Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle

The women's 100 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the sixth appearance of the event, which was established in 1912. The competition was held from Saturday to Monday, 8 to 10 August 1936.

Women's 100 metre freestyle
at the Games of the X Olympiad
Date8–10 August
Competitors33 from 14 nations
Medalists
Rie Mastenbroek  Netherlands
Jeannette Campbell  Argentina
Gisela Arendt  Germany
Swimming at the
1936 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
200 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mwomen
4×200 mmen

Thirty-three swimmers from 14 nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1936 Summer Olympics.

World Record 1:04.6 Willy den Ouden Amsterdam (NED) 27 February 1936
Olympic Record 1:06.8 Helene Madison Los Angeles (USA) 8 August 1932

Rie Mastenbroek set a new Olympic record in the first heat with 1 minute 06.4 seconds and equaled her time in the first semi-final. In the final she lowered the Olympic record to 1 minute 05.9 seconds.

Results

Heats

Saturday 8 August 1936: The fastest three in each heat and the fastest fourth-placed from across the heats advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat 1

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Rie Mastenbroek (NED)1:06.4Q OR
2 Gisela Arendt (GER)1:07.3Q
3 Katherine Rawls (USA)1:08.5Q
4 Phyllis Dewar (CAN)1:09.2q
5 Eva Arndt (DEN)1:10.1
6 Margery Hinton (GBR)1:13.0
7 Rei Takemura (JPN)1:14.6
8 Scylla Venâncio (BRA)1:15.1

Heat 2

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Willy den Ouden (NED)1:08.1Q
2 Evelyn de Lacy (AUS)1:08.5Q
3 Olive McKean (USA)1:09.3Q
4 Ilona Ács (HUN)1:12.7
5 Irene Pirie-Milton (CAN)1:12.8
6 Tsuneko Furuta (JPN)1:14.6

Heat 3

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Jeannette Campbell (ARG)1:06.8Q
2 Tini Wagner (NED)1:08.9Q
3 Piedade Coutinho (BRA)1:09.4Q
4 Elvi Svendsen (DEN)1:10.3
5 Inge Schmitz (GER)1:10.9
6 Vera Harsányi (HUN)1:11.5
7 Zilpha Grant (GBR)1:12.1

Heat 4

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Ragnhild Hveger (DEN)1:09.6Q
2 Kazue Kojima (JPN)1:11.0Q
3 Olive Wadham (GBR)1:11.5Q
4 Irma Schrameková (TCH)1:11.8
5 Kitty Mackay (AUS)1:13.8
6 Helena Salles (BRA)1:16.2
7 Yeung Sauking (ROC)1:22.2

Heat 5

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Bernice Lapp (USA)1:09.0Q
2 Magda Lenkei (HUN)1:09.9Q
3 Margaret Stone (CAN)1:10.0Q
4 Leni Lohmar (GER)1:10.3
5 Renée Blondeau (FRA)1:10.9

Semifinals

Sunday 9 August 1936: The fastest three in each semi-final and the fastest fourth-placed from across the heats advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Rie Mastenbroek (NED)1:06.4Q =OR
2 Gisela Arendt (GER)1:07.2Q
3 Katherine Rawls (USA)1:08.5Q
4 Tini Wagner (NED)1:08.6q
5 Piedade Coutinho (BRA)1:09.6
6 Phyllis Dewar (CAN)1:09.6
7 Kazue Kojima (JPN)1:11.1
8 Magda Lenkei (HUN)1:12.1

Semifinal 2

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Jeannette Campbell (ARG)1:06.6Q
2 Willy den Ouden (NED)1:06.7Q
3 Olive McKean (USA)1:08.9Q
4 Bernice Lapp (USA)1:09.6
5 Evelyn de Lacy (AUS)1:10.0
6 Olive Wadham (GBR)1:12.0
7 Margaret Stone (CAN)1:12.8
8 Ragnhild Hveger (DEN)1:14.0

Final

Monday 10 August 1936:

PlaceSwimmerTime
1 Rie Mastenbroek (NED)1:05.9 OR
2 Jeannette Campbell (ARG)1:06.4
3 Gisela Arendt (GER)1:06.6
4 Willy den Ouden (NED)1:07.6
5 Tini Wagner (NED)1:08.1
6 Olive McKean (USA)1:08.4
7 Katherine Rawls (USA)1:08.7

References
  1. "Swimming at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
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