Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly
| Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics  | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
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
| Gold | Carolyn Schuler United States |
| Silver | Marianne Heemskerk Netherlands |
| Bronze | Jan Andrew Australia |
Results
Heats
Eight fastest swimmers advanced directly to the finals
Heat 1
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carolyn Schuler | United States | 1:09.8 | |
| 2 | Jan Andrew | Australia | 1:10.3 | |
| 3 | Valentina Poznyak | .svg.png){kind=small} Soviet Union | 1:13.2 | |
| 4 | Jean Oldroyd |  Great Britain | 1:14.2 | |
| 5 | Silvia Belmar | .svg.png){kind=small} Mexico | 1:16.5 | |
| 6 | Hannelore Janele |  Austria | 1:18.4 | |
| Judith McHale | .svg.png){kind=small} Canada | DNS |
Heat 2
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sheila Watt | Great Britain | 1:12.3 | |
| 2 | Zinaida Belovetskaya | Soviet Union | 1:12.6 | |
| 3 | Kristina Larsson |  Sweden | 1:13.0 | |
| 4 | Anna Beneck |  Italy | 1:18.4 | |
| 5 | Hillary Wilson |  Rhodesia | 1:21.4 | |
| Dawn Fraser | Australia | DNS | ||
| Gertrudes Lozada | .svg.png){kind=small} Philippines | DNS |
Heat 3
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carolyn Wood | United States | 1:11.1 | |
| 2 | Atie Voorbij | Netherlands | 1:12.4 | |
| 3 | Heidi Eisenschmidt | .svg.png){kind=small} United Team of Germany | 1:14.6 | |
| 4 | Karin Larsson | Sweden | 1:15.0 | |
| 5 | Eulalia Martínez | Mexico | 1:17.9 | |
| 6 | Márta Egerváry |  Hungary | 1:19.4 | |
| 7 | Colette Libourel |  France | 1:20.4 |
Heat 4
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marianne Heemskerk | Netherlands | 1:11.0 | |
| 2 | Bärbel Fuhrmann | United Team of Germany | 1:13.2 | |
| 3 | Margaret Iwasaki | Canada | 1:14.2 | |
| 4 | Shizue Miyabe | .svg.png){kind=small} Japan | 1:15.8 | |
| 5 | Sandra von Giese | Philippines | 1:16.3 | |
| 6 | Annie Caron | France | 1:17.1 | |
| 7 | Anna Cechi | Italy | 1:19.5 |
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Carolyn Schuler | United States | 1:09.5 | OR |
 | Marianne Heemskerk | Netherlands | 1:10.4 | |
 | Jan Andrew | Australia | 1:12.2 | |
| 4 | Sheila Watt | Great Britain | 1:13.3 | |
| 5 | Atie Voorbij | Netherlands | 1:13.3 | |
| 6 | Zinaida Belovetskaya | Soviet Union | 1:13.3 | |
| 7 | Kristina Larsson | Sweden | 1:13.6 | |
| Carolyn Wood | United States | DNF |
Key: DNF = Did not finish, OR = Olympic record
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References
- ↑ "Swimming at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
External links
- Women 100m Butterfly Swimming Olympic Games 1960 Roma (ITA) - Tuesday 30.08; retrieved 2015-01-03
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