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.
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:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Heats The first round was held on August 7.
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Tammie Spatz 25.67 Q 2 - - - Q 3 - - - Q 4 Shannon Hosack 26.22 Q 5 - - - Q 6 - - - Q 7 - - - Q 8 - - - Q
B Final The B final was held on August 7.1999 Full results by Swimnews Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 9 Janet Cook 26.97 10 Talía Barrios 27.22 11 Florencia Szigeti 27.45 12 S.Mojica 27.69 13 Angela Chuck 28.13 14 Valeria Silva 29.06 15 Aydee Pereyra 29.54 16 Janelle Atkinson 30.01
A Final The A final was held on August 7. Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Tammie Spatz 25.50 Eileen Coparropa 25.78 Laura Nicholls 26.10 4 Shannon Hosack 26.27 4 Flávia Delaroli 26.27 6 Tatiana Lemos 26.66 7 Siobhan Cropper 26.84 8 Leah Martindale 26.91
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