Swimming at the 1959 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metre freestyle

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Women's 100 metre freestyle at the I959 Pan American Games
Swimming pictogram.svg
Venue-
DatesSeptember 1 (preliminaries), September 4 (finals)
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Chris von Saltza  US flag 49 stars.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Molly Botkin  US flag 49 stars.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Joan Spillane  US flag 49 stars.svg  United States
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The women's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 1 September (preliminaries) [1] [2] and 4 September (finals). [3] The last Pan American Games champion was Helen Stewart of Canada. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Contents

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in freestyle. [9]

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

The first round was held on September 1. [1]

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12 Chris von Saltza Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:04.2Q, GR
22 Joan Spillane Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:05.3Q
31 Molly Botkin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:06.2Q
42 Margaret Iwasaki Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:06.3Q
51 Blanca Barrón Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:07.6Q
61 Maria Luísa Sousa Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:08.2Q
71 Helen Hunt Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:08.5Q
82 Sandra Scott Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:09.4Q
-- Maria Teixeira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:11.6
-- Glória Funaro Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:11.9
-- Lílian Moreira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:12.8

Final

The final was held on September 4. [3]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Chris von Saltza Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:03.8 GR
Silver medal icon.svg Molly Botkin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:05.7
Bronze medal icon.svg Joan Spillane Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:05.8
4 Margaret Iwasaki Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:06.0
5 Blanca Barrón Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:08.5
6 Maria Luísa Sousa Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:08.8
6 Sandra Scott Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:08.8
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References

  1. 1 2 "O GLOBO News Archive - September 2, 1959, Morning, General, page 16". O GLOBO. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  2. ↑ O GLOBO News Archive
  3. 1 2 "O GLOBO News Archive - September 5, 1959, Morning, General, page 1". O GLOBO. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  4. ↑ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
  5. ↑ Resultados
  6. ↑ All Pan medalists - Male
  7. ↑ All Pan medalists - Female
  8. ↑ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
  9. ↑ Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
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