Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle

The women's 100 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the fifth appearance of the event, which was established in 1912. The competition was held on Saturday August 6, 1932 and on Monday August 8, 1932.

Women's 100 metre freestyle
at the Games of the X Olympiad
Date6–8 August
Competitors20 from 10 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Helene Madison  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Willy den Ouden  Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Eleanor Saville  United States
← 1928
1936 →

Twenty swimmers from ten nations competed.

Records

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These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1932 Summer Olympics.

World Record 1:06.6   Helene Madison Boston (USA) April 20, 1931
Olympic Record 1:11.0   Albina Osipowich Amsterdam (NED) August 11, 1928

In the heats the Olympic record was broken in the second heat by Joyce Cooper with 1:09.0, in the third heat by Helene Madison with 1:08.9 and in the fourth heat Eleanor Saville with 1:08.5. In the first semi-final Willy den Ouden bettered the Olympic record with 1:07.6 and in the final Madison again set a new Olympic record with 1:06.8.

Results

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Heats

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Saturday August 6, 1932: The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced to the final.

Heat 1

Place Swimmer Time Qual.
1   Corrie Laddé (NED) 1:12.1 Q
2   Yvonne Godard (FRA) 1:12.2 Q
3   Valerie Davies (GBR) 1:12.7
4   Hatsuho Matsuzawa (JPN) 1:17.1
5   Marjorie Linton (CAN) 1:19.9

Heat 2

Place Swimmer Time Qual.
1   Joyce Cooper (GBR) 1:09.0 Q OR
2   Josephine McKim (USA) 1:09.3 Q
3   Frances Bult (AUS) 1:11.4 q
4   Maria Vierdag (NED) 1:13.3
5   Irene Mullen (CAN) 1:15.2

Heat 3

Place Swimmer Time Qual.
1   Helene Madison (USA) 1:08.9 Q OR
2   Jenny Maakal (RSA) 1:11.0 Q
3   Lilli Andersen (DEN) 1:11.6
4   Edna Hughes (GBR) 1:15.1
5   Kazue Kojima (JPN) 1:16.2

Heat 4

Place Swimmer Time Qual.
1   Eleanor Saville (USA) 1:08.5 Q OR
2   Willy den Ouden (NED) 1:09.2 Q
3   Yukie Arata (JPN) 1:16.1
4   Irene Pirie (CAN) 1:16.3
5   Maria Lenk (BRA) 1:25.8

Semifinals

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Sunday August 7, 1932: The fastest three in each semi-final advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

Place Swimmer Time Qual.
1   Willy den Ouden (NED) 1:07.6 Q OR
2   Eleanor Saville (USA) 1:08.8 Q
3   Josephine McKim (USA) 1:08.8 Q
4   Joyce Cooper (GBR) 1:09.2
5   Yvonne Godard (FRA) 1:14.1

Semifinal 2

Place Swimmer Time Qual.
1   Helene Madison (USA) 1:09.9 Q
2   Frances Bult (AUS) 1:10.2 Q
3   Jenny Maakal (RSA) 1:10.6 Q
4   Corrie Laddé (NED) 1:11.8

Final

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Monday August 8, 1932:

Place Swimmer Time
1   Helene Madison (USA) 1:06.8 OR
2   Willy den Ouden (NED) 1:07.8
3   Eleanor Saville (USA) 1:08.2
4   Josephine McKim (USA) 1:09.3
5   Frances Bult (AUS) 1:09.9
6   Jenny Maakal (RSA) 1:10.8

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
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