Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke

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The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place between September 1 and 3.[1] This swimming event used backstroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.

Medalists

Gold Lynn Burke
 United States
Silver Natalie Steward
 Great Britain
Bronze Satoko Tanaka
 Japan

Results

Heats

Eight fastest swimmers from the heats advanced to the finals.

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Laura Ranwell  South Africa 1:12.0 Q
2 Nadine Delache  France 1:12.5 Q
3 Larisa Viktorova  Soviet Union 1:12.8
4 Sara Barber  Canada 1:13.4
5 Gergaynia Beckett  Australia 1:13.7
6 Lynette Cooper  Rhodesia 1:15.8
7 Anneliese Rockenbach  Venezuela 1:18.6
8 Anna Temesvári  Hungary 1:21.5

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Lynn Burke  United States 1:09.4 Q
2 Ethel Ward Petersen  Denmark 1:12.6
3 Ingrid Schmidt  United Team of Germany 1:13.1
4 Marilyn Wilson  Australia 1:13.8
5 Rini Dobber  Netherlands 1:14.2
6 Lyudmila Klipova  Soviet Union 1:14.5
7 Doris Gontersweiler-Vetterli  Switzerland 1:19.6
8 Simone Theis  Luxembourg 1:23.9

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Ria van Velsen  Netherlands 1:11.1 Q
2 Satoko Tanaka  Japan 1:11.5 Q
3 Natalie Steward  Great Britain 1:12.0 Q
4 Helga Schmidt-Neuber  United Team of Germany 1:13.3
5 Magda Dávid  Hungary 1:15.7
6 Arlette Faidiga  Italy 1:18.5
7 Anne Van Parijs  Belgium 1:20.4

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Sylvia Lewis  Great Britain 1:12.2 Q
2 Rosy Piacentini  France 1:12.2 Q
3 Nina Harmer  United States 1:13.8
4 Kirsten Michaelsen  Denmark 1:14.3
5 Dorothy Sutcliffe  Rhodesia 1:15.2
6 Daniela Serpilli  Italy 1:20.3
7 Lore Trittner  Austria 1:20.8

Final

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Lynn Burke  United States 1:09.3 OR
2 Natalie Steward  Great Britain 1:10.8
3 Satoko Tanaka  Japan 1:11.4
4 Laura Ranwell  South Africa 1:11.4
5 Rosy Piacentini  France 1:11.4
6 Sylvia Lewis  Great Britain 1:11.8
7 Ria van Velsen  Netherlands 1:12.1
8 Nadine Delache  France 1:12.4

Key: OR = Olympic record

References

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2016.

External links

  • Women 100m Backstroke Swimming Olympic Games 1960 Roma (ITA), retrieved 2013-12-30