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   US flag 49 stars.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   US flag 49 stars.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   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
8---

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