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

Swimming at the
1956 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  

The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1956 Olympic Games took place December 5.[1] This swimming event used backstroke. 23 swimmers from 14 countries competed in this swimming event. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.

Medalists

GoldJudy Grinham
 Great Britain
SilverCarin Cone
 United States
BronzeMargaret Edwards
 Great Britain

Results

Heats

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 Gerganiya Beckitt  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

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 Gerganiya Beckitt  Australia 1:14.7

Key: WR = World record

References

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