Swimming at the 1959 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metre butterfly
| Women's 100 metre butterfly at the I959 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Dates | September 2 (preliminaries), September 4 (finals) | |||||||||
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The women's 100 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 2 September (preliminaries)[1][2] and 4 September (finals).[3] The last Pan American Games champion was Beth Whittall of Canada.[4][5][6][7][8]
This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in butterfly.[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 2.[1]
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Nancy Ramey |  United States |
1:09.1 | Q, WR |
| 2 | 1 | Becky Collins | United States |
1:09.6 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Molly Botkin | United States |
1:11.9 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Margareth Iwasaki |  Canada |
1:15.2 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Eulália Martinez |  Mexico |
1:18.9 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Elal Jacques | Canada |
1:20.0 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Mary Stewart | Canada |
1:22.4 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Miriam Andreu |  El Salvador |
1:22.6 | Q |
| - | 2 | Marion Meyer |  Brazil |
1:24.6 |
Final
[edit]The final was held on September 4.[3]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Becky Collins | United States |
1:09.5 | |
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Nancy Ramey | United States |
1:10.4 | |
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Molly Botkin | United States |
1:12.3 | |
| 4 | Margareth Iwasaki | Canada |
1:14.8 | |
| 5 | Eulália Martinez | Mexico |
1:21.2 | |
| 6 | Elal Jacques | Canada |
1:22.2 | |
| 7 | - | - | - | |
| 8 | - | - | - |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "O GLOBO News Archive - September 3, 1959, Morning, General, page 16". O GLOBO. Archived from the original on 7 September 2013. 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". 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.
