Swimming at the 1959 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metre backstroke
| Women's 100 metre backstroke at the I959 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Dates | September 5 (preliminaries), September 6 (finals) | |||||||||
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The women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 5 September (preliminaries) and 6 September (final).[1][2] The last Pan American Games champion was Leonore Fisher of Canada.[3][4][5][6][7]
This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.[8]
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 5.[1]
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Sara Barber |  Canada |
1:12.7 | Q, GR |
| - | - | - | - | - | Q |
| - | - | - | - | - | Q |
| - | - | - | - | - | Q |
| - | - | - | - | - | Q |
| - | - | - | - | - | Q |
| - | - | - | - | - | Q |
| - | - | - | - | - | Q |
Final[edit]
The final was held on September 6.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Carin Cone |  United States |
1:12.2 | GR |
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Sara Barber | Canada |
1:12.3 | |
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Christine Kluter | United States |
1:12.4 | |
| 4 | Lynn Burke | United States |
1:13.8 | |
| 5 | Lynn Scott | Canada |
1:17.1 | |
| 6 | Dulce Okayama |  Brazil |
1:22.9 | |
| 6 | - | - | - | |
| 8 | - | - | - |
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "O GLOBO News Archive - September 7, 1959, Morning, Sports, page 6". O GLOBO. Archived from the original on 8 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- ^ O GLOBO News Archive
- ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
- ^ Resultados
- ^ All Pan medalists - Male
- ^ "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
- ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ^ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
