Swimming at the 1955 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metre backstroke
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The women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1955 Pan American Games took place on 24 March.[1][2] The last Pan American Games champion was Maureen O'Brien of US.[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 |
Final
The final was held on March 24.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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 | Leonore Fischer |  Canada | 1:16.7 | GR |
 | Coralie O'Connor |  United States | 1:17.8 | |
 | Cynthia Gill | United States | 1:17.9 | |
| 4 | Shelley Mann | United States | 1:18.2 | |
| 5 | Sara Barber | Canada | 1:18.8 | |
| 6 | Isa Teixeira |  Brazil | 1:20.4 | |
| 7 | Vanna Rocco |  Argentina | 1:20.6 | |
| 8 | Liliana Gonzalias | Argentina | - |
References
- 1 2 "O GLOBO News Archive - March 25, 1955, Morning, General, page 10". O GLOBO. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
- ↑ O GLOBO News Archive
- ↑ Hickoksports
- ↑ Resultados
- ↑ All Pan medalists - Male
- ↑ All Pan medalists - Female
- ↑ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ↑ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
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