Swimming at the 1955 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metre butterfly explained
| Event: | Women's 100 metre butterfly |
| Games: | 1955 |
| Venue: | - |
| Dates: | March 25 (preliminaries and finals) |
| Win Label: | Winning score |
| Gold: | Beth Whittall |
| Goldnoc: | CAN |
| Silver: | Betty Brey |
| Silvernoc: | USA |
| Bronze: | Shelley Mann |
| Bronzenoc: | USA |
| Prev: | - |
| Next: | 1959 |
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.
Final
The final was held on March 25.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|
| | | 1:16.2 | GR |
| | | 1:16.5 | |
| | | 1:17.7 | |
| 4 | | | 1:18.2 | |
| 5 | | | 1:22.7 | |
| 6 | | | 1:30.2 | |
| 7 | - | - | - | |
| 8 | - | - | - | | |
Notes and References
- Web site: O GLOBO News Archive - March 26, 1955, Morning, General, page 2. O GLOBO. 9 September 2013.
- http://acervo.oglobo.globo.com/ O GLOBO News Archive
- http://www.hickoksports.com/history/panammswim.shtml Hickoksports
- http://sports123.com/swi/index.html Resultados
- http://www.bestswimming.com.br/conteudo.php?i=14117 All Pan medalists - Male
- http://www.bestswimming.com.br/conteudo.php?i=14118 All Pan medalists - Female
- http://www.gbrathletics.com/sport/swimpag.htm Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving
- Web site: Swimming Technical Manual. Guadalajara 2011. 23 October 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110728175822/http://www.guadalajara2011.org.mx/documentos/manuales/eng/technical/tm_swimming.pdf. 28 July 2011.
