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

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Dawn Fraser  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Chris von Saltza  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Natalie Steward  Great Britain
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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.

Competition format

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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

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Heats

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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.

Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 4 4 Chris von Saltza  United States 1:01.9 Q
2 2 4 Dawn Fraser  Australia 1:02.1 Q
3 5 5 Natalie Steward  Great Britain 1:03.5 Q
4 2 5 Cockie Gastelaars  Netherlands 1:03.9 Q
5 1 4 Ilsa Konrads  Australia 1:04.2 Q
6 5 4 Carolyn Wood  United States 1:04.3 Q
7 1 5 Paola Saini  Italy 1:04.4 Q
7 5 6 Erica Terpstra  Netherlands 1:04.4 Q
9 3 4 Csilla Madarász-Bajnogel-Dobai  Hungary 1:04.5 Q
10 4 3 Ursel Brunner  Germany 1:04.6 Q
11 3 3 Heidi Pechstein  Germany 1:05.1 Q
12 1 6 Katalin Boros  Hungary 1:05.2 Q
13 4 6 Héda Frost  France 1:05.8 Q
14 4 5 Mary Stewart  Canada 1:06.0 Q
15 2 3 Inger Thorngren  Sweden 1:06.1 Q
16 1 3 Karin Larsson  Sweden 1:06.3 Q
17 2 6 Yoshiko Sato  Japan 1:06.4
17 5 3 Marina Shamal  Soviet Union 1:06.4
19 4 2 Ulvi Voog  Soviet Union 1:06.7
20 1 2 Maria Cristina Pacifici  Italy 1:07.1
21 2 7 Nora Novotny  Austria 1:07.4
22 2 1 Ágústa Þorsteinsdóttir  Iceland 1:07.5
22 3 6 Diana Wilkinson  Great Britain 1:07.5
24 3 5 Margaret Iwasaki  Canada 1:07.6
25 4 1 Haydée Coloso  Philippines 1:07.8
26 1 7 Blanca Barrón  Mexico 1:07.9
27 5 2 Marie-Laure Gaillot  France 1:08.0
28 5 7 Maria Luisa Souza  Mexico 1:08.4
29 3 7 Anneliese Rockenbach  Venezuela 1:08.5
30 4 7 Dorothy Sutcliffe  Rhodesia 1:09.0
31 3 2 Hitomi Jinno  Japan 1:09.8
32 3 1 Rita Pulido  Spain 1:10.0

Semifinals

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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

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Chris von Saltza  United States 1:02.5
2 5 Natalie Steward  Great Britain 1:02.9
3 2 Csilla Madarász-Bajnogel-Dobai  Hungary 1:03.0
4 3 Ilsa Konrads  Australia 1:04.7
5 1 Héda Frost  France 1:05.4
6 6 Paola Saini  Italy 1:05.4
7 8 Inger Thorngren  Sweden 1:05.5
8 7 Heidi Pechstein  Germany 1:05.6

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Dawn Fraser  Australia 1:01.4 OR
2 6 Erica Terpstra  Netherlands 1:03.7
3 5 Cockie Gastelaars  Netherlands 1:03.9
4 3 Carolyn Wood  United States 1:04.2
5 1 Mary Stewart  Canada 1:04.2
6 2 Ursel Brunner  Germany 1:04.5
7 7 Katalin Boros  Hungary 1:06.2
8 8 Karin Larsson  Sweden 1:06.5

Final

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The Final was held on August 29.

Rank Lane Athlete Country Time Notes
1 4 Dawn Fraser  Australia 1:01.2 OR
2 5 Chris von Saltza  United States 1:02.8
3 3 Natalie Steward  Great Britain 1:03.1
4 1 Carolyn Wood  United States 1:03.4
5 6 Csilla Madarász-Bajnogel-Dobai  Hungary 1:03.6
6 2 Erica Terpstra  Netherlands 1:04.3
7 7 Cockie Gastelaars  Netherlands 1:04.7
8 8 Mary Stewart  Canada 1:05.5

References

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  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.