| Event: | Women's 100 metre butterfly |
| Games: | 2015 |
| Venue: | CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House |
| Dates: | July 16 (preliminaries and finals) |
| Competitors: | 21 |
| Nations: | 16 |
| Win Value: | 57.78 |
| Win Label: | Winning time |
| Gold: | Kelsi Worrell |
| Goldnoc: | USA |
| Silver: | Noemie Thomas |
| Silvernoc: | CAN |
| Bronze: | Katerine Savard |
| Bronzenoc: | CAN |
| Prev: | 2011 |
| Next: | 2019 |
The women's 100 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 16 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Claire Donahue of the United States.
This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all lengths in butterfly. The top eight swimmers from the heats would qualify for the A final (where the medals would be awarded), while the next best eight swimmers would qualify for the B final.[2]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record | 55.98 | London, United Kingdom | July 29, 2012 | ||
| Pan American Games record | 58.59 | Guadalajara, Mexico | October 15, 2011 |
See main article: Swimming 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 A standard (1:01.49) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to May 1, 2015). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard (1:05.18) in the same qualifying period.[2] All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.[2]
All times are Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4).
| Date | Time | Round | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 16, 2015 | 10:45 | Heats | |
| July 16, 2015 | 20:03 | Final B | |
| July 16, 2015 | 20:08 | Final A |
| KEY: | bgcolor=ccffcc align=center | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | bgcolor=ccffcc align=center | Q | Qualified | GR | Games record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
The first round was held on July 16.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 4 | QA, GR | ||||
| 2 | 3 | 4 | QA | ||||
| 3 | 2 | 4 | QA | ||||
| 4 | 3 | 5 | QA | ||||
| 5 | 2 | 5 | QA | ||||
| 6 | 3 | 3 | QA | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 5 | QA | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 3 | 1:00.85 | QA | |||
| 9 | 2 | 6 | 1:01.01 | QB | |||
| 10 | 3 | 2 | 1:01.25 | QB | |||
| 11 | 2 | 2 | 1:01.27 | QB | |||
| 12 | 1 | 6 | 1:01.53 | QB | |||
| 13 | 1 | 2 | 1:01.62 | QB | |||
| 14 | 3 | 6 | 1:01.85 | QB | |||
| 15 | 2 | 3 | 1:02.36 | QB | |||
| 16 | 2 | 7 | 1:02.43 | QB | |||
| 17 | 3 | 7 | 1:03.67 | ||||
| 18 | 1 | 7 | 1:04.43 | ||||
| 19 | 2 | 1 | 1:04.79 | ||||
| 20 | 3 | 1 | 1:05.79 | ||||
| 21 | 1 | 1 | 1:10.05 |
The B final was also held on July 16.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 5 | 1:00.79 | ||||
| 10 | 4 | 1:01.16 | ||||
| 11 | 2 | 1:01.49 | ||||
| 12 | 3 | 1:01.50 | ||||
| 13 | 7 | 1:01.81 | ||||
| 14 | 1 | 1:02.02 | ||||
| 15 | 6 | 1:02.10 | ||||
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The A final was also held on July 16.[5]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 57.78 | |||||
| 3 | 58.00 | |||||
| 5 | 58.05 | |||||
| 4 | 6 | 58.56 | ||||
| 5 | 2 | 58.74 | ||||
| 6 | 7 | 59.24 | ||||
| 7 | 8 | |||||
| 8 | 1 |