| Event: | Women's 50 metre freestyle |
| Games: | 1999 |
| Venue: | Pan Am Pool |
| Dates: | August 7 (preliminaries and finals) |
| Competitors: | - |
| Nations: | - |
| Win Label: | Winning score |
| Gold: | Tammie Spatz |
| Goldnoc: | USA |
| Silver: | Eileen Coparropa |
| Silvernoc: | PAN |
| Bronze: | Laura Nicholls |
| Bronzenoc: | CAN |
| Prev: | 1995 |
| Next: | 2003 |
The women's 50 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1999 Pan American Games took place on 7 August at the Pan Am Pool.[1]
This race consisted of one length of the pool in freestyle.[2]
The gold medalist was Tammie Spatz of the United States of America. The runner-up, Eileen Coparropa of Panama, won the first ever silver medal for her country in swimming at the Pan American Games.
All times are in minutes and seconds.
The first round was held on August 7.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25.67 | Q | |||
| 2 | - | - | - | Q | |
| 3 | - | - | - | Q | |
| 4 | 26.22 | Q | |||
| 5 | - | - | - | Q | |
| 6 | - | - | - | Q | |
| 7 | - | - | - | Q | |
| 8 | - | - | - | Q |
The B final was held on August 7.[3]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 26.97 | ||||
| 10 | 27.22 | ||||
| 11 | 27.45 | ||||
| 12 | 27.69 | ||||
| 13 | 28.13 | ||||
| 14 | 29.06 | ||||
| 15 | 29.54 | ||||
| 16 | 30.01 |
The A final was held on August 7.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25.50 | |||||
| 25.78 | |||||
| 26.10 | |||||
| 4 | 26.27 | ||||
| 4 | 26.27 | ||||
| 6 | 26.66 | ||||
| 7 | 26.84 | ||||
| 8 | 26.91 |