Swimming at the 1951 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metre backstroke

Women's 100 metre freestyle at the 1951 Pan American Games
Venue	-
Dates	March 2 (preliminaries and finals)
Medalists
Maureen O'Brien    United States   Sheila Donahue    United States   Magda Bruggeman    Mexico
«- 1955»

The women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1951 Pan American Games took place on 2 March. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in backstroke. ^[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

Final

The final was held on March 2. ^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Maureen O'Brien	United States	1:18.5
	Sheila Donahue	United States	1:20.5
	Magda Bruggeman	Mexico	1:21.4
4	-	-	-
5	-	-	-
6	Ana de Santa Rita	Brazil	1:22.4
7	Idamys Busin	Brazil	1:22.8
8	-	-	-

References

1. "O GLOBO News Archive - March 3, 1951, Morning, General, page 12". O GLOBO. Archived from the original on 14 September 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
2. O GLOBO News Archive
3. Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
4. Results
5. All Pan medalists - Male
6. "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-09-18.
7. Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
8. ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2013-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
9. "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.