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

Women's 100 metre backstroke at the IX Pan American Games
Venue -
Dates August 19 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors - from - nations
Medalists
   United States
   United States
   Canada
«1979
1987»

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

Final

The final was held on August 19.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Susan Walsh  United States 1:02.48 NR, GR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Joan Pennington  United States 1:03.63
3rd, 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

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