Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke explained

The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1964 Olympic Games took place between October 13 and 14.^[1] This swimming event used backstroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1			1:09.8
2			1:10.0
3			1:10.3
4			1:11.4
5			1:12.5
6			1:15.3
7			1:20.7

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1			1:08.9
2			1:09.7
3			1:11.1
4			1:11.2
5			1:11.8
6			1:12.0
7			1:13.1
8			1:13.3

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1			1:08.8
2			1:11.8
3			1:12.1
4			1:12.2
5			1:12.2
6			1:12.9
7			1:14.1
8			1:19.5

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Note
1			1:08.5
2			1:10.6
3			1:11.1
4			1:11.4
5			1:11.6
6			1:12.4
7			1:13.2
8			1:21.7

Final

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
			1:07.7	WR
			1:07.9
			1:08.0
4			1:08.6
5			1:09.4
6			1:09.5
7			1:09.8
8			1:11.2

Key: WR = World record

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Backstroke . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165337/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1964/SWI/womens-100-metres-backstroke.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 1 November 2016 . Sports Reference.