| Women's 100 metre butterfly at the I959 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Dates | September 2 (preliminaries), September 4 (finals) | |||||||||
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«1955 1963» | ||||||||||
The women's 100 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 2 September (preliminaries) [1] [2] and 4 September (finals). [3] The last Pan American Games champion was Beth Whittall of Canada. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in butterfly. [9]
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 2. [1]
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | 2 | Nancy Ramey | 1:09.1 | Q, WR | |
| 2 | 1 | Becky Collins | 1:09.6 | Q | |
| 3 | 2 | Molly Botkin | 1:11.9 | Q | |
| 4 | 1 | Margareth Iwasaki | 1:15.2 | Q | |
| 5 | 1 | Eulália Martinez | 1:18.9 | Q | |
| 6 | 2 | Elal Jacques | 1:20.0 | Q | |
| 7 | 2 | Mary Stewart | 1:22.4 | Q | |
| 8 | 2 | Miriam Andreu | 1:22.6 | Q | |
| - | 2 | Marion Meyer | 1:24.6 |
The final was held on September 4. [3]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| Becky Collins | 1:09.5 | |||
| Nancy Ramey | 1:10.4 | |||
| Molly Botkin | 1:12.3 | |||
| 4 | Margareth Iwasaki | 1:14.8 | ||
| 5 | Eulália Martinez | 1:21.2 | ||
| 6 | Elal Jacques | 1:22.2 | ||
| 7 | - | - | - | |
| 8 | - | - | - |