay with her. It took Michelle-Lee Ahye about 70 metres to get past Terry, 85 for Vitória Cristina Rosa to move past for bronze.

Records

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

World record		10.49	Indianapolis, United States	July 16, 1988
Pan American Games record		10.92	Toronto, Canada	July 21, 2015

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 6, 2019	15:00	Semifinal
August 7, 2019	16:40	Final

Results

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

Semifinal

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final. ^[1]

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.3 m/s, Heat 2: -0.4 m/s, Heat 3: -1.1 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			11.36	Q
2	1			11.37	Q
3	2			11.40	Q
4	3			11.48	Q
5	3			11.49	Q
5	2			11.49	q
7	1			11.59	Q
7	3			11.59	q
9	2			11.64
10	2			11.66
11	1			11.70
12	1			11.70
13	2			11.76
14	3			11.84
15	1			11.87
16	3			11.89
17	3			11.96
18	1			12.01
19	1			12.19
20	2			12.31
21	3			12.36
22	2			12.38

Final

Wind: -0.6 m/s^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			11.18
	6			11.27
	4			11.30
4	8			11.34
5	3			11.37
6	9			11.40
7	7			11.41
8	2			11.52

Notes and References

1. Web site: Women's 100 metres − Semifinal − Results. www.lima2019.pe. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). 15 Aug 2019.
2. Web site: Women's 100 metres − Final − Results. www.lima2019.pe. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). 15 Aug 2019.