Athletics at the 1959 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metres explained

Event:	Women's 100 metres
Win Label:	Winning time

The women's 100 metres event at the 1959 Pan American Games was held at the Soldier Field in Chicago on 29 and 30 August.^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Lucinda Williams	Wilma Rudolph	Carlota Gooden

Results

Heats

Held on 29 August

Wind:
Heat 1: +1.6 m/s, Heat 2: +2.6 m/s, Heat 3: +2.5 m/s, Heat 4: +2.0 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			11.9	Q
2	1			12.6	Q
3	1			12.8	Q
4	1			13.2	Q
5	1			13.4
1	2			11.9	Q
2	2			12.7	Q
3	2			12.8	Q
4	2			13.3	Q
	2
1	3			11.9	Q
2	3			12.5	Q
3	3			12.5	Q
4	3			12.6	Q
	3
1	4			11.7	Q
2	4			12.3	Q
3	4			13.2	Q
4	4			13.2	Q
5	4			13.4

Semifinals

Held on 29 August

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.9 m/s, Heat 2: +1.8 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			11.9	Q
2	1			12.4	Q
3	1			12.7	Q
4	1			12.7	Q
5	1			12.8
6	1			12.9
7	1
	1
1	2			11.8	Q
2	2			11.8	Q
3	2			12.4	Q
4	2			12.6	Q
5	2			12.6
6	2			13.1
7	1
8	1

Final

Held on 30 August

Wind: -1.1 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			12.1
			12.3
			12.3
4			12.6
5			12.6
6			12.8
7			12.8
8			12.9

Notes and References

1. http://atfs.org/wp-content/uploads/Pan-Am-Games-1959-Updated-May2020.pdf Full results
2. Web site: Track and Field Statistics . trackfield.brinkster.net. 25 August 2020.