Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke explained

The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place between 3 and 5 August, at the Empire Pool.^[1] This swimming event used the backstroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.

Results

Heats

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			1:15.6
2			1:16.4
3			1:16.8
4			1:17.3
5			1:18.2
6			1:18.3
7			1:18.7
8			1:18.7
9			1:18.8
10			1:18.8
11			1:18.8
12			1:19.3
13			1:19.7
14			1:20.9
15			1:20.9
16			1:21.2
17			1:21.4
18			1:22.1
19			1:22.5
20			1:22.7
21			1:25.6
22			1:26.2
23			1:26.8
24			1:26.9

Semifinals

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			1:15.5	OR
2			1:16.8	Q
3			1:17.6	Q
4			1:17.8	Q
5			1:18.2	Q
6			1:18.2	Q
7			1:18.2	q
8			1:18.4	q
9			1:18.6
10			1:18.7
11			1:19.0
12			1:19.1
13			1:20.2
14			1:20.7
15			1:20.8
16			DNS

Final

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
			1:14.4	OR
			1:16.0
			1:16.7
4			1:18.4
5			1:18.8
6			1:18.9
7			1:19.0
8			1:19.1

Key: OR = Olympic record

Notes and References

Web site: Swimming at the 1948 London Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Backstroke . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165359/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1948/SWI/womens-100-metres-backstroke.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 21 September 2016 . Sports Reference.