Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke

The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1964 Olympic Games took place between October 13 and 14.[1] This swimming event used backstroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.

Medalists

GoldCathy Ferguson
 United States
SilverKiki Caron
 France
BronzeGinny Duenkel
 United States

Results

Heats

Heat 1

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Nina Harmer United States1:09.8
2Satoko Tanaka Japan1:10.0
3Linda Ludgrove Great Britain1:10.3
4Helga Schmidt-Neuber Germany1:11.4
5Helen Kennedy Canada1:12.5
6Belinda Woosley Australia1:15.3
7Jovina Tseng Malaysia1:20.7

Heat 2

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Ginny Duenkel United States1:08.9
2Eileen Weir Canada1:09.7
3Michiko Kihara Japan1:11.1
4Kirsten Michaelsen Denmark1:11.2
5Tatyana Savelyeva Soviet Union1:11.8
6Mária Balla-Lantos Hungary1:12.0
7Bep Weeteling Netherlands1:13.1
8Ursula Seitz Austria1:13.3

Heat 3

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Cathy Ferguson United States1:08.8
2Françoise Borie France1:11.8
3Petra Nerger Germany1:12.1
4Sylvia Lewis Great Britain1:12.2
5Ria van Velsen Netherlands1:12.2
6Marlene Dayman Australia1:12.9
7Anneliese Rockenbach Venezuela1:14.1
8Margaret Harding Puerto Rico1:19.5

Heat 4

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Kiki Caron France1:08.5
2Jill Norfolk Great Britain1:10.6
3Ingrid Schmidt Germany1:11.1
4Nataliya Mikhaylova Soviet Union1:11.4
5Corrie Winkel Netherlands1:11.6
6Nanette Duncan Australia1:12.4
7Susana Peper Argentina1:13.2
8Jeon Ok-ja South Korea1:21.7

Final

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Cathy Ferguson United States1:07.7WR
Kiki Caron France1:07.9
Ginny Duenkel United States1:08.0
4Satoko Tanaka Japan1:08.6
5Nina Harmer United States1:09.4
6Linda Ludgrove Great Britain1:09.5
7Eileen Weir Canada1:09.8
8Jill Norfolk Great Britain1:11.2

Key: WR = World record

References

  1. "Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
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