Athletics at the 1983 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres event at the 1983 Pan American Games was held in Caracas, Venezuela on 23 and 24 August.^[1]^[2]

Medalists edit

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia Brazil	Jackie Washington United States	Luisa Ferrer Cuba

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.7 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Luisa Ferrer	Cuba	11.58	Q
2	1	Lisa Hopkins	United States	11.73	Q
3	1	Esther Hope	Trinidad and Tobago	11.83	Q
3	2	Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia	Brazil	11.83	Q
5	1	Shonel Ferguson	Bahamas	11.88	q
6	2	Jackie Washington	United States	11.89	Q
7	2	Janice Bernard	Trinidad and Tobago	12.03	Q
8	1	Adriana Pero	Argentina	12.14	q
9	2	Nilsa Paris	Puerto Rico	12.15
10	2	Susana Armenteros	Cuba	12.17
11	1	Glennis Báez	Venezuela	12.38
12	2	Yaneris Guerra	Venezuela	12.85
	2	Ruperta Charles	Antigua and Barbuda	DNS

Wind: -2.7 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	6	Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia	Brazil	11.31
	2	Jackie Washington	United States	11.33
	4	Luisa Ferrer	Cuba	11.38
4	7	Shonel Ferguson	Bahamas	11.62
5	5	Esther Hope	Trinidad and Tobago	11.63
6	8	Janice Bernard	Trinidad and Tobago	11.73
7	1	Adriana Pero	Argentina	12.09
	3	Lisa Hopkins	United States	DNS