Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly
The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on August 29 and August 30.[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.
Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
100 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | women | |
200 m | men | |
Freestyle relay | ||
4 × 100 m | women | |
4 × 200 m | men | |
Medley relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
Medalists
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Gold | Carolyn Schuler![]() |
Silver | Marianne Heemskerk![]() |
Bronze | Jan Andrew![]() |
Results
Heats
Eight fastest swimmers advanced directly to the finals
Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Carolyn Schuler | ![]() | 1:09.8 | |
2 | Jan Andrew | ![]() | 1:10.3 | |
3 | Valentina Poznyak | ![]() | 1:13.2 | |
4 | Jean Oldroyd | ![]() | 1:14.2 | |
5 | Silvia Belmar | ![]() | 1:16.5 | |
6 | Hannelore Janele | ![]() | 1:18.4 | |
Judith McHale | ![]() | DNS |
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Sheila Watt | ![]() | 1:12.3 | |
2 | Zinaida Belovetskaya | ![]() | 1:12.6 | |
3 | Kristina Larsson | ![]() | 1:13.0 | |
4 | Anna Beneck | ![]() | 1:18.4 | |
5 | Hillary Wilson | ![]() | 1:21.4 | |
Dawn Fraser | ![]() | DNS | ||
Gertrudes Lozada | ![]() | DNS |
Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Carolyn Wood | ![]() | 1:11.1 | |
2 | Atie Voorbij | ![]() | 1:12.4 | |
3 | Heidi Eisenschmidt | ![]() | 1:14.6 | |
4 | Karin Larsson | ![]() | 1:15.0 | |
5 | Eulalia Martínez | ![]() | 1:17.9 | |
6 | Márta Egerváry | ![]() | 1:19.4 | |
7 | Colette Libourel | ![]() | 1:20.4 |
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Heemskerk and Fuhrmann after heat 4
Heat 4
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
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1 | Marianne Heemskerk | ![]() | 1:11.0 | |
2 | Bärbel Fuhrmann | ![]() | 1:13.2 | |
3 | Margaret Iwasaki | ![]() | 1:14.2 | |
4 | Shizue Miyabe | ![]() | 1:15.8 | |
5 | Sandra von Giese | ![]() | 1:16.3 | |
6 | Annie Caron | ![]() | 1:17.1 | |
7 | Anna Cechi | ![]() | 1:19.5 |
Final
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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![]() | Carolyn Schuler | ![]() | 1:09.5 | OR |
![]() | Marianne Heemskerk | ![]() | 1:10.4 | |
![]() | Jan Andrew | ![]() | 1:12.2 | |
4 | Sheila Watt | ![]() | 1:13.3 | |
5 | Atie Voorbij | ![]() | 1:13.3 | |
6 | Zinaida Belovetskaya | ![]() | 1:13.3 | |
7 | Kristina Larsson | ![]() | 1:13.6 | |
Carolyn Wood | ![]() | DNF |
Wood was in second place after 70 metres, but swallowed too much water, became confused, and stopped swimming.[2]
Key: DNF = Did not finish, OR = Olympic record
References
- "Swimming at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book To The Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 443. ISBN 0140066322.
External links
- Women 100m Butterfly Swimming Olympic Games 1960 Roma (ITA) - Tuesday 30.08; retrieved 2015-01-03
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