| Women's 100 metre backstroke at the III Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Dates | September 5 (preliminaries), September 6 (finals) | |||||||||
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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 |  Canada | 1:12.7 | Q, GR |
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| - | - | - | - | - | Q |
| - | - | - | - | - | Q |
| - | - | - | - | - | Q |
| - | - | - | - | - | Q |
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The final was held on September 6. [1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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 | Carin Cone |  United States | 1:12.2 | GR |
 | Sara Barber | Canada | 1:12.3 | |
 | Christine Kluter | United States | 1:12.4 | |
| 4 | Lynn Burke | United States | 1:13.8 | |
| 5 | Lynn Scott | Canada | 1:17.1 | |
| 6 | Dulce Okayama |  Brazil | 1:22.9 | |
| 6 | - | - | - | |
| 8 | - | - | - |
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