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

Event:	Women's 100 metre freestyle
Games:	1979
Venue:	Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron
Dates:	July 8 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors:	-
Nations:	-
Win Label:	Winning score
Gold:	Cynthia Woodhead
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Jill Sterkel
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Gail Amundrud
Bronzenoc:	CAN
Prev:	1975
Next:	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.^[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Kim Peyton of US.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in freestyle.^[8]

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats

The first round was held on July 8.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			57.31	Q
2			58.74	Q
3			58.97	Q
4			59.30	Q
5			1:00.49	Q
6			1:00.57	Q
7			1:00.68	Q
8			1:00.74	Q
9			1:00.92
10			1:01.34
11			1:01.65
12			1:01.85
13			1:02.30	NR
14			1:02.71
15			1:03.06

Final

The final was held on July 8.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			56.22	NR, GR
			56.24
			57.79
4			58.06
5			59.68	NR
6			59.82	NR
7			59.90	NR
8			1:00.19

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results. USA SWIMMING. 7 October 2013.
2. http://www.hickoksports.com/history/panammswim.shtml Hickoksports
3. http://sports123.com/swi/index.html Hickosports Results
4. http://www.bestswimming.com.br/conteudo.php?i=14117 All Pan medalists - Male
5. Web site: All Pan medalists - Female . 2013-10-08 . 2013-09-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130925142026/http://www.bestswimming.com.br/conteudo.php?i=14118 . dead .
6. http://www.gbrathletics.com/sport/swimpag.htm Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving
7. http://www.ishof.org/library/pdf/medalists.pdf ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history
8. http://www.guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/manuales/eng/technical/tm_swimming.pdf Swimming technical manual