Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke

The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1956 Olympic Games took place on 5 December.[1] This swimming event used backstroke. Twenty-three swimmers from 14 countries competed in this swimming event. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long,[2] this race consisted of two lengths of the pool. This was the seventh time that there had been the women's 100-metre backstroke after its debut in the 1924 Paris Olympics.[3]

Medalists

Gold	Judy Grinham  Great Britain
Silver	Carin Cone  United States
Bronze	Margaret Edwards  Great Britain

Results

Heats

Eight fastest swimmers advanced to the finals.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Judy Grinham	Great Britain	1:13.1	Q
2	Maria Both	Romania	1:15.8
3	Liudmyla Klipova	Soviet Union	1:16.1
4	Mary Anne Marchino	United States	1:16.2
5	Elżbieta Gellner	Poland	1:16.2
6	Pam Singleton	Australia	1:17.0
7	Lenora Fisher	Canada	1:17.5
8	Ginette Jany-Sendral	France	1:19.1

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Carin Cone	United States	1:13.9	Q
2	Gergaynia Beckett	Australia	1:14.8	Q
3	Julie Hoyle	Great Britain	1:15.0	Q
4	Éva Pajor	Hungary	1:15.3
5	Jean Stewart	New Zealand	1:15.4
6	Moira Abernethy	South Africa	1:15.4
7	Jocelyn von Giese	Philippines	1:20.0

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Margaret Edwards	Great Britain	1:13.0	Q
2	Sara Barber	Canada	1:14.3	Q
3	Helga Schmidt-Neuber	United Team of Germany	1:14.8	Q
4	Maureen Murphy	United States	1:14.8	Q
5	Patricia Huntingford	Australia	1:16.0
6	Philippa Gould	New Zealand	1:17.5
7	Judit Temes	Hungary	1:17.6
8	Martha Gultom	Indonesia	1:21.7

Final

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Judy Grinham	Great Britain	1:12.9	WR
	Carin Cone	United States	1:12.9	=WR
	Margaret Edwards	Great Britain	1:13.1
4	Helga Schmidt-Neuber	United Team of Germany	1:13.4
5	Maureen Murphy	United States	1:14.1
6	Julie Hoyle	Great Britain	1:14.3
7	Sara Barber	Canada	1:14.3
8	Gergaynia Beckett	Australia	1:14.7

Key: WR = World record

References

1. "Swimming at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
2. "Olympic swimming pools". 16 August 2016. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
3. "Great Races: Womens 100-Metre Backstroke". 17 September 2022. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.

External links

• Women 100m Backstroke Swimming Olympic Games 1956 Melbourne (AUS)