Swimming at the 1979 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metre freestyle

Women's 100 metre freestyle at the VIII Pan American Games
Venue	Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron
Dates	July 8 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	- from - nations
Medalists
	«1975 1983»

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.^[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Kim Peyton of US.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in freestyle.^[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

The first round was held on July 8.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Cynthia Woodhead	United States	57.31	Q
2	Jill Sterkel	United States	58.74	Q
3	Gail Amundrud	Canada	58.97	Q
4	Anne Jardin	Canada	59.30	Q
5	Maria Paris	Costa Rica	1:00.49	Q
6	Shelley Cramer	U.S. Virgin Islands	1:00.57	Q
7	Vilma Aguilera	Puerto Rico	1:00.68	Q
8	Sonia Acosta	Puerto Rico	1:00.74	Q
9	Helen Plachinski	Mexico	1:00.92
10	Teresa Rivera	Mexico	1:01.34
11	Rosanna Juncos	Argentina	1:01.65
12	Virginia Sachero	Argentina	1:01.85
13	Julia Vicioso	Dominican Republic	1:02.30	NR
14	Maria Guimarães	Brazil	1:02.71
15	Maria Vieira	Brazil	1:03.06

The final was held on July 8.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Cynthia Woodhead	United States	56.22	NR, GR
	Jill Sterkel	United States	56.24
	Gail Amundrud	Canada	57.79
4	Anne Jardin	Canada	58.06
5	Shelley Cramer	U.S. Virgin Islands	59.68	NR
6	Maria Paris	Costa Rica	59.82	NR
7	Vilma Aguilera	Puerto Rico	59.90	NR
8	Sonia Acosta	Puerto Rico	1:00.19