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]
All times are in minutes and seconds.
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 |
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 |