# Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place between the 21 and 22 of July at the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion was Rosângela Santos of Brazil.

## 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 (11.55) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to June 28, 2015).

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| July 21, 2015 | 10:30 | Heats |
| July 22, 2015 | 18:25 | Semifinals |
| July 22, 2015 | 20:30 | 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 |

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Wind | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Barbara Pierre | United States | 10.92 | +1.6 | Q, GR, PR |
| 2 | 3 | Ana Cláudia Lemos | Brazil | 10.96 | +4.0 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Khamica Bingham | Canada | 11.00 | +4.0 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Kelly-Ann Baptiste | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.07 | +3.0 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Rosângela Santos | Brazil | 11.08 | +1.6 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Morolake Akinosun | United States | 11.12 | +4.0 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | LaVerne Jones-Ferrette | Virgin Islands | 11.14 | +4.0 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Ángela Tenorio | Ecuador | 11.17 | +3.0 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Semoy Hackett | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.17 | +1.6 | Q, SB |
| 10 | 3 | Sherone Simpson | Jamaica | 11.18 | +4.0 | q |
| 11 | 2 | Tahesia Harrigan-Scott | British Virgin Islands | 11.19 | +1.6 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Schillonie Calvert | Jamaica | 11.27 | +3.0 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | Isidora Jiménez | Chile | 11.33 | +1.6 | q, NR |
| 13 | 3 | Narcisa Landazuri | Ecuador | 11.33 | +4.0 | q |
| 15 | 1 | Arialis Gandulla | Cuba | 11.37 | +3.0 | Q |
| 16 | 1 | Crystal Emmanuel | Canada | 11.41 | +3.0 | q |
| 17 | 3 | Nediam Vargas | Venezuela | 11.43 | +4.0 | |
| 18 | 3 | Shenel Crooke | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 11.43 | +4.0 | |
| 19 | 2 | Dulaimi Odelin | Cuba | 11.44 | +1.6 | PB |
| 20 | 2 | Sharolyn Josephs | Costa Rica | 11.46 | +1.6 | PB |
| 21 | 1 | Andrea Purica | Venezuela | 11.53 | +3.0 | |
| 22 | 2 | Marecia Pemberton | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 11.68 | +1.6 | |
| 23 | 1 | Kaina Martinez | Belize | 11.69 | +3.0 | |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Wind | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Barbara Pierre | United States | 10.96 | +2.2 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Rosângela Santos | Brazil | 11.01 | +2.2 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Sherone Simpson | Jamaica | 11.02 | +2.2 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Kelly-Ann Baptiste | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.05 | +2.5 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Ángela Tenorio | Ecuador | 11.10 | +2.5 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Ana Cláudia Lemos | Brazil | 11.13 | +2.5 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Khamica Bingham | Canada | 11.14 | +2.2 | q |
| 8 | 2 | Semoy Hackett | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.16 | +2.2 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Tahesia Harrigan-Scott | British Virgin Islands | 11.18 | +2.5 | |
| 10 | 1 | Crystal Emmanuel | Canada | 11.26 | +2.5 | |
| 11 | 1 | Schillonie Calvert | Jamaica | 11.29 | +2.5 | |
| 11 | 1 | Morolake Akinosun | United States | 11.29 | +2.5 | |
| 13 | 1 | LaVerne Jones-Ferrette | Virgin Islands | 11.33 | +2.5 | |
| 14 | 2 | Narcisa Landazuri | Ecuador | 11.34 | +2.2 | |
| 15 | 2 | Arialis Gandulla | Cuba | 11.36 | +2.2 | |
| 16 | 2 | Isidora Jiménez | Chile | 11.37 | +2.2 | |

### Final

Wind: +0.9
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 8 | Sherone Simpson | Jamaica | 10.95 | SB |
| | 5 | Ángela Tenorio | Ecuador | 10.99 | AR |
| | 3 | Barbara Pierre | United States | 11.01 | |
| 4 | 4 | Rosângela Santos | Brazil | 11.04 | |
| 5 | 6 | Kelly-Ann Baptiste | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.05 | |
| 6 | 2 | Khamica Bingham | Canada | 11.13 | PB |
| 7 | 7 | Ana Cláudia Lemos | Brazil | 11.15 | |
| 8 | 1 | Semoy Hackett | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.16 | SB |