Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle

Women's 100 metre freestyle
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Women's 100 metre freestyle; at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Date	10–11 August
Competitors	24 from 11 nations
Medalists
	← 1924 1932 →

The women's 100 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme.^[1] It was the fourth appearance of the event, which was established in 1912. The competition was held on Friday and Saturday, 10 and 11 August 1928.

Twenty-four swimmers from eleven nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

World Record	1:10.0	Ethel Lackie	Toledo (USA)	28 January 1926
Olympic Record	1:12.2	Mariechen Wehselau	Paris (FRA)	19 July 1924

In the first semi-final Albina Osipowich equaled the Olympic record with 1 minute 12.2 seconds. In the second semi-final Eleanor Garatti improved the record with a time of 1 minute 11.4 seconds. In the final Albina Osipowich again bettered the Olympic record with 1 minute 11.0 seconds.

Results

Heats

The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced.

Heat 1

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Jean McDowell	Great Britain	1:14.0	Q
2	Susan Laird	United States	1:14.2	Q
3	Maria Vierdag	Netherlands	1:14.4	q
4	Reni Erkens	Germany	1:15.0
5	Rhoda Rennie	South Africa	Unknown
6	Claire Horrent	France	Unknown

Heat 2

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Agnete Olsen	Denmark	1:15.8	Q
2	Ena Stockley	New Zealand	1:16.4	Q
3	Zus Engelenberg	South Africa	1:22.6
4	Edna Davey	Australia	Unknown
5	Marguerite Ledoux	France	Unknown

Heat 3

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Eleanor Garatti	United States	1:14.8	Q
2	Iris Tanner	Great Britain	1:26.4	Q

Heat 4

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Albina Osipowich	United States	1:12.4	Q
2	Kathleen Miller	New Zealand	1:17.2	Q
3	Margit Sipos	Hungary	1:18.8

Heat 5

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Kathleen Russell	South Africa	1:15.4	Q
2	Sarolta Stieber	Hungary	1:22.2	Q
3	Marguerite Dockrell	Ireland	1:31.6

Heat 6

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Charlotte Lehmann	Germany	1:15.6	Q
2	Joyce Cooper	Great Britain	1:16.8	Q
3	Bonnie Mealing	Australia	1:20.6
4	Gerda Bredgaard	Denmark	Unknown
5	Anne Dupire	France	Unknown

Semifinals

The fastest three in each semi-final advanced.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Albina Osipowich	United States	1:12.2	Q, =OR
2	Susan Laird	United States	1:13.8	Q
3	Joyce Cooper	Great Britain	1:14.0	Q
4	Iris Tanner	Great Britain	1:04.8
5	Ena Stockley	New Zealand	Unknown
6	Agnete Olsen	Denmark	Unknown
—	Sarolta Stieber	Hungary	DNF

Semifinal 2

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Eleanor Garatti	United States	1:11.4	Q, OR
2	Jean McDowell	Great Britain	1:15.6	Q
3	Charlotte Lehmann	Germany	1:15.8	Q
4	Kathleen Russell	South Africa	Unknown
5	Maria Vierdag	Netherlands	Unknown
6	Kathleen Miller	New Zealand	Unknown

Final

Saturday 11 August 1928:

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
	Albina Osipowich	United States	1:11.0	OR
	Eleanor Garatti	United States	1:11.4
	Joyce Cooper	Great Britain	1:13.6
4	Jean McDowell	Great Britain	1:13.8
5	Susan Laird	United States	1:14.6
6	Charlotte Lehmann	Germany	1:15.2

References

^ "Swimming at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2016.

External links

Olympic Report
Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 7 October 2008.

[SportsRef-1] "Swimming at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2016.

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