Swimming at the 1983 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metre backstroke

International sporting event
Women's 100 metre backstroke at the 1983 Pan American Games
Venue-
DatesAugust 19 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal Susan Walsh  United States
Silver medal Joan Pennington  United States
Bronze medal Barbara McBain  Canada
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The women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1983 Pan American Games took place on 19 August.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Linda Jezek of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

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

Heats

Final

The final was held on August 19.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Susan Walsh  United States 1:02.48 NR, GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Joan Pennington  United States 1:03.63
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Barbara McBain  Canada 1:05.38
4 Michelle MacPherson  Canada 1:06.09
5 Karen Brands  Peru 1:07.69 NR
6 Sandra Barbato  Uruguay 1:08.50
7 Shelley Cramer  U.S. Virgin Islands 1:08.59
8 Fernanda Santos  Brazil 1:10.66

References

  1. ^ a b "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  2. ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
  3. ^ Hickosports Results
  4. ^ All Pan medalists - Male
  5. ^ "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  6. ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
  7. ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.