Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly
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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.
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
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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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
External links
- Women 100m Butterfly Swimming Olympic Games 1960 Roma (ITA) - Tuesday 30.08; retrieved 2015-01-03