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
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| Gold | Carolyn Schuler United States
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| Silver | Marianne Heemskerk Netherlands
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| Bronze | Jan Andrew Australia
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Results
editHeats
editEight 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 |  Soviet Union |
1:13.2 | |
| 4 | Jean Oldroyd |  Great Britain |
1:14.2 | |
| 5 | Silvia Belmar |  Mexico |
1:16.5 | |
| 6 | Hannelore Janele |  Austria |
1:18.4 | |
| Judith McHale |  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 |  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 |  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 |
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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 |  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
edit| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Carolyn Schuler | United States |
1:09.5 | OR |
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Marianne Heemskerk | Netherlands |
1:10.4 | |
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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 |
Wood was in second place after 70 metres, but swallowed too much water, became confused, and stopped swimming.[2]
Key: DNF = Did not finish, OR = Olympic record
References
edit- ^ "Swimming at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book To The Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 443. ISBN 0140066322.
External links
edit- Women 100m Butterfly Swimming Olympic Games 1960 Roma (ITA) - Tuesday 30.08; retrieved 2015-01-03