The women's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 8 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron. The last Pan American Games champion was Kim Peyton of US.Hickoksports Hickosports ResultsAll Pan medalists - MalePan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history
This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in freestyle.Swimming technical manual
Results All times are in minutes and seconds.
KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Heats The first round was held on July 8.
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Cynthia Woodhead 57.31 Q 2 Jill Sterkel 58.74 Q 3 Gail Amundrud 58.97 Q 4 Anne Jardin 59.30 Q 5 Maria Paris 1:00.49 Q 6 Shelley Cramer 1:00.57 Q 7 Vilma Aguilera 1:00.68 Q 8 Sonia Acosta 1:00.74 Q 9 Helen Plachinski 1:00.92 10 Teresa Rivera 1:01.34 11 Rosanna Juncos 1:01.65 12 Virginia Sachero 1:01.85 13 Julia Vicioso 1:02.30 NR 14 Maria Guimarães 1:02.71 15 Maria Vieira 1:03.06
Final The final was held on July 8. Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Cynthia Woodhead 56.22 NR, GR Jill Sterkel 56.24 Gail Amundrud 57.79 4 Anne Jardin 58.06 5 Shelley Cramer 59.68 NR 6 Maria Paris 59.82 NR 7 Vilma Aguilera 59.90 NR 8 Sonia Acosta 1:00.19
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