Swimming at the 1987 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metre freestyle

The women's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1987 Pan American Games took place on 9 August at the Indiana University Natatorium.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Carrie Steinseifer of US.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Women's 100 metre freestyle at the X Pan American Games
Venue	Indiana University Natatorium
Dates	August 9 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	- from - nations
Medalists
Silvia Poll   Costa Rica   Sara Linke   United States   Jenny Thompson   United States
«1983 1991»

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in freestyle.[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

Heats

The first round was held on August 9.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Silvia Poll	Costa Rica	56.10	Q, NR, GR
-	-	-	-	Q
-	-	-	-	Q
-	-	-	-	Q
-	-	-	-	Q
-	-	-	-	Q
-	-	-	-	Q
-	-	-	-	Q

Final

The final was held on August 9.[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Silvia Poll	Costa Rica	56.39
	Sara Linke	United States	57.30
	Jenny Thompson	United States	57.46
4	Cheryl McArton	Canada	58.56
5	Sally Gilbert	Canada	58.65
6	Karen Dieffenthaler	Trinidad and Tobago	58.74
7	Patricia Kohlmann	Mexico	58.94
8	Virginia Sachero	Argentina	1:00.88

References

1. "Results" (PDF). USA SWIMMING. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
2. Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at Archive.today
3. Hickosports Results
4. All Pan medalists - Male
5. All Pan medalists - Female
6. Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
7. ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history Archived 2010-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
8. Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine