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

Event:	Women's 50 metre freestyle
Games:	2011
Venue:	Scotiabank Aquatics Center
Dates:	October 21 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors:	19
Nations:	14
Win Label:	Winning score
Gold:	Lara Jackson
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Graciele Herrmann
Silvernoc:	BRA
Bronze:	Madison Kennedy
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	2007
Next:	2015

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

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

World record		23.73	Rome, Italy	August 2, 2009
Pan American Games record		25.14	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	July 18, 2007

Qualification

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

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on October 21.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time^[3]	Notes
1	1	5	align=left		align=left		25.28	QA
2	3	4	align=left		align=left		25.39	QA
3	2	4	align=left		align=left		25.40	QA
4	3	5	align=left		align=left		25.58	QA
5	1	4	align=left		align=left		25.64	QA
6	2	5	align=left		align=left		25.77	QA
7	1	6	align=left		align=left		26.04	QA, NR
8	3	3	align=left		align=left		26.05	QA
9	3	2	align=left		align=left		26.34	QB
10	3	6	align=left		align=left		26.64	QB
11	2	3	align=left		align=left		26.66	QB
12	1	2	align=left		align=left		26.76	QB
13	2	6	align=left		align=left		26.84	QB
14	1	3	align=left		align=left		26.89	QB
15	3	7	align=left		align=left		27.16	QB
16	2	7	align=left		align=left		27.24	QB
17	1	7	align=left		align=left		27.27
18	2	2	align=left		align=left		27.28
19	3	1	align=left		align=left		31.41

B Final

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

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	4	align=left		align=left		26.17
10	6	align=left		align=left		26.49
11	3	align=left		align=left		26.53
12	5	align=left		align=left		26.65
13	2	align=left		align=left		26.80
14	1	align=left		align=left		26.93
15	8	align=left		align=left		27.03
16	7	align=left		align=left		27.32

A Final

The A final was also held on October 21.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time^[5]	Notes
	5	align=left		align=left		25.09	GR
	4	align=left		align=left		25.23
	3	align=left		align=left		25.24
4	2	align=left		align=left		25.39
5	6	align=left		align=left		25.57
6	7	align=left		align=left		25.94
7	1	align=left		align=left		26.08
8	8	align=left		align=left		26.12

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sessions. Guadalajara 2011. 23 October 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110626223053/http://www.guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/boletaje/lista-de-sesiones.pdf. 26 June 2011.
2. Web site: Swimming Technical Manual. Guadalajara 2011. 23 October 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110728175822/http://www.guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/manuales/eng/technical/tm_swimming.pdf. 28 July 2011.
3. Web site: Women's 50m Preliminaries. Guadalajara 2011. 23 October 2011.
4. Web site: Finals – Day 7 . Best Swimming . 2011 . December 1, 2013.
5. Web site: Women's 50m Freestyle Final A. https://web.archive.org/web/20111027003459/http://info.guadalajara2011.org.mx/ENG/SW/SWR173A_SWW01001030000001ENG.htm. dead. October 27, 2011. Guadalajara 2011. 23 October 2011.