Swimming at the 1955 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metre backstroke

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Women's 100 metre backstroke at the 1955 Pan American Games
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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]

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.[8]

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

Final

The final was held on March 24.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Leonore Fischer  
Canada
1:16.7 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Coralie O'Connor  
United States
1:17.8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

  1. ^ a b "O GLOBO News Archive - March 25, 1955, Morning, General, page 10". O GLOBO. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  2. ^ O GLOBO News Archive
  3. ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
  4. ^ Resultados
  5. ^ All Pan medalists - Male
  6. ^ All Pan medalists - Female
  7. ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
  8. ^ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.