Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metre freestyle

Women's 100 metre freestyle at the 1979 Pan American Games
Venue	Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron
Dates	July 8 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	- from - nations
Medalists
Cynthia Woodhead   United States   Jill Sterkel   United States   Gail Amundrud   Canada
«1975 1983»

The women's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 8 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron. The last Pan American Games champion was Kim Peyton of US.

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

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 July 8.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Cynthia Woodhead	United States	57.31	Q
2	Jill Sterkel	United States	58.74	Q
3	Gail Amundrud	Canada	58.97	Q
4	Anne Jardin	Canada	59.30	Q
5	Maria Paris	Costa Rica	1:00.49	Q
6	Shelley Cramer	U.S. Virgin Islands	1:00.57	Q
7	Vilma Aguilera	Puerto Rico	1:00.68	Q
8	Sonia Acosta	Puerto Rico	1:00.74	Q
9	Helen Plachinski	Mexico	1:00.92
10	Teresa Rivera	Mexico	1:01.34
11	Rosanna Juncos	Argentina	1:01.65
12	Virginia Sachero	Argentina	1:01.85
13	Julia Vicioso	Dominican Republic	1:02.30	NR
14	Maria Guimarães	Brazil	1:02.71
15	Maria Vieira	Brazil	1:03.06

Final

The final was held on July 8.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Cynthia Woodhead	United States	56.22	NR, GR
	Jill Sterkel	United States	56.24
	Gail Amundrud	Canada	57.79
4	Anne Jardin	Canada	58.06
5	Shelley Cramer	U.S. Virgin Islands	59.68	NR
6	Maria Paris	Costa Rica	59.82	NR
7	Vilma Aguilera	Puerto Rico	59.90	NR
8	Sonia Acosta	Puerto Rico	1:00.19