The women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1955 Pan American Games took place on 24 March.O GLOBO News Archive The last Pan American Games champion was Maureen O'Brien of US.Hickoksports ResultadosAll Pan medalists - MaleAll Pan medalists - FemalePan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.

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

Results All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

Final The final was held on March 24. Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Leonore Fischer 1:16.7 GR Coralie O'Connor 1:17.8 Cynthia Gill 1:17.9 4 Shelley Mann 1:18.2 5 Sara Barber 1:18.8 6 Isa Teixeira 1:20.4 7 Vanna Rocco 1:20.6 8 Liliana Gonzalias -

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