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

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The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1956 Olympic Games took place on 5 December.[1] This swimming event used backstroke. Twenty-three swimmers from 14 countries competed in this swimming event. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long,[2] this race consisted of two lengths of the pool. This was the seventh time that there had been the women's 100-metre backstroke after its debut in the 1924 Paris Olympics.[3]

Medalists

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Gold Judy Grinham
  Great Britain
Silver Carin Cone
  United States
Bronze Margaret Edwards
  Great Britain

Results

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Heats

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Eight fastest swimmers advanced to the finals.

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Judy Grinham   Great Britain 1:13.1 Q
2 Maria Both   Romania 1:15.8
3 Liudmyla Klipova   Soviet Union 1:16.1
4 Mary Anne Marchino   United States 1:16.2
5 Elżbieta Gellner   Poland 1:16.2
6 Pam Singleton   Australia 1:17.0
7 Lenora Fisher   Canada 1:17.5
8 Ginette Jany-Sendral   France 1:19.1

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Carin Cone   United States 1:13.9 Q
2 Gergaynia Beckett   Australia 1:14.8 Q
3 Julie Hoyle   Great Britain 1:15.0 Q
4 Éva Pajor   Hungary 1:15.3
5 Jean Stewart   New Zealand 1:15.4
6 Moira Abernethy   South Africa 1:15.4
7 Jocelyn von Giese   Philippines 1:20.0

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Margaret Edwards   Great Britain 1:13.0 Q
2 Sara Barber   Canada 1:14.3 Q
3 Helga Schmidt-Neuber   United Team of Germany 1:14.8 Q
4 Maureen Murphy   United States 1:14.8 Q
5 Patricia Huntingford   Australia 1:16.0
6 Philippa Gould   New Zealand 1:17.5
7 Judit Temes   Hungary 1:17.6
8 Martha Gultom   Indonesia 1:21.7

Final

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Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
  Judy Grinham   Great Britain 1:12.9 WR
  Carin Cone   United States 1:12.9 =WR
  Margaret Edwards   Great Britain 1:13.1
4 Helga Schmidt-Neuber   United Team of Germany 1:13.4
5 Maureen Murphy   United States 1:14.1
6 Julie Hoyle   Great Britain 1:14.3
7 Sara Barber   Canada 1:14.3
8 Gergaynia Beckett   Australia 1:14.7

Key: WR = World record

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Olympic swimming pools". 16 August 2016. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Great Races: Womens 100-Metre Backstroke". 17 September 2022. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
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