Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle
| Women's 100 metre freestyle at the Games of the XVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Swimming and Diving Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Date |
29 November (heats) 30 November (semifinals) 1 December (final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 35 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:02.0 (WR) | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Freestyle | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | women | |
| 200 m | men | |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | women | |
| 4×200 m | men | |
The women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1956 Olympic Games took place from November 29 to December 1.[1] This swimming event used freestyle swimming, which means that the method of the stroke is not regulated (unlike backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly events). Nearly all swimmers use the front crawl or a variant of that stroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were:
| World record |  | 1:02.4 s | Melbourne, Australia | 25 October 1956 |
| Olympic record | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1:05.5 s | Helsinki, Finland | 26 July 1952 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | OR | WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 29 | Heat 1 | Lorraine Crapp | | 1:03.4 | OR | |
| November 29 | Heat 5 | Dawn Fraser | | 1:02.4 | OR | |
| December 1 | Final | Dawn Fraser | | 1:02.0 | OR | WR |
Results
Heats
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Semifinals
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Dawn Fraser | |
1:03.0 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Lorraine Crapp | |
1:03.1 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Faith Leech | |
1:05.2 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Marrion Roe |  |
1:05.3 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Virginia Grant | .svg.png){kind=small} |
1:05.5 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Shelley Mann | .svg.png){kind=small} |
1:05.5 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Joan Rosazza | |
1:05.9 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Natalie Myburgh | .svg.png){kind=small} |
1:06.0 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Nancy Simons | |
1:06.1 | |
| 10 | 2 | Kate Jobson |  |
1:06.1 | |
| 11 | 1 | Valéria Gyenge | .svg.png){kind=small} |
1:06.4 | |
| 12 | 2 | Susan Roberts | |
1:06.6 | |
| 13 | 2 | Jeanette Myburgh | |
1:06.7 | |
| 14 | 1 | Zsuzsa Ördögh | |
1:06.9 | |
| 15 | 1 | Helen Stewart | |
1:06..9 | |
| 16 | 1 | Birgit Klomp |  |
1:07.9 |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Dawn Fraser | |
1:02.0 | WR |
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Lorraine Crapp | |
1:02.4 | |
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Faith Leech | |
1:05.1 | |
| 4 | Joan Rosazza | |
1:05.2 | |
| 5 | Virginia Grant | |
1:05.4 | |
| 6 | Shelley Mann | |
1:05.6 | |
| 7 | Marrion Roe | |
1:05.6 | |
| 8 | Natalie Myburgh | |
1:05.8 |
Key: WR = World record
References
- ↑ "Swimming at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
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