Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metre butterfly

The women's 100 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 15 at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in the municipality of Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico. The defending Pan American Games champion was Kathleen Hersey of the United States.

The race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in the butterfly stroke.

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

Qualification
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (1:03.7) 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 (1:05.6) in the same qualifying period.

Results
All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats
The first round was held on October 15.

B Final
The B final was also held on October 15.

Final A
The final was also held on October 15.