Women 100m Freestyle Swimming Olympic Games 1956 Melbourne, Australia - Saturday, 1st December - Gold Medal: Dawn Fraser, Australia
Final timegapLY
1. Dawn FraserAUS Australia1:02.0WR419
2. Lorraine CrappAUS Australia1:02.3+0.3s518
3. Faith LeechAUS Australia1:05.1+3.1s315
4. Joan RosazzaUSA United States1:05.2+3.2s119
5. Virginia GrantCaN Canada1:05.4+3.4s2_
6. Shelley MannUSA United States1:05.6+3.6s719
7. Marion RoeNZL New Zealand1:05.6+3.6s621
8. Natalie Ann MyburghSAF South Africa1:05.8+3.8s816
1960 Women 100m FreestyleWomen 100m Freestyle History1952 Women 100m Freestyle
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index Melbourne 1956index Swimming Melbourne 1956
Men 100m FreestyleWomen 100m Freestyle
Men 400m FreestyleWomen 400m Freestyle
Men 1500m Freestyle
Men 200m ButterflyWomen 100m Butterfly
Men 100m BackstrokeWomen 100m Backstroke
Men 200m BreaststrokeWomen 200m Breaststroke
Men 4x200m Freestyle RelayWomen 4x100m Freestyle Relay

Semi-Finals - Friday, 30th November

Best 8 times advanced to Final.
Heat S1 timegapLYRk
1. Dawn FraserAUS Australia1:03.0 4191.
2. Faith LeechAUS Australia1:05.2+2.2s5153.
3. Joan RosazzaUSA United States1:05.9+2.9s6197.
4. Natalie Ann MyburghSAF South Africa1:06.0+3.0s3168.
5. Valeria GyengeHUN Hungary1:06.4+3.4s72311.
6. Zsuzsa OrdoghHUN Hungary1:06.9+3.9s21614.
7. Helen StewartCaN Canada1:06.9+3.9s1_14.
8. Birgit KlompGER UT Germany1:07.9+4.9s81616.
Heat S2 timegapLYRk
1. Lorraine CrappAUS Australia1:03.1+0.1s4182.
2. Marion RoeNZL New Zealand1:05.3+2.3s6214.
3. Virginia GrantCaN Canada1:05.5+2.5s5_5.
4. Shelley MannUSA United States1:05.5+2.5s3196.
5. Kate JobsonSWE Sweden1:06.1+3.1s1199.
6. Nancy SimonsUSA United States1:06.1+3.1s2189.
7. Susan RobertsSAF South Africa1:06.6+3.6s81712.
8. Jeanette MyburghSAF South Africa1:06.7+3.7s71613.

Heats - Thursday, 29th November

Best 16 times advanced to Semi-Finals.
Heat 1 timegapLYRk
1. Lorraine CrappAUS Australia1:03.4+1.0s OR4182.
2. Joan RosazzaUSA United States1:05.5+3.1s5197.
3. Jeanette MyburghSAF South Africa1:07.1+4.7s71612.
3. Helen StewartCaN Canada1:07.1+4.7s6_12.
5. Anita HellstromSWE Sweden1:08.5+6.1s81620.
6. Irene SweydBEL Belgium1:08.9+6.5s11626.
7. Winifred GriffinNZL New Zealand1:10.4+8.0s32432.
8. Margaret NorthropKEN Kenya1:12.8+10.4s22234.
Heat 2 timegapLYRk
1. Nancy SimonsUSA United States1:06.5+4.1s4189.
2. Katalin SzokeHUN Hungary1:08.0+5.6s62117.
3. Katharine JansenGER UT Germany1:08.3+5.9s32219.
4. Odile VouauxFRA France1:08.6+6.2s2_22.
5. Fearne EwartGBR Great Britain1:08.8+6.4s52023.
6. Setsuko ShimadaJPN Japan1:11.8+9.4s11833.
-. Anita AnderssonSWE SwedenDNS 721
Heat 3 timegapLYRk
1. Marion RoeNZL New Zealand1:05.9+3.5s6218.
2. Valeria GyengeHUN Hungary1:06.6+4.2s42311.
3. Birgit KlompGER UT Germany1:07.7+5.3s51615.
4. Heda FrostFRA France1:08.8+6.4s32023.
5. Blanca Luz Barron SerranoMEX Mexico1:09.5+7.1s72228.
6. Yoshiko SatoJPN Japan1:10.3+7.9s11830.
7. Gertrudes LozadaPHI Philippines1:13.7+11.3s2_35.
Heat 4 timegapLYRk
1. Faith LeechAUS Australia1:04.9+2.5s4153.
2. Zsuzsa OrdoghHUN Hungary1:06.5+4.1s5169.
3. Kate JobsonSWE Sweden1:07.3+4.9s31914.
4. Susan RobertsSAF South Africa1:07.9+5.5s71716.
5. Christel SteffinGER UT Germany1:08.1+5.7s61618.
6. Hitomi JinnoJPN Japan1:08.8+6.4s21923.
7. Gladys PriestleyCaN Canada1:09.2+6.8s11827.
Heat 5 timegapLYRk
1. Dawn FraserAUS Australia1:02.4OR6191.
2. Virginia GrantCaN Canada1:05.1+2.7s3_4.
2. Natalie Ann MyburghSAF South Africa1:05.1+2.7s5164.
4. Shelley MannUSA United States1:05.4+3.0s4196.
5. Frances HogbenGBR Great Britain1:08.5+6.1s71920.
6. Ginette Jany-SendralFRA France1:09.9+7.5s22429.
7. Shoshana RivnerISR Israel1:10.3+7.9s11830.
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