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

The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1956 Olympic Games took place on 3 and 5 December.^[1] This swimming event used the butterfly stroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.

Results

Heats

Eight fastest swimmers from the heats advanced to the finals.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			1:11.2	Q
2			1:13.4	Q
3			1:16.2	Q
4			1:17.7
5			1:19.4

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			1:14.4	Q
2			1:15.1	Q
3			1:15.2	Q
4			1:16.9	Q
5			1:17.4	Q
6			1:17.7
7			1:19.8

Final

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
			1:11.0	OR
			1:11.9
			1:14.4
4			1:14.9
5			1:15.2
6			1:17.4
7			1:17.9
8			1:18.4

Key: OR = Olympic record

External links

• Women 100m Butterfly Swimming Olympic Games 1956 Melbourne (AUS), retrieved 2013-12-30

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Butterfly . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417112326/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1956/SWI/womens-100-metres-butterfly.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 8 October 2016 . Sports Reference.