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

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