1956 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 100m Freestyle (Women)
sport | swim |
competition | 100 meters freestyle |
gender | Women |
place | Swimming and Diving Stadium , Melbourne |
Attendees | 35 swimmers from 16 nations |
Competition phase | November 29 to December 1, 1956 |
Medals |
Dawn Fraser ( AUS ) Lorraine Crapp (AUS) Faith Leech (AUS)
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The competition over 100m freestyle women at the 1956 Summer Olympics in the Australian city of Melbourne was from November 30 to December 1 in Swimming and Diving Stadium discharged.
Participating Nations
A total of 35 swimmers from 16 nations took part in the competition.
- Mexico (1)
- New Zealand (2)
- Philippines (1)
- South African Union (3)
- Sweden (2)
- Hungary (3)
- United States (3)
- United Kingdom (2)
Records
Previous records
World record | Lorraine Crapp ( Australia ) | 1: 02.4 min | Melbourne , Australia | October 25, 1956 |
Olympic record | Judit Temes ( Hungary ) | 1: 05.5 min | Helsinki , Finland | July 26, 1952 |
New records
The following records were set during the competition:
date | run | Surname | nation | time | OR | WR |
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Nov 29 | Forward 1 | Lorraine Crapp | Australia | 1: 03.4 min | OR | |
Nov 29 | Forward 5 | Dawn Fraser | Australia | 1: 02.4 min | OR | |
Dec 1 | final | Dawn Fraser | Australia | 1: 02.0 min | OR | WR |
Prelims
There were five preliminary runs on November 29th. The 16 fastest swimmers of all heats qualified for the two semi-finals.
Forward 1
The Australian Lorraine Crapp set a new Olympic record: She improved the previous best time (1: 05.5 min) of the Hungarian Judit Temes by 2.1 s to 1: 03.4 min.
rank | Surname | nation | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Lorraine Crapp | Australia | 1: 03.4 min |
2 | Joan Rosazza | United States | 1: 05.5 min |
3 | Helen Stewart | Canada | 1: 07.1 min |
4th | Jeanette Myburgh | South African Union | 1: 07.1 min |
5 | Anita Hellström | Sweden | 1: 08.5 min |
6th | Irène Sweyd | Belgium | 1: 08.9 min |
7th | Winifred Griffin | New Zealand | 1: 10.4 min |
8th | Margaret Northrop | Kenya | 1: 12.8 min |
Forward 2
rank | Surname | nation | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Nancy Simons | United States | 1: 06.5 min |
2 | Katalin Szőke | Hungary | 1: 08.0 min |
3 | Kati Jansen | Germany | 1: 08.3 min |
4th | Odile Vouaux | France | 1: 08.6 min |
5 | Fearne Ewart | United Kingdom | 1: 08.8 min |
6th | Setsuko Shimada | Japan | 1: 11.8 min |
Forward 3
rank | Surname | nation | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Marrion Roe | New Zealand | 1: 05.9 min |
2 | Valéria Gyenge | Hungary | 1: 06.6 min |
3 | Birgit Klomp | Germany | 1: 07.7 min |
4th | Héda Frost | France | 1: 08.8 min |
5 | Blanca Barrón | Mexico | 1: 09.5 min |
6th | Yoshiko Sato | Japan | 1: 10.3 min |
7th | Gertrude Lozada | Philippines | 1: 13.7 min |
Forward 4
rank | Surname | nation | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Faith Leech | Australia | 1: 04.9 min |
2 | Zsuzsa Ördög | Hungary | 1: 06.5 min |
3 | Kate Jobson | Sweden | 1: 07.3 min |
4th | Susan Roberts | South African Union | 1: 07.9 min |
5 | Christel Steffin | Germany | 1: 08.1 min |
6th | Hitomi Jinno | Japan | 1: 08.8 min |
7th | Gladys Priestley | Canada | 1: 09.2 min |
Forward 5
The Australian Dawn Fraser improved to by her teammate Lorraine Crapp established in the first lead Olympic record by one second at 1: 02.4 min.
rank | Surname | nation | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Dawn Fraser | Australia | 1: 02.4 min |
2 | Natalie Myburgh | South African Union | 1: 05.1 min |
3 | Virginia Grant | Canada | 1: 05.1 min |
4th | Shelley man | United States | 1: 05.4 min |
5 | Frances Hogben | United Kingdom | 1: 08.5 min |
6th | Ginette Jany-Sendral | France | 1: 09.9 min |
7th | Shoshana Rivner | Israel | 1: 10.3 min |
Semifinals
Two semi-finals took place on November 30th. The eight fastest swimmers qualified for the final.
Semi-final 1
rank | Surname | nation | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Dawn Fraser | Australia | 1: 03.0 min |
2 | Faith Leech | Australia | 1: 05.2 min |
3 | Joan Rosazza | United States | 1: 05.9 min |
4th | Natalie Myburgh | South African Union | 1: 06.0 min |
5 | Valéria Gyenge | Hungary | 1: 06.4 min |
6th | Zsuzsa Ördögh | Hungary | 1: 06.9 min |
7th | Helen Stewart | Canada | 1: 06.9 min |
8th | Birgit Klomp | Germany | 1: 07.9 min |
Semi-final 2
rank | Surname | nation | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Lorraine Crapp | Australia | 1: 03.1 min |
2 | Marrion Roe | New Zealand | 1: 05.3 min |
3 | Virginia Grant | Canada | 1: 05.5 min |
4th | Shelley man | United States | 1: 05.5 min |
5 | Nancy Simons | United States | 1: 06.1 min |
6th | Kate Jobson | Sweden | 1: 06.1 min |
7th | Susan Roberts | South African Union | 1: 06.6 min |
8th | Jeanette Myburgh | South African Union | 1: 06.7 min |
final
The final took place on December 1st. With a winning time of 1: 02.0 minutes, the Australian Dawn Fraser set a new world record and an Olympic record.
rank | Surname | nation | time |
---|---|---|---|
Dawn Fraser | Australia | 1: 02.0 min | |
Lorraine Crapp | Australia | 1: 02.4 min | |
Faith Leech | Australia | 1: 05.1 min | |
4th | Joan Rosazza | United States | 1: 05.2 min |
5 | Virginia Grant | Canada | 1: 05.4 min |
6th | Shelley man | United States | 1: 05.6 min |
7th | Marrion Roe | New Zealand | 1: 05.6 min |
8th | Natalie Myburgh | South African Union | 1: 05.8 min |
Web links
- 1956 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 100 m freestyle in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )