Athletics at the 1951 Pan American Games – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres event at the 1951 Pan American Games was held at the Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires on 28 February and 1 March.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Julia Sánchez  Peru	Jean Patton  United States	Lilian Heinz  Argentina

Results

Heats

Held on 28 February

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Adriana Millard	Chile	12.7	Q
2	1	Dolores Dwyer	United States	12.8	Q
3	1	Olga Bianchi	Argentina	13.0	Q
4	1	Graviola Ewing	Guatemala	13.5
5	1	Carmen Matos	Ecuador	??.?
1	2	Julia Sánchez	Peru	12.6	Q
2	2	Beatriz Kretschmer	Chile	12.8	Q
3	2	Deyse de Castro	Brazil	13.1	Q
4	2	Esther Villalón	Mexico	13.5
5	2	Leonor Estévez	Ecuador	??.?
1	3	Jean Patton	United States	12.6	Q
2	3	Lilian Heinz	Argentina	12.9	Q
3	3	Elizabeth Müller	Brazil	13.3	Q
4	3	Alejandrina Correa	Colombia	13.4
5	3	Aida Mawyn	Ecuador	??.?
1	4	Janet Moreau	United States	12.8	Q
2	4	Helena de Menezes	Brazil	13.0	Q
3	4	Ana María Fontán	Argentina	13.1	Q
4	4	Cecilia Navarrete	Colombia	13.3
5	4	Eliana Gaete	Chile	??.?

Semifinals

Held on 1 March

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Julia Sánchez	Peru	12.5	Q
2	1	Adriana Millard	Chile	12.8	Q
3	1	Olga Bianchi	Argentina	12.9	Q
4	1	Dolores Dwyer	United States	12.9
5	1	Beatriz Kretschmer	Chile	13.0
6	1	Deyse de Castro	Brazil	13.1
1	2	Jean Patton	United States	12.6	Q
2	2	Lilian Heinz	Argentina	12.9	Q
3	2	Janet Moreau	United States	13.2	Q
4	2	Elizabeth Müller	Brazil	13.2
5	2	Helena de Menezes	Brazil	13.2
6	2	Ana María Fontán	Argentina	13.2

Final

Held on 1 March

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Julia Sánchez	Peru	12.2
	Jean Patton	United States	12.3
	Lilian Heinz	Argentina	12.7
4	Janet Moreau	United States	12.7
5	Adriana Millard	Chile	12.8
6	Olga Bianchi	Argentina	12.9