Swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle

Women's 100 metre freestyle
at the Games of the V Olympiad
Fanny Durack, Mina Wylie and Jennie Fletcher at the 1912 Olympics
Venue Djurgårdsbrunnsviken
Dates July 8–12
Competitors 27 from 8 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Fanny Durack  Australasia
2nd, silver medalist(s) Mina Wylie  Australasia
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Jennie Fletcher  Great Britain

The women's 100 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the first appearance of a women's event in Olympic swimming, followed closely by the 4x100 metre free relay. The competition was held from Monday July 8, 1912 to Friday July 12, 1912.

Twenty-seven swimmers from eight nations competed.

Durack also won the gold medal, with compatriot Wylie close behind for silver.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.

World Record 1:20.6 United Kingdom Daisy Curwen Birkenhead (GBR) June 10, 1912
Olympic Record none

Belle Moore, swimming in the first heat, set the first Olympic record with 1 minute 29.8 seconds. In the second heat Daisy Curwen bettered the record with 1 minute 23.6 seconds, and in the fourth heat Fanny Durack set a new world record with 1 minute 19.8 seconds.

Results

Quarterfinals

The top two in each heat advanced along with the fastest loser overall.

Heat 1

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Belle Moore (GBR)1:29.8QS OR
2 Louise Otto (GER)1:34.4QS
3 Klara Milch (AUT)1:37.2
4 Greta Johansson (SWE)1:41.4
5 Tyyne Järvi (FIN)1:42.4
— Aagot Norman (NOR)DNF

Heat 2

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Daisy Curwen (GBR)1:23.6QS OR
2 Jennie Fletcher (GBR)1:26.2QS
3 Berta Zahourek (AUT)1:38.6
4 Josefa Kellner (AUT)1:41.2
5 Karin Lundgren (SWE)1:44.8
6 Sonja Johnsson (SWE)

Heat 3

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Mina Wylie (ANZ)1:26.8QS
2 Mary Langford (GBR)1:28.0QS
3 Hermine Stindt (GER)1:29.2
4 Josephine Sticker (AUT)1:31.8
5 Claire Guttenstein (BEL)
6 Elsa Björklund (SWE)

Heat 4

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Fanny Durack (ANZ)1:19.8QS WR
2 Irene Steer (GBR)1:27.2QS
3 Wally Dressel (GER)1:28.6qs
4 Margarete Adler (AUT)1:34.4
5 Greta Carlsson (SWE)
6 Regina Kari (FIN)

Heat 5

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Grete Rosenberg (GER)1:25.0QS
2 Annie Speirs (GBR)1:25.6QS
3 Vera Thulin (SWE)1:44.0

Semifinals

The top two from each heat and the faster of the two third place swimmers advanced.

Semifinal 1

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Fanny Durack (ANZ)1:20.2QF
2 Daisy Curwen (GBR)1:26.8QF
3 Annie Speirs (GBR)1:27.0qf
4 Belle Moore (GBR)1:27.4
5 Mary Langford (GBR)1:29.2
6 Louise Otto (GER)1:32.0

Semifinal 2

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Mina Wylie (ANZ)1:27.0QF
2 Jennie Fletcher (GBR)1:27.2QF
3 Grete Rosenberg (GER)1:29.2*
4 Wally Dressel (GER)1:33.4
— Irene Steer (GBR)DQ

Curwen had to undergo an operation for appendicitis and missed the final. Rosenberg advanced to the final to replace her.

Final

The final
PlaceSwimmerTime
1 Fanny Durack (ANZ)1:22.2
2 Mina Wylie (ANZ)1:25.4
3 Jennie Fletcher (GBR)1:27.0
4 Grete Rosenberg (GER)1:27.2
5 Annie Speirs (GBR)1:27.4
— Daisy Curwen (GBR)DNS

References

  1. ↑ "Swimming at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

Notes

  • Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.)., ed. The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand.
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 29 January 2007.
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