Swimming at the 2003 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metre backstroke

The Women's 100m Backstroke event at the 2003 Pan American Games took place on August 14, 2003 (Day 13 of the Games).

At this race, Gisela Morales won the first medal of her country in swimming at Pan American Games at all times.

Medalists

Gold	Diana MacManus  United States
Silver	Courtney Shealy  United States
Bronze	Gisela Morales  Guatemala

Records

World Record	Natalie Coughlin  (USA)	59.58	2002-08-13	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Pan Am Record	Barbara Bedford  (USA)	1:01.71	1995-03-14	Mar del Plata, Argentina

Results

Place	Swimmer	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time
1	Diana MacManus  (USA)	1:04.28	2	1:02.50
2	Courtney Shealy  (USA)	1:02.79	1	1:02.74
3	Gisela Morales  (GUA)	1:04.50	3	1:04.56
4	Danielle de Alba  (MEX)	1:04.79	4	1:04.91
5	Serrana Fernández  (URU)	1:05.42	6	1:05.15
6	Kiera Aitken  (BER)	1:04.98	5	1:06.03
7	Paula Baracho  (BRA)	1:06.27	7	1:06.22
8	Talita Ribeiro  (BRA)	1:06.68	8	1:06.39
9	Emily Busquets  (PUR)	1:06.99	9	1:06.61
10	Valeria Silva  (PER)	1:07.83	12	1:07.43
11	Gretchen Gotay  (PUR)	1:07.95	13	1:08.15
12	Silvie Ketelaars  (AHO)	1:09.18	15	1:08.76
13	Fatima Valderrama  (PER)	1:07.74	11	1:08.80
14	Marianella Marín  (CRC)	1:09.24	16	1:08.98
15	Ayeisha Collymore  (TRI)	1:09.39	17	1:09.66
16	Diana Caceres  (ECU)	1:09.75	18	1:10.39
--	Carolina Rivera  (VEN)	1:07.20	10	scratched
--	María Costanzo  (PAR)	1:08.49	14	scratched
19	Laura Rodríguez  (DOM)	1:10.05	19
20	Alana Dilette  (BAH)	1:10.07	20

References

• 2003 Pan American Games Results: Day 13, CBC online; retrieved 2009-06-13.
• usaswimming
• SwimNews Results