Swimming at the 1987 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metre freestyle

Women's 100 metre freestyle at the X Pan American Games
Venue	Indiana University Natatorium
Dates	August 9 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	- from - nations
Medalists
Silvia Poll   Costa Rica   Sara Linke   United States   Jenny Thompson   United States
«1983	1991»

The women's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1987 Pan American Games took place on 9 August at the Indiana University Natatorium.^[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Carrie Steinseifer of US.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]}

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in freestyle.^[8]

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 August 9.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Silvia Poll	Costa Rica	56.10	Q, NR, GR
-	-	-	-	Q
-	-	-	-	Q
-	-	-	-	Q
-	-	-	-	Q
-	-	-	-	Q
-	-	-	-	Q
-	-	-	-	Q

Final

The final was held on August 9.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Silvia Poll	Costa Rica	56.39
	Sara Linke	United States	57.30
	Jenny Thompson	United States	57.46
4	Cheryl McArton	Canada	58.56
5	Sally Gilbert	Canada	58.65
6	Karen Dieffenthaller	Trinidad and Tobago	58.74
7	Patricia Kohlmann	Mexico	58.94
8	Virginia Sachero	Argentina	1:00.88

References

1. "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
2. Hickoksports
3. Hickosports Results
4. All Pan medalists - Male
5. All Pan medalists - Female
6. Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
7. ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history
8. Swimming technical manual