Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metres

Women's 100 metres at the XVI Pan American Games
Venue	Telmex Athletics Stadium
Dates	October 24 – October 25
Competitors	19 from 13 nations
Medalists
Rosângela Santos   Brazil   Barbara Pierre   United States   Shakera Reece   Barbados
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Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men		women
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's 100 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games will take place between the 24 and 25 of October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Mikele Barber of the United States.

Records

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

World record	Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA)	10.49	Indianapolis, United States	16 July 1988
Pan American Games record	Mikele Barber (USA)	11.02	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	2007

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (11.50) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
October 24, 2011	14:45	Heats
October 24, 2011	17:30	Semifinals
October 25, 2011	17:40	Final

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Heats

The first round scheduled for October 24 was bypassed as there were only 19 competitors entered.

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on October 24, with three semi-finals. The first two places plus the next to best times qualified.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Rosângela Santos	Brazil	11.26	Q PB
2	2	Barbara Pierre	United States	11.37	Q
3	1	Yomara Hinestroza	Colombia	11.41	Q
4	3	Shakera Reece	Barbados	11.43	Q PB
5	1	Laverne Jones-Ferrette	Virgin Islands	11.45	q
6	3	Ana Cláudia Silva	Brazil	11.46	Q
7	2	Nelkis Casabona	Cuba	11.56	Q
8	2	Mariely Sánchez	Dominican Republic	11.57	q PB
9	2	Courtney Cerene Patterson	Virgin Islands	11.59
10	2	Tameka Williams	Saint Kitts and Nevis	11.68
11	3	Kenyanna Wilson	United States	11.74
12	3	Eliecith Palacios	Colombia	11.77
13	3	Jessica Lynn Sanchez	Mexico	11.80	PB
14	3	Kerri-Ann Mitchell	Canada	11.81
15	1	Daniela Claudia Pavez	Chile	11.85
16	1	Ramona Van der Vloot	Suriname	12.01	PB
17	1	Charnelle Enriques	22x20px Belize	13.15
18	2	Matilde Álvarez	Mexico	13.25
	1	Fany Chalas	Dominican Republic	DNS

Final

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Rosângela Santos	Brazil	11.22	PB
	Barbara Pierre	United States	11.25
	Shakera Reece	Barbados	11.26	NR
4	Ana Cláudia Silva	Brazil	11.35
5	Mariely Sánchez	Dominican Republic	11.49	NR
6	Yomara Hinestroza	Colombia	11.50
7	Nelkis Casabona	Cuba	11.56
8	Laverne Jones-Ferrette	Virgin Islands	11.60