Swimming at the 1951 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metre backstroke

The women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1951 Pan American Games took place on 2 March.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Women's 100 metre freestyle at the 1951 Pan American Games
Venue-
DatesMarch 2 (preliminaries and finals)
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   United States
Bronze medal   Mexico
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1955»

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.[9]

Results

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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

Heats

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Final

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The final was held on March 2.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Maureen O'Brien   United States 1:18.5
  Sheila Donahue   United States 1:20.5
  Magda Bruggeman   Mexico 1:21.4
4 - - -
5 - - -
6 Ana de Santa Rita   Brazil 1:22.4
7 Idamys Busin   Brazil 1:22.8
8 - - -

References

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  1. ^ a b "O GLOBO News Archive - March 3, 1951, Morning, General, page 12". O GLOBO. Archived from the original on 14 September 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  2. ^ O GLOBO News Archive
  3. ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
  4. ^ Results
  5. ^ All Pan medalists - Male
  6. ^ "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-09-18.
  7. ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
  8. ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2013-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.