Swimming at the 1959 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metre freestyle
Appearance
Women's 100 metre freestyle at the I959 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | - | |||||||||
Dates | September 1 (preliminaries), September 4 (finals) | |||||||||
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«1955 1963» |
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]
This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in freestyle.[9]
Results
[edit]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 |
Heats
[edit]The first round was held on September 1.[1]
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 2 | Chris von Saltza | ![]() |
1:04.2 | Q, GR |
2 | 2 | Joan Spillane | ![]() |
1:05.3 | Q |
3 | 1 | Molly Botkin | ![]() |
1:06.2 | Q |
4 | 2 | Margaret Iwasaki | ![]() |
1:06.3 | Q |
5 | 1 | Blanca Barrón | ![]() |
1:07.6 | Q |
6 | 1 | Maria Luísa Sousa | ![]() |
1:08.2 | Q |
7 | 1 | Helen Hunt | ![]() |
1:08.5 | Q |
8 | 2 | Sandra Scott | ![]() |
1:09.4 | Q |
- | - | Maria Teixeira | ![]() |
1:11.6 | |
- | - | Glória Funaro | ![]() |
1:11.9 | |
- | - | Lílian Moreira | ![]() |
1:12.8 |
Final
[edit]The final was held on September 4.[3]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Chris von Saltza | ![]() |
1:03.8 | GR |
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Molly Botkin | ![]() |
1:05.7 | |
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Joan Spillane | ![]() |
1:05.8 | |
4 | Margaret Iwasaki | ![]() |
1:06.0 | |
5 | Blanca Barrón | ![]() |
1:08.5 | |
6 | Maria Luísa Sousa | ![]() |
1:08.8 | |
6 | Sandra Scott | ![]() |
1:08.8 | |
8 | - | - | - |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "O GLOBO News Archive - September 2, 1959, Morning, General, page 16". O GLOBO. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- ^ O GLOBO News Archive
- ^ a b "O GLOBO News Archive - September 5, 1959, Morning, General, page 1". O GLOBO. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
- ^ Resultados
- ^ All Pan medalists - Male
- ^ All Pan medalists - Female
- ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ^ Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine