Athletics at the 1959 Pan American Games
Track events
60 m		women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men
800 m	men
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
80 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Decathlon	men
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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.^[1][2]

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

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

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	??.?

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