Women's 100 metre backstroke at the I959 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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Dates | September 5 (preliminaries), September 6 (finals) | |||||||||
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«1955 1963» |
The women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 5 September (preliminaries) and 6 September (final). [1] [2] The last Pan American Games champion was Leonore Fisher of Canada. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in backstroke. [8]
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 |
The first round was held on September 5. [1]
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | - | Sara Barber | ![]() | 1:12.7 | Q, GR |
- | - | - | - | - | Q |
- | - | - | - | - | Q |
- | - | - | - | - | Q |
- | - | - | - | - | Q |
- | - | - | - | - | Q |
- | - | - | - | - | Q |
- | - | - | - | - | Q |
The final was held on September 6. [1]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | Carin Cone | ![]() | 1:12.2 | GR |
![]() | Sara Barber | ![]() | 1:12.3 | |
![]() | Christine Kluter | ![]() | 1:12.4 | |
4 | Lynn Burke | ![]() | 1:13.8 | |
5 | Lynn Scott | ![]() | 1:17.1 | |
6 | Dulce Okayama | ![]() | 1:22.9 | |
6 | - | - | - | |
8 | - | - | - |