Women 100m Freestyle Swimming Olympic Games 1956 Melbourne, Australia - Saturday, 1st December - Gold Medal: Dawn Fraser, Australia |
Final | | time | gap | L | Y | 1. Dawn Fraser | Australia | 1:02.0 | WR | 4 | 19 | 2. Lorraine Crapp | Australia | 1:02.3 | +0.3s | 5 | 18 | 3. Faith Leech | Australia | 1:05.1 | +3.1s | 3 | 15 | 4. Joan Rosazza | United States | 1:05.2 | +3.2s | 1 | 19 | 5. Virginia Grant | Canada | 1:05.4 | +3.4s | 2 | _ | 6. Shelley Mann | United States | 1:05.6 | +3.6s | 7 | 19 | 7. Marion Roe | New Zealand | 1:05.6 | +3.6s | 6 | 21 | 8. Natalie Ann Myburgh | South Africa | 1:05.8 | +3.8s | 8 | 16 |
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Heat S1 | | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | 1. Dawn Fraser | Australia | 1:03.0 | | 4 | 19 | 1. | 2. Faith Leech | Australia | 1:05.2 | +2.2s | 5 | 15 | 3. | 3. Joan Rosazza | United States | 1:05.9 | +2.9s | 6 | 19 | 7. | 4. Natalie Ann Myburgh | South Africa | 1:06.0 | +3.0s | 3 | 16 | 8. | 5. Valeria Gyenge | Hungary | 1:06.4 | +3.4s | 7 | 23 | 11. | 6. Zsuzsa Ordogh | Hungary | 1:06.9 | +3.9s | 2 | 16 | 14. | 7. Helen Stewart | Canada | 1:06.9 | +3.9s | 1 | _ | 14. | 8. Birgit Klomp | UT Germany | 1:07.9 | +4.9s | 8 | 16 | 16. |
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Heat S2 | | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | 1. Lorraine Crapp | Australia | 1:03.1 | +0.1s | 4 | 18 | 2. | 2. Marion Roe | New Zealand | 1:05.3 | +2.3s | 6 | 21 | 4. | 3. Virginia Grant | Canada | 1:05.5 | +2.5s | 5 | _ | 5. | 4. Shelley Mann | United States | 1:05.5 | +2.5s | 3 | 19 | 6. | 5. Kate Jobson | Sweden | 1:06.1 | +3.1s | 1 | 19 | 9. | 6. Nancy Simons | United States | 1:06.1 | +3.1s | 2 | 18 | 9. | 7. Susan Roberts | South Africa | 1:06.6 | +3.6s | 8 | 17 | 12. | 8. Jeanette Myburgh | South Africa | 1:06.7 | +3.7s | 7 | 16 | 13. |
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Heat 1 | | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | 1. Lorraine Crapp | Australia | 1:03.4 | +1.0s OR | 4 | 18 | 2. | 2. Joan Rosazza | United States | 1:05.5 | +3.1s | 5 | 19 | 7. | 3. Jeanette Myburgh | South Africa | 1:07.1 | +4.7s | 7 | 16 | 12. | 3. Helen Stewart | Canada | 1:07.1 | +4.7s | 6 | _ | 12. | 5. Anita Hellstrom | Sweden | 1:08.5 | +6.1s | 8 | 16 | 20. | 6. Irene Sweyd | Belgium | 1:08.9 | +6.5s | 1 | 16 | 26. | 7. Winifred Griffin | New Zealand | 1:10.4 | +8.0s | 3 | 24 | 32. | 8. Margaret Northrop | Kenya | 1:12.8 | +10.4s | 2 | 22 | 34. |
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Heat 2 | | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | 1. Nancy Simons | United States | 1:06.5 | +4.1s | 4 | 18 | 9. | 2. Katalin Szoke | Hungary | 1:08.0 | +5.6s | 6 | 21 | 17. | 3. Katharine Jansen | UT Germany | 1:08.3 | +5.9s | 3 | 22 | 19. | 4. Odile Vouaux | France | 1:08.6 | +6.2s | 2 | _ | 22. | 5. Fearne Ewart | Great Britain | 1:08.8 | +6.4s | 5 | 20 | 23. | 6. Setsuko Shimada | Japan | 1:11.8 | +9.4s | 1 | 18 | 33. | -. Anita Andersson | Sweden | DNS | | 7 | 21 | |
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Heat 3 | | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | 1. Marion Roe | New Zealand | 1:05.9 | +3.5s | 6 | 21 | 8. | 2. Valeria Gyenge | Hungary | 1:06.6 | +4.2s | 4 | 23 | 11. | 3. Birgit Klomp | UT Germany | 1:07.7 | +5.3s | 5 | 16 | 15. | 4. Heda Frost | France | 1:08.8 | +6.4s | 3 | 20 | 23. | 5. Blanca Luz Barron Serrano | Mexico | 1:09.5 | +7.1s | 7 | 22 | 28. | 6. Yoshiko Sato | Japan | 1:10.3 | +7.9s | 1 | 18 | 30. | 7. Gertrudes Lozada | Philippines | 1:13.7 | +11.3s | 2 | _ | 35. |
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Heat 4 | | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | 1. Faith Leech | Australia | 1:04.9 | +2.5s | 4 | 15 | 3. | 2. Zsuzsa Ordogh | Hungary | 1:06.5 | +4.1s | 5 | 16 | 9. | 3. Kate Jobson | Sweden | 1:07.3 | +4.9s | 3 | 19 | 14. | 4. Susan Roberts | South Africa | 1:07.9 | +5.5s | 7 | 17 | 16. | 5. Christel Steffin | UT Germany | 1:08.1 | +5.7s | 6 | 16 | 18. | 6. Hitomi Jinno | Japan | 1:08.8 | +6.4s | 2 | 19 | 23. | 7. Gladys Priestley | Canada | 1:09.2 | +6.8s | 1 | 18 | 27. |
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Heat 5 | | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | 1. Dawn Fraser | Australia | 1:02.4 | OR | 6 | 19 | 1. | 2. Virginia Grant | Canada | 1:05.1 | +2.7s | 3 | _ | 4. | 2. Natalie Ann Myburgh | South Africa | 1:05.1 | +2.7s | 5 | 16 | 4. | 4. Shelley Mann | United States | 1:05.4 | +3.0s | 4 | 19 | 6. | 5. Frances Hogben | Great Britain | 1:08.5 | +6.1s | 7 | 19 | 20. | 6. Ginette Jany-Sendral | France | 1:09.9 | +7.5s | 2 | 24 | 29. | 7. Shoshana Rivner | Israel | 1:10.3 | +7.9s | 1 | 18 | 30. |
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