Swimming at the 1999 Pan American Games – Women's 50 metre freestyle

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.

Women's 50 metre freestyle at the 1999 Pan American Games
Venue	Pan Am Pool
Dates	August 7 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	- from - nations
Medalists
Tammie Spatz   United States   Eileen Coparropa   Panama   Laura Nicholls   Canada
«1995 2003»

This race consisted of one length of the pool in freestyle.

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.

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 August 7.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Tammie Spatz	United States	25.67	Q
2	-	-	-	Q
3	-	-	-	Q
4	Shannon Hosack	United States	26.22	Q
5	-	-	-	Q
6	-	-	-	Q
7	-	-	-	Q
8	-	-	-	Q

B Final

The B final was held on August 7.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
9	Janet Cook	Canada	26.97
10	Talía Barrios	Peru	27.22
11	Florencia Szigeti	Argentina	27.45
12	S.Mojica	Puerto Rico	27.69
13	Angela Chuck	Jamaica	28.13
14	Valeria Silva	Peru	29.06
15	Aydee Pereyra	Bolivia	29.54
16	Janelle Atkinson	Jamaica	30.01

A Final

The A final was held on August 7.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Tammie Spatz	United States	25.50
	Eileen Coparropa	Panama	25.78
	Laura Nicholls	Canada	26.10
4	Shannon Hosack	United States	26.27
4	Flávia Delaroli	Brazil	26.27
6	Tatiana Lemos	Brazil	26.66
7	Siobhan Cropper	Trinidad and Tobago	26.84
8	Leah Martindale	Barbados	26.91