1936 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 100m Freestyle (Women)

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Olympic rings
Jeannette Campbell, Rie Mastenbroek, Gisela Arendt 1936.jpg
sport swim
discipline 100 m freestyle
gender Women
Attendees 33 athletes from 14 countries
Competition location Olympic swimming stadium
Competition phase August 8, 1936 (preliminary)
August 9, 1936 (semi-finals)
August 9, 1936 (final)
Winning time 1: 05.9 min Olympic record
Medalists
gold medal NetherlandsNetherlands Hendrika Mastenbroek ( HOL )
Silver medal ArgentinaArgentina Jeanette Campbell ( ARG )
Bronze medal German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) Gisela Arendt ( GER )
← 1932 1948 →
swim Swimming competitions at the
1936 Olympic Games
100 m freestyle Men Women
400 m freestyle Men Women
1500 m freestyle Men
100 m back Men Women
200 m chest Men Women
4 × 100 m freestyle Women
4 × 200 m freestyle Men

The women's 100 meter freestyle swimming competition at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin was held from August 8th to 10th in the Olympic swimming stadium.

Hendrika Mastenbroek from the Netherlands swam the best Olympic time in each of her runs and became Olympic champion.

Records

Before the start of the Olympic Games, the following records were valid.

World record 1: 04.6 min NetherlandsNetherlands Willy den Ouden New Haven , United States February 27, 1936
Olympic record 1: 06.8 min United States 48United States Helene Madison Los Angeles , United States August 8, 1932

The following new records were set:

Olympic record 1: 05.9 min NetherlandsNetherlands Hendrika Mastenbroek final
1: 06.4 min NetherlandsNetherlands Hendrika Mastenbroek Semifinals
1: 06.4 min NetherlandsNetherlands Hendrika Mastenbroek Forward 1

Results

Prelims

The preliminary runs were held on August 8th. The first two athletes of each run and the two fastest athletes of all runs qualified for the semifinals.

Run 1

rank Athlete nation time Note
1 Hendrika Mastenbroek NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 1: 06.4 min Q ( OR )
2 Gisela Arendt German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire 1: 07.3 min Q
3 Katherine Rawls United States 48United States United States 1: 08.5 min Q
4th Phyllis Dewar Canada 1921Canada Canada 1: 09.2 min q
5 Eva Arndt DenmarkDenmark Denmark 1: 10.1 min
6th Margery Hinton United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 1: 13.0 min
7th Rei Takemura JapanJapan Japan 1: 14.6 min
8th Scylla Venâncio Brazil 1889Brazil Brazil 1: 15.1 min

Run 2

rank Athlete nation time Note
1 Willy den Ouden NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 1: 08.1 min Q
2 Evelyn de Lacy AustraliaAustralia Australia 1: 08.5 min Q
3 Olive McKean United States 48United States United States 1: 09.3 min Q
4th Ilona Ács Hungary 1940Hungary Hungary 1: 12.7 min
5 Irene Pirie-Milton Canada 1921Canada Canada 1: 12.8 min
6th Tsuneko Furuta JapanJapan Japan 1: 14.6 min

Run 3

rank Athlete nation time Note
1 Jeanette Campbell ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 1: 06.8 min Q
2 Tini Wagner NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 1: 08.9 min Q
3 Piedade Coutinho Brazil 1889Brazil Brazil 1: 09.4 min Q
4th Elvi Svendsen DenmarkDenmark Denmark 1: 10.3 min
5 Ingeborg Schmitz German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire 1: 10.9 min
6th Vera Harsanyi Hungary 1940Hungary Hungary 1: 11.5 min
7th Zilpha Grant United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 1: 12.1 min

Run 4

rank Athlete nation time Note
1 Ragnhild Hveger DenmarkDenmark Denmark 1: 09.6 min Q
2 Kazue Kojima JapanJapan Japan 1: 11.0 min Q
3 Olive Wadham United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 1: 11.5 min Q
4th Irma Schrameková Czechoslovakia 1920Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 1: 11.8 min
5 Kitty Mackay AustraliaAustralia Australia 1: 13.8 min
6th Helena Salles Brazil 1889Brazil Brazil 1: 16.2 min
7th Yeung Sauking China Republic 1928Republic of China (1912–1949) China 1: 22.2 min

Run 5

rank Athlete nation time Note
1 Bernice Lapp United States 48United States United States 1: 09.0 min Q
2 Magda Lenkei Hungary 1940Hungary Hungary 1: 09.9 min Q
3 Margaret Stone Canada 1921Canada Canada 1: 10.0 min Q
4th Leni Lohmar German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire 1: 10.3 min
5 Renée Blondeau FranceFrance France 1: 10.9 min

Semifinals

The semi-finals took place on August 9th. The first three athletes of each run as well as the fastest fourth placed qualified for the final.

Semi-final 1

rank Athlete nation time Note
1 Hendrika Mastenbroek NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 1: 06.4 min Q ( OR )
2 Gisela Arendt German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire 1: 07.2 min Q
3 Katherine Rawls United States 48United States United States 1: 08.5 min Q
4th Tini Wagner NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 1: 08.6 min q
5 Piedade Coutinho Brazil 1889Brazil Brazil 1: 09.6 min
6th Phyllis Dewar Canada 1921Canada Canada 1: 09.6 min
7th Kazue Kojima JapanJapan Japan 1: 11.1 min
8th Magda Lenkei Hungary 1940Hungary Hungary 1: 12.1 min

Semi-final 2

rank Athlete nation time Note
1 Jeanette Campbell ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 1: 06.6 min Q
2 Willy den Ouden NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 1: 06.7 min Q
3 Olive McKean United States 48United States United States 1: 08.9 min Q
4th Bernice Lapp United States 48United States United States 1: 09.6 min
5 Evelyn de Lacy AustraliaAustralia Australia 1: 10.0 min
6th Olive Wadham United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 1: 12.0 min
7th Margaret Stone Canada 1921Canada Canada 1: 12.8 min
8th Ragnhild Hveger DenmarkDenmark Denmark 1: 14.0 min

final

August 10, 1936

rank Athlete nation time
1 Hendrika Mastenbroek NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 1: 05.9 min ( OR )
2 Jeanette Campbell ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 1: 06.4 min
3 Gisela Arendt German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire 1: 06.6 min
4th Willy den Ouden NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 1: 07.6 min
5 Tini Wagner NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 1: 08.1 min
6th Olive McKean United States 48United States United States 1: 08.4 min
7th Katherine Rawls United States 48United States United States 1: 08.7 min

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