Swimming at the 1959 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metre freestyle
| Women's 100 metre freestyle at the III Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Dates | September 1 (preliminaries), September 4 (finals) | |||||||||
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| «1955 | 1963» | |||||||||
The women's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 1 September (preliminaries)[1][2] and 4 September (finals).[3] The last Pan American Games champion was Helen Stewart of Canada.[4][5][6][7][8]
This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in freestyle.[9]
Results
All times are in minutes and seconds.
| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | GR | Games record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
Heats
The first round was held on September 1.[1]
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Chris von Saltza |  United States | 1:04.2 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 2 | Joan Spillane | United States | 1:05.3 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Molly Botkin | United States | 1:06.2 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Margareth Iwasaki |  Canada | 1:06.3 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Blanca Barrón |  Mexico | 1:07.6 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Maria Luísa Sousa | Mexico | 1:08.2 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Helen Hunt | Canada | 1:08.5 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Sandra Scott | Canada | 1:09.4 | Q |
| - | - | Maria Teixeira |  Brazil | 1:11.6 | |
| - | - | Glória Funaro | Brazil | 1:11.9 | |
| - | - | Lílian Moreira | Brazil | 1:12.8 |
Final
The final was held on September 4.[3]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Chris von Saltza | United States | 1:03.8 | GR |
 | Molly Botkin | United States | 1:05.7 | |
 | Joan Spillane | United States | 1:05.8 | |
| 4 | Margareth Iwasaki | Canada | 1:06.0 | |
| 5 | Blanca Barrón | Mexico | 1:08.5 | |
| 6 | Maria Luísa Sousa | Mexico | 1:08.8 | |
| 6 | Sandra Scott | Canada | 1:08.8 | |
| 8 | - | - | - |
References
- 1 2 "O GLOBO News Archive - September 2, 1959, Morning, General, page 16". O GLOBO. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- ↑ O GLOBO News Archive
- 1 2 "O GLOBO News Archive - September 5, 1959, Morning, General, page 1". O GLOBO. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- ↑ Hickoksports
- ↑ Resultados
- ↑ All Pan medalists - Male
- ↑ All Pan medalists - Female
- ↑ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ↑ Swimming technical manual
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