Athletics at the 1959 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres event at the 1959 Pan American Games was held at the Soldier Field in Chicago on 29 and 30 August.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Lucinda Williams  United States	Wilma Rudolph  United States	Carlota Gooden  Panama

Results

Heats

Held on 29 August

Wind:
Heat 1: +1.6 m/s, Heat 2: +2.6 m/s, Heat 3: +2.5 m/s, Heat 4: +2.0 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Barbara Jones	United States	11.9	Q
2	1	Onereida Borges	Cuba	12.6	Q
3	1	Marcela Daniel	Panama	12.8	Q
4	1	Yolanda Vinocourt	Mexico	13.2	Q
5	1	Teresa Kuniyoshi	Peru	13.4
1	2	Wilma Rudolph	United States	11.9	Q
2	2	Sally McCallum	Canada	12.7	Q
3	2	Myra Fawcett	British Guiana	12.8	Q
4	2	Rosalia Ridaura	Mexico	13.3	Q
	2	Wanda dos Santos	Brazil	DNS
1	3	Lucinda Williams	United States	11.9	Q
2	3	Jean Holmes	Panama	12.5	Q
3	3	Lidia Hernández	Cuba	12.5	Q
4	3	Heather Campbell	Canada	12.6	Q
	3	Iris dos Santos	Brazil	DNS
1	4	Carlota Gooden	Panama	11.7	Q
2	4	Valerie Jerome	Canada	12.3	Q
3	4	Vilma Parris	British Guiana	13.2	Q
4	4	Benilda Ascanio	Venezuela	13.2	Q
5	4	Maria de Lima	Brazil	13.4

Semifinals

Held on 29 August

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.9 m/s, Heat 2: +1.8 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Lucinda Williams	United States	11.9	Q
2	1	Valerie Jerome	Canada	12.4	Q
3	1	Heather Campbell	Canada	12.7	Q
4	1	Onereida Borges	Cuba	12.7	Q
5	1	Marcela Daniel	Panama	12.8
6	1	Myra Fawcett	British Guiana	12.9
7	1	Rosalia Ridaura	Mexico	??.?
	1	Barbara Jones	United States	DNF
1	2	Wilma Rudolph	United States	11.8	Q
2	2	Carlota Gooden	Panama	11.8	Q
3	2	Sally McCallum	Canada	12.4	Q
4	2	Jean Holmes	Panama	12.6	Q
5	2	Lidia Hernández	Cuba	12.6
6	2	Vilma Parris	British Guiana	13.1
7	1	Yolanda Vinocourt	Mexico	??.?
8	1	Benilda Ascanio	Venezuela	??.?

Final

Held on 30 August

Wind: -1.1 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Lucinda Williams	United States	12.1
	Wilma Rudolph	United States	12.3
	Carlota Gooden	Panama	12.3
4	Valerie Jerome	Canada	12.6
5	Sally McCallum	Canada	12.6
6	Heather Campbell	Canada	12.8
7	Jean Holmes	Panama	12.8
8	Onereida Borges	Cuba	12.9