Swimming at the 1955 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metre butterfly

Women's 100 metre butterfly at the 1955 Pan American Games
Venue	-
Dates	March 25 (preliminaries and finals)
Medalists
Beth Whittall    Canada   Betty Brey    United States   Shelley Mann    United States
«- 1959»

The women's 100 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 1955 Pan American Games took place on 25 March. ^{[1] [2]} It was the first appearance of this event in the Pan American Games. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

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

Final

The final was held on March 25. ^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Beth Whittall	Canada	1:16.2	GR
	Betty Brey	United States	1:16.5
	Shelley Mann	United States	1:17.7
4	Mary Jane Sears	United States	1:18.2
5	Maria Amicha	Mexico	1:22.7
6	Linda Shler	Canada	1:30.2
7	-	-	-
8	-	-	-

References

1. "O GLOBO News Archive - March 26, 1955, Morning, General, page 2". O GLOBO. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
2. O GLOBO News Archive
3. Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
4. Resultados
5. All Pan medalists - Male
6. All Pan medalists - Female
7. Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
8. "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.