Swimming at the 1959 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metre freestyle

The women's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1959 Pan American Games took place on 1 September (preliminaries)^[1][2] and 4 September (finals).^[3] The last Pan American Games champion was Helen Stewart of Canada.^{[4][5][6][7][8]}

Women's 100 metre freestyle at the I959 Pan American Games
Venue	-
Dates	September 1 (preliminaries), September 4 (finals)
Medalists
Chris von Saltza   United States   Molly Botkin   United States   Joan Spillane   United States
«1955 1963»

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in freestyle.^[9]

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 September 1.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Chris von Saltza	United States	1:04.2	Q, GR
2	2	Joan Spillane	United States	1:05.3	Q
3	1	Molly Botkin	United States	1:06.2	Q
4	2	Margaret Iwasaki	Canada	1:06.3	Q
5	1	Blanca Barrón	Mexico	1:07.6	Q
6	1	Maria Luísa Sousa	Mexico	1:08.2	Q
7	1	Helen Hunt	Canada	1:08.5	Q
8	2	Sandra Scott	Canada	1:09.4	Q
-	-	Maria Teixeira	Brazil	1:11.6
-	-	Glória Funaro	Brazil	1:11.9
-	-	Lílian Moreira	Brazil	1:12.8

Final

The final was held on September 4.^[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Chris von Saltza	United States	1:03.8	GR
	Molly Botkin	United States	1:05.7
	Joan Spillane	United States	1:05.8
4	Margaret Iwasaki	Canada	1:06.0
5	Blanca Barrón	Mexico	1:08.5
6	Maria Luísa Sousa	Mexico	1:08.8
6	Sandra Scott	Canada	1:08.8
8	-	-	-