Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke explained

The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1952 Olympic Games took place on 29–31 July at the Swimming Stadium.^[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

Eight fastest swimmer advanced to the finals.

Heat 1

Rank	Time	Notes
1	1:13.8	Q
2	1:16.0	Q
3	1:17.5	Q
4	1:17.9	Q
5	1:20.1
6	1:21.7

Heat 2

Rank	Time	Notes
1	1:17.0	Q
2	1:17.8	Q
3	1:18.0
4	1:20.0
5	1:22.9
6	1:25.5
7	1:26.5

Heat 3

Rank	Time	Notes
1	1:14.7	Q
2	1:15.8	Q
3	1:19.6
4	1:19.6
5	1:19.7
6	1:22.7
7	1:23.1

Final

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
			1:14.3
			1:14.5
			1:15.8
4			1:15.8
5			1:16.2
6			1:18.0
7			1:18.4
			DSQ

Key: DSQ = Disqualified

External links

Women 100m Backstroke Swimming Olympic Games 1952 Helsinki (FIN), retrieved 2013-12-30

Notes and References

Web site: Swimming at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Backstroke . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165355/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/SWI/womens-100-metres-backstroke.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 1 October 2016 . Sports Reference.