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

The women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place between August 26 and 29.[1] This swimming event used freestyle swimming, which means that the method of the stroke is not regulated (unlike backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly events). Nearly all swimmers use the front crawl or a variant of that stroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.

Women's 100 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
VenueStadio Olimpico del Nuoto
DateAugust 26, 1960 (heats &
semifinals)
August 29, 1960 (final)
Competitors32 from 19 nations
Winning time1:01.2
Medalists
Dawn Fraser  Australia
Chris von Saltza  United States
Natalie Steward  Great Britain
Swimming at the
1960 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mwomen
200 mmen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mwomen
4×200 mmen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen

Competition format

The competition used a three-round (heats, semifinals, final) format. The advancement rule followed the format introduced in 1952. A swimmer's place in the heat was not used to determine advancement; instead, the fastest times from across all heats in a round were used. There were 7 heats of between 6 and 8 swimmers each. The top 24 swimmers advanced to the semifinals. There were 3 semifinals of 8 swimmers each. The top 8 swimmers advanced to the final. Swim-offs were used as necessary to break ties.

Results

Heats

Five heats were held; the swimmers with the fastest 16 times advanced to the semifinals. Those that advanced are highlighted. This round took place on August 26.

RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
144Chris von Saltza United States1:01.9Q
224Dawn Fraser Australia1:02.1Q
355Natalie Steward Great Britain1:03.5Q
425Cockie Gastelaars Netherlands1:03.9Q
514Ilsa Konrads Australia1:04.2Q
654Carolyn Wood United States1:04.3Q
715Paola Saini Italy1:04.4Q
56Erica Terpstra Netherlands1:04.4Q
934Csilla Madarász-Bajnogel-Dobai Hungary1:04.5Q
1043Ursel Brunner Germany1:04.6Q
1133Heidi Pechstein Germany1:05.1Q
1216Katalin Boros Hungary1:05.2Q
1346Héda Frost France1:05.8Q
1445Mary Stewart Canada1:06.0Q
1523Inger Thorngren Sweden1:06.1Q
1613Karin Larsson Sweden1:06.3Q
1726Yoshiko Sato Japan1:06.4
53Marina Shamal Soviet Union1:06.4
1942Ulvi Voog Soviet Union1:06.7
2012Maria Cristina Pacifici Italy1:07.1
2127Nora Novotny Austria1:07.4
2221Ágústa Þorsteinsdóttir Iceland1:07.5
36Diana Wilkinson Great Britain1:07.5
2435Margaret Iwasaki Canada1:07.6
2541Haydée Coloso Philippines1:07.8
2617Blanca Barrón Mexico1:07.9
2752Marie-Laure Gaillot France1:08.0
2857Maria Luisa Souza Mexico1:08.4
2937Anneliese Rockenbach Venezuela1:08.5
3047Dorothy Sutcliffe Rhodesia1:09.0
3132Hitomi Jinno Japan1:09.8
3231Rita Pulido Spain1:10.0

Semifinals

Two semifinal races were held; the fastest eight swimmers advanced to the Final. The athletes that advanced are highlighted. The semifinals were held August 27.

Semifinal 1
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Chris von Saltza United States1:02.5
25Natalie Steward Great Britain1:02.9
32Csilla Madarász-Bajnogel-Dobai Hungary1:02.0
43Ilsa Konrads Australia1:04.7
51Héda Frost France1:05.4
66Paola Saini Italy1:05.4
78Inger Thorngren Sweden1:05.5
87Heidi Pechstein Germany1:05.6

Semifinal 2
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Dawn Fraser Australia1:01.4OR
26Erica Terpstra Netherlands1:03.7
35Cockie Gastelaars Netherlands1:03.9
43Carolyn Wood United States1:04.2
51Mary Stewart Canada1:04.2
62Ursel Brunner Germany1:04.5
77Katalin Boros France1:06.2
88Karin Larsson Sweden1:06.5

Final

The Final was held on August 29.

RankLaneAthleteCountryTimeNotes
4Dawn Fraser Australia1:01.2OR
5Chris von Saltza United States1:02.8
3Natalie Steward Great Britain1:03.1
41Carolyn Wood United States1:03.4
56Csilla Madarász-Bajnogel-Dobai Hungary1:03.6
62Erica Terpstra Netherlands1:04.3
77Cockie Gastelaars Netherlands1:04.7
88Mary Stewart Canada1:05.5

References
  1. "Swimming at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
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