Swimming at the 2003 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metre backstroke

The Women's 100m Backstroke event at the 2003 Pan American Games took place on August 14, 2003 (Day 13 of the Games). At this race, Gisela Morales won the first medal of her country in swimming at Pan American Games at all times.

Medalists

Gold	Diana MacManus File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Silver	Courtney Shealy File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Bronze	Gisela Morales File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala

Records

World Record	Natalie Coughlin (USA)	59.58	2002-08-13	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Pan Am Record	Barbara Bedford (USA)	1:01.71	1995-03-14	Mar del Plata, Argentina

Results

Place	Swimmer	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time
1	File:Flag of the United States.svg Diana MacManus (USA)	1:04.28	2	1:02.50
2	File:Flag of the United States.svg Courtney Shealy (USA)	1:02.79	1	1:02.74
3	File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Gisela Morales (GUA)	1:04.50	3	1:04.56
4	File:Flag of Mexico.svg Danielle de Alba (MEX)	1:04.79	4	1:04.91
5	File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Serrana Fernández (URU)	1:05.42	6	1:05.15
6	File:Flag of Bermuda.svg Kiera Aitken (BER)	1:04.98	5	1:06.03
7	File:Flag of Brazil.svg Paula Baracho (BRA)	1:06.27	7	1:06.22
8	File:Flag of Brazil.svg Talita Ribeiro (BRA)	1:06.68	8	1:06.39
9	File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Emily Busquets (PUR)	1:06.99	9	1:06.61
10	File:Flag of Peru.svg Valeria Silva (PER)	1:07.83	12	1:07.43
11	File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Gretchen Gotay (PUR)	1:07.95	13	1:08.15
12	File:Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986–2010).svg Silvie Ketelaars (AHO)	1:09.18	15	1:08.76
13	File:Flag of Peru.svg Fatima Valderrama (PER)	1:07.74	11	1:08.80
14	File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Marianella Marín (CRC)	1:09.24	16	1:08.98
15	File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Ayeisha Collymore (TRI)	1:09.39	17	1:09.66
16	File:Flag of Ecuador (1900–2009).svg Diana Caceres (ECU)	1:09.75	18	1:10.39
--	File:Flag of Venezuela (1954–2006).png Carolina Rivera (VEN)	1:07.20	10	scratched
--	File:Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg María Costanzo (PAR)	1:08.49	14	scratched
19	File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Laura Rodríguez (DOM)	1:10.05	19
20	File:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Alana Dilette (BAH)	1:10.07	20

References

• 2003 Pan American Games Results: Day 13, CBC online; retrieved 2009-06-13.
• usaswimming
• SwimNews Results