Swimming at the 1983 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metre freestyle
# Swimming at the 1983 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metre freestyle

The women's 100-metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1983 Pan American Games took place on 17 August. The last Pan American Games champion was Cynthia Woodhead of the US.

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in freestyle.

## 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 17.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Carrie Steinseifer | United States | 56.92 |
| | Jane Kerr | Canada | 57.51 |
| | Kathy Bald | Canada | 57.76 |
| 4 | Kathy Treible | United States | 57.83 |
| 5 | Virginia Sachero | Argentina | 59.09 |
| 6 | Teresa Rivera | Mexico | 59.10 |
| 7 | Patricia Kohlmann | Mexico | 1:00.29 |
| 8 | Sandra Crousse | Peru | 1:00.43 |
