The women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1955 Pan American Games took place on 24 March.[1][2] The last Pan American Games champion was Maureen O'Brien of US.[3][4][5][6][7]
| Women's 100 metre backstroke at the 1955 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | - | |||||||||
| Dates | March 24 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
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«1951 1959» | ||||||||||
This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.[8]
Results
editAll 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
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Final
editThe final was held on March 24.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Leonore Fischer |  Canada |
1:16.7 | GR |
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Coralie O'Connor |  United States |
1:17.8 | |
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Cynthia Gill | United States |
1:17.9 | |
| 4 | Shelley Mann | United States |
1:18.2 | |
| 5 | Sara Barber | Canada |
1:18.8 | |
| 6 | Isa Teixeira |  Brazil |
1:20.4 | |
| 7 | Vanna Rocco |  Argentina |
1:20.6 | |
| 8 | Liliana Gonzalias | Argentina |
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References
edit- ^ a b "O GLOBO News Archive - March 25, 1955, Morning, General, page 10". O GLOBO. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
- ^ O GLOBO News Archive
- ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
- ^ Resultados
- ^ All Pan medalists - Male
- ^ All Pan medalists - Female
- ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ^ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
