Athletics at the 1955 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres event at the 1955 Pan American Games was held at the Estadio Universitario in Mexico City on 15 and 16 March.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Barbara Jones  United States	Mae Faggs  United States	María Luisa Castelli  Argentina

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Mae Faggs	United States	12.09	Q, GR
2	1	Lilián Buglia	Argentina	12.38	Q
3	1	Beatriz Kretschmer	Chile	12.39
4	1	Sara Pantoja	Mexico	13.29
5	1	Gladys Peña	Dominican Republic	13.31
1	2	Barbara Jones	United States	11.93	Q, GR
2	2	Lilian Heinz	Argentina	12.38	Q
3	2	Cynthia Mills	Jamaica	12.69
4	2	Bertha Aguilar	Mexico	12.83
5	2	Leonilda Miranda	Dominican Republic	13.81
1	3	María Luisa Castelli	Argentina	12.26	Q
2	3	Alfrances Lyman	United States	12.31	Q
3	3	Elda Selamé	Chile	12.38
4	3	Deyse de Castro	Brazil	12.41
5	3	Alma Rodríguez	Mexico	13.03

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Barbara Jones	United States	11.90	GR
	Mae Faggs	United States	12.07
	María Luisa Castelli	Argentina	12.38
4	Alfrances Lyman	United States	12.42
5	Lilian Heinz	Argentina	12.51
	Lilián Buglia	Argentina	DNS

References

1. Full results
2. "Track and Field Statistics". trackfield.brinkster.net. Retrieved 16 October 2020.