Swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Women's 100 metre freestyle
Games:	1924 Summer
Date:	July 19–20
Competitors:	16
Nations:	7
Gold:	Ethel Lackie
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Mariechen Wehselau
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Gertrude Ederle
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	1920
Next:	1928

The women's 100 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme.^[1] It was the third appearance of the event, which was established in 1912. The competition was held on Saturday July 19, 1924, and on Sunday July 20, 1924.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1924 Summer Olympics.

World Record	1:12.8	Gertrude Ederle	Newark (USA)	June 30, 1923
Olympic Record	1:13.6	Ethelda Bleibtrey	Antwerp (BEL)	August 25, 1920

In the first heat Mariechen Wehselau set a new world record with 1 minute 12.2 seconds.

Results

Heats

The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced.

Heat 1

Place	width=220	Swimmer	width=90	Time	width=90	Qual.
1		1:12.2	QQ WR
2		1:22.4	QQ
3		1:23.0

Heat 2

Place	width=220	Swimmer	width=90	Time	width=90	Qual.
1		1:12.8	QQ
2		1:20.8	QQ
3		1:23.4
4		1:27.4
5		1:29.0

Heat 3

Place	width=220	Swimmer	width=90	Time	width=90	Qual.
1		1:12.6	QQ
2		1:22.2	QQ
3		1:22.4
4		1:23.2

Heat 4

Place	width=220	Swimmer	width=90	Time	width=90	Qual.
1		1:16.0	QQ
2		1:21.0	QQ
3		1:22.0	qq
4		1:25.8

Semifinals

The fastest two in each semi-final and the faster of the two third-placed swimmer advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

Place	width=220	Swimmer	width=90	Time	width=90	Qual.
1		1:15.2	QF
2		1:16.0	QF
3		1:18.6	qf
4		1:21.2
5		1:21.4

Semifinal 2

Place	width=220	Swimmer	width=90	Time	width=90	Qual.
1		1:15.4	QF
2		1:16.6	QF
3		1:22.4
4		1:22.8

Final

Place	width=220	Swimmer	width=90	Time
1		1:12.4
2		1:12.8
3		1:14.2
4		1:15.4
5		1:20.8

External links

Olympic Report
Web site: Wudarski . Pawel . 1999 . Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich . 28 September 2008. pl.

Notes and References

Web site: Swimming at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Freestyle . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170145/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1924/SWI/womens-100-metres-freestyle.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 3 September 2016 . Sports Reference.