| Women's 100 metre freestyle at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron | |||||||||
| Dates | July 8 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
| Competitors | - from - nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| «1975 1983» | ||||||||||
| Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games | ||
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| Freestyle | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| 4×200 m | men | |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
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 |
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Cynthia Woodhead | United States |
56.22 | NR, GR |
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Jill Sterkel | United States |
56.24 | |
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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 |
References
- ^ "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
- Hickosports Results
- All Pan medalists - Male
- "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-10-08.
- Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
- Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine