Swimming at the 1991 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metre backstroke
# Swimming at the 1991 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metre backstroke

The women's 100 metre backstroke competition of the swimming events at the 1991 Pan American Games took place on 14 August. The last Pan American Games champion was Silvia Poll of Costa Rica.

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, all in backstroke.

## 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

### Final

The final was held on August 14.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Silvia Poll | Costa Rica | 1:03.15 |
| | Nikki Dryden | Canada | 1:03.64 |
| | Jodi Wilson | United States | 1:03.78 |
| 4 | Ana Azevedo | Brazil | 1:04.96 |
| 5 | Beth Hazel | Canada | 1:05.53 |
| 6 | Veronica Meinhard | Venezuela | 1:05.62 |
| 7 | Rita Garay | Puerto Rico | 1:05.66 |
| 8 | Fabíola Molina | Brazil | 1:05.82 |
