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

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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.

Medalists

Gold Shelley Mann
 United States
Silver Nancy Ramey
 United States
Bronze Mary Sears
 United States

Results

Heats

Eight fastest swimmers from the heats advanced to the finals.

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Shelley Mann  United States 1:11.2 Q
2 Nancy Ramey  United States 1:13.4 Q
3 Sara Barber  Canada 1:16.2 Q
4 Marta Skupilová  Czechoslovakia 1:17.7
5 Maureen Giles  Australia 1:19.4

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Beverley Bainbridge  Australia 1:14.4 Q
2 Mary Sears  United States 1:15.1 Q
3 Mária Littomeritzky  Hungary 1:15.2 Q
4 Beth Whittall  Canada 1:16.9 Q
5 Jutta Langenau  United Team of Germany 1:17.4 Q
6 Anne Morton  Great Britain 1:17.7
7 Odette Lusien-Casteur  France 1:19.8

Final

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Shelley Mann  United States 1:11.0 OR
2 Nancy Ramey  United States 1:11.9
3 Mary Sears  United States 1:14.4
4 Mária Littomeritzky  Hungary 1:14.9
5 Beverley Bainbridge  Australia 1:15.2
6 Jutta Langenau  United Team of Germany 1:17.4
7 Beth Whittall  Canada 1:17.9
8 Sara Barber  Canada 1:18.4

Key: OR = Olympic record

References

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2016.

External links

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