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

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Women's 100 metre backstroke at the I959 Pan American Games
Venue-
DatesSeptember 5 (preliminaries), September 6 (finals)
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   Canada
Bronze medal   United States
«1955
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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

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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

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The first round was held on September 5.[1]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 - Sara Barber  Canada 1:12.7 Q, GR
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Final

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The final was held on September 6.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Carin Cone  United States 1:12.2 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sara Barber  Canada 1:12.3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ O GLOBO News Archive
  3. ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
  4. ^ Resultados
  5. ^ All Pan medalists - Male
  6. ^ "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
  7. ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
  8. ^ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.