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

Women's 100 metre freestyle at the I959 Pan American Games
Venue-
DatesSeptember 1 (preliminaries), September 4 (finals)
Medalists
Gold medal Chris von Saltza  United States
Silver medal Molly Botkin  United States
Bronze medal Joan Spillane  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]

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

Results

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

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

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Chris von Saltza  United States 1:04.2 Q, GR
2 2 Joan Spillane  United States 1:05.3 Q
3 1 Molly Botkin  United States 1:06.2 Q
4 2 Margaret Iwasaki  Canada 1:06.3 Q
5 1 Blanca Barrón  Mexico 1:07.6 Q
6 1 Maria Luísa Sousa  Mexico 1:08.2 Q
7 1 Helen Hunt  Canada 1:08.5 Q
8 2 Sandra Scott  Canada 1:09.4 Q
- - Maria Teixeira  Brazil 1:11.6
- - Glória Funaro  Brazil 1:11.9
- - Lílian Moreira  Brazil 1:12.8

Final

The final was held on September 4.[3]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Chris von Saltza  United States 1:03.8 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Molly Botkin  United States 1:05.7
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Joan Spillane  United States 1:05.8
4 Margaret Iwasaki  Canada 1:06.0
5 Blanca Barrón  Mexico 1:08.5
6 Maria Luísa Sousa  Mexico 1:08.8
6 Sandra Scott  Canada 1:08.8
8 - - -

References

  1. ^ a b "O GLOBO News Archive - September 2, 1959, Morning, General, page 16". O GLOBO. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  2. ^ O GLOBO News Archive
  3. ^ a b "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