| Women's 100 metre backstroke at the 1983 Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | - | |||||||||
| Dates | August 19 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
| Competitors | - from - nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 1983 Pan American Games | ||
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| Freestyle | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| 4×200 m | men | |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
The women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1983 Pan American Games took place on 19 August. The last Pan American Games champion was Linda Jezek of US.
This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.
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
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Final
The final was held on August 19.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Susan Walsh |  United States |
1:02.48 | NR, GR |
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Joan Pennington | United States |
1:03.63 | |
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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
- ^ "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
- Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
- Hickosports Results
- All Pan medalists - Male
- "All Pan medalists - Female". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
- Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2014-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
- "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.