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

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]

Results

Heats

Eight fastest swimmers advanced to the finals.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			1:13.1	Q
2			1:15.8
3			1:16.1
4			1:16.2
5			1:16.2
6			1:17.0
7			1:17.5
8			1:19.1

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			1:13.9	Q
2			1:14.8	Q
3			1:15.0	Q
4			1:15.3
5			1:15.4
6			1:15.4
7			1:20.0

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			1:13.0	Q
2			1:14.3	Q
3			1:14.8	Q
4			1:14.8	Q
5			1:16.0
6			1:17.5
7			1:17.6
8			1:21.7

Final

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
			1:12.9	WR
			1:12.9	=WR
			1:13.1
4			1:13.4
5			1:14.1
6			1:14.3
7			1:14.3
8			1:14.7

Key: WR = World record

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Backstroke . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165338/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1956/SWI/womens-100-metres-backstroke.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 7 October 2016 . Sports Reference.
2. Web site: Olympic swimming pools. https://web.archive.org/web/20220929210305/https://phinizycenter.org/olympic-swimming-pools/ . live . 29 September 2022 . 16 August 2016 . 22 November 2022.
3. Web site: Great Races: Womens 100-Metre Backstroke. https://web.archive.org/web/20221121203309/https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/great-races-womens-100-meter-backstroke-at-the-1964-olympics . live . 21 November 2022 . 17 September 2022 . 21 November 2022.