Women's 100 metre freestyle at the 1987 Pan American Games
Venue	Indiana University Natatorium
Dates	August 9 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors	- from - nations
Medalists
Silvia Poll   Costa Rica   Sara Linke   United States   Jenny Thompson   United States
«1983 1991»

The women's 100 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1987 Pan American Games took place on 9 August at the Indiana University Natatorium.^[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Carrie Steinseifer of US.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]}

This race consisted of two lengths of the pool, both lengths being in freestyle.^[8]

All times are in minutes and seconds.

The first round was held on August 9.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Silvia Poll	Costa Rica	56.10	Q, NR, GR
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The final was held on August 9.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Silvia Poll	Costa Rica	56.39
	Sara Linke	United States	57.30
	Jenny Thompson	United States	57.46
4	Cheryl McArton	Canada	58.56
5	Sally Gilbert	Canada	58.65
6	Karen Dieffenthaler	Trinidad and Tobago	58.74
7	Patricia Kohlmann	Mexico	58.94
8	Virginia Sachero	Argentina	1:00.88