Swimming at the 1955 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metre butterfly

Women's 100 metre butterfly at the II Pan American Games
Venue -
Dates March 25 (preliminaries and finals)
Medalists
   Canada
   United States
   United States
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The women's 100 metre butterfly competition of the swimming events at the 1955 Pan American Games took place on 25 March.[1][2] It was the first appearance of this event in the Pan American Games.[3][4][5][6][7]

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in butterfly.[8]

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified GRGames record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Final

The final was held on March 25.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Beth Whittall  Canada 1:16.2 GR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Betty Brey  United States 1:16.5
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Shelley Mann  United States 1:17.7
4 Mary Jane Sears  United States 1:18.2
5 Maria Amicha  Mexico 1:22.7
6 Linda Shler  Canada 1:30.2
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8 - - -

References

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