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

Women's 100 metres at the 2019 Pan American Games
Women's 100 metres at the 2019 Pan American Games
Venue	Athletics Stadium
Dates	August 6 – August 7
Competitors	22 from 17 nations
Winning time	11.17
Medalists
	Elaine Thompson; Jamaica
	Michelle-Lee Ahye; Trinidad and Tobago
	Vitória Cristina Rosa; Brazil
	«2015 2023»

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	Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA)	10.49	Indianapolis, United States	July 16, 1988
Pan American Games record	Barbara Pierre (USA)	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:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	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	Elaine Thompson	Jamaica	11.36	Q
2	1	Michelle-Lee Ahye	Trinidad and Tobago	11.37	Q
3	2	Vitória Cristina Rosa	Brazil	11.40	Q
4	3	Crystal Emmanuel	Canada	11.48	Q
5	3	Angela Tenorio	Ecuador	11.49	Q
5	2	Kelly-Ann Baptiste	Trinidad and Tobago	11.49	q
7	1	Natasha Morrison	Jamaica	11.59	Q
7	3	Twanisha Terry	United States	11.59	q
9	2	Andrea Purica	Venezuela	11.64
10	2	Yunisleidy García	Cuba	11.66
11	1	Leya Buchanan	Canada	11.70
12	1	Halle Hazzard	Grenada	11.70
13	2	Brianne Bethel	Bahamas	11.76
14	3	Marileidy Paulino	Dominican Republic	11.84
15	1	Franciela Krasucki	Brazil	11.87
16	3	Tristan Evelyn	Barbados	11.89
17	3	Brenessa Thompson	Guyana	11.96
18	1	Maria Woodward	Argentina	12.01
19	1	Hilary Gladden	Belize	12.19
20	2	Ariel Jackson	Barbados	12.31
21	3	Shenel Crooke	Saint Kitts and Nevis	12.36
22	2	Triana Alonso	Peru	12.38

Final

Wind: -0.6 m/s^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	5	Elaine Thompson	Jamaica	11.18
	6	Michelle-Lee Ahye	Trinidad and Tobago	11.27
	4	Vitória Cristina Rosa	Brazil	11.30
4	8	Angela Tenorio	Ecuador	11.34
5	3	Twanisha Terry	United States	11.37
6	9	Natasha Morrison	Jamaica	11.40
7	7	Crystal Emmanuel	Canada	11.41
8	2	Kelly-Ann Baptiste	Trinidad and Tobago	11.52

References

^ "Women's 100 metres − Semifinal − Results" (PDF). www.lima2019.pe. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). Retrieved 15 Aug 2019.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Women's 100 metres − Final − Results" (PDF). www.lima2019.pe. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). Retrieved 15 Aug 2019.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[1] "Women's 100 metres − Semifinal − Results" (PDF). www.lima2019.pe. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). Retrieved 15 Aug 2019.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[2] "Women's 100 metres − Final − Results" (PDF). www.lima2019.pe. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). Retrieved 15 Aug 2019.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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