Women 100m Backstroke Swimming XVII Olympic Games 1960 Rome, Italy - Saturday, 3rd September - Gold Medal: Lynn Burke, United States
Final 20:30 time gapLY
1. Lynn BurkeUSA United States1:09.3OR 417
2. Natalie StewardGBR Great Britain1:10.8 +1.5s217
3. Satoko TanakaJPN Japan1:11.4 +2.1s318
4. Laura RanwellSAF South Africa1:11.4 +2.1s618
5. Rose-Marie PiacentiniFRA France1:11.4 +2.1s122
6. Sylvia LewisGBR Great Britain1:11.8 +2.5s718
7. Ria Van VelsenNED Netherlands1:12.1 +2.8s517
8. Nadine DelacheFRA France1:12.4 +3.1s819
30 Competitors from 19 Nations. Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto.
1964 Women 100m BackstrokeWomen 100m Backstroke History1956 Women 100m Backstroke
World Record: Lynn Burke, United States 1:09.2 Detroit, United States 5th September 1960
Olympic Record: Judy Grinham, Australia 1:09.4 Melbourne, Australia 1956
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Men 100m FreestyleWomen 100m Freestyle
Men 400m FreestyleWomen 400m Freestyle
Men 1500m Freestyle
Men 100m BackstrokeWomen 100m Backstroke
Men 200m BreaststrokeWomen 200m Breaststroke
Men 200m ButterflyWomen 100m Butterfly
Men 4x200m Freestyle RelayWomen 4x100m Freestyle Relay
Men 4x100m Medley RelayWomen 4x100m Medley Relay
In 1960 the United States Lynn Burke had broken the world record for this event four times, capped at the US Trials in Detroit, when she bettered it in both the heats and the final, leaving it at 1:09.2 coming into Rome. Heavily favored for the gold medal, she approached the world record in the heats with 1:09.4, and won the final easily in 1:09.3. Burke would win another gold medal in Rome as a member of the winning medley relay team.

Heats - Thursday, 1st August 20:50

Best 8 times advanced to Final.
Heat 4 time gapLYRk
1. Sylvia LewisGBR Great Britain1:12.2 +2.8s3186.
1. Rose-Marie PiacentiniFRA France1:12.2 +2.8s4226.
3. Nina HarmerUSA United States1:13.8 +4.4s51415.
4. Kirsten MichaelsenDEN Denmark1:14.3 +4.9s61718.
5. Dorothy SutcliffeRHO South Rhodesia1:15.2 +5.8s11320.
6. Daniela SerpilliITA Italy1:20.3 +10.9s21626.
7. Eleonore Lore TrittnerAUT Austria1:20.8 +11.4s72728.
Heat 3 time gapLYRk
1. Ria Van VelsenNED Netherlands1:11.1 +1.7s4172.
2. Satoko TanakaJPN Japan1:11.5 +2.1s6183.
3. Natalie StewardGBR Great Britain1:12.0 +2.6s5174.
4. Helga Schmidt-NeuberGER UT Germany1:13.3 +3.9s32312.
5. Magdolna DavidHUN Hungary1:15.7 +6.3s21821.
6. Arletta FaidigaITA Italy1:18.5 +9.1s12223.
7. Anne Van ParijsBEL Belgium1:20.4 +11.0s71627.
Heat 2 time gapLYRk
1. Lynn BurkeUSA United States1:09.4OR 4171.
2. Ethel Ward PetersenDEN Denmark1:12.6 +3.2s7189.
3. Ingrid SchmidtGER UT Germany1:13.1 +3.7s51511.
4. Marilyn WilsonAUS Australia1:13.8 +4.4s21715.
5. Catharina Clasina DobberNED Netherlands1:14.2 +4.8s31717.
6. Lyudmila KlipovaURS Soviet Union1:14.5 +5.1s62319.
7. Doris Gontersweiler-VetterliSUI Switzerland1:19.6 +10.2s12725.
8. Simone TheisLUX Luxembourg1:23.9 +14.5s81930.
Heat 1 time gapLYRk
1. Laura RanwellSAF South Africa1:12.0OR+2.6s2184.
2. Nadine DelacheFRA France1:12.5 +3.1s3198.
3. Larisa ViktorovaURS Soviet Union1:12.8 +3.4s51610.
4. Sara BarberCAN Canada1:13.4 +4.0s41913.
5. Gerganiya BeckittAUS Australia1:13.7 +4.3s61914.
6. Lynette CooperRHO South Rhodesia1:15.8 +6.4s71622.
7. Anneliese RockenbachVEN Venezuela1:18.6 +9.2s81724.
8. Anna Temesvari-TamasovicsHUN Hungary1:21.5 +12.1s11729.
Final 20:30 time gapLYRk
1. Lynn BurkeUSA United States1:09.3OR 4171.
2. Natalie StewardGBR Great Britain1:10.8 +1.5s2172.
3. Satoko TanakaJPN Japan1:11.4 +2.1s3183.
4. Laura RanwellSAF South Africa1:11.4 +2.1s6184.
5. Rose-Marie PiacentiniFRA France1:11.4 +2.1s1225.
6. Sylvia LewisGBR Great Britain1:11.8 +2.5s7186.
7. Ria Van VelsenNED Netherlands1:12.1 +2.8s5177.
8. Nadine DelacheFRA France1:12.4 +3.1s8198.
Heats time gapLYRk
1. Lynn BurkeUSA United States1:09.4OR 4171.
1. Ria Van VelsenNED Netherlands1:11.1 +1.7s4172.
2. Satoko TanakaJPN Japan1:11.5 +2.1s6183.
1. Laura RanwellSAF South Africa1:12.0OR+2.6s2184.
3. Natalie StewardGBR Great Britain1:12.0 +2.6s5174.
1. Sylvia LewisGBR Great Britain1:12.2 +2.8s3186.
1. Rose-Marie PiacentiniFRA France1:12.2 +2.8s4226.
2. Nadine DelacheFRA France1:12.5 +3.1s3198.
2. Ethel Ward PetersenDEN Denmark1:12.6 +3.2s7189.
3. Larisa ViktorovaURS Soviet Union1:12.8 +3.4s51610.
3. Ingrid SchmidtGER UT Germany1:13.1 +3.7s51511.
4. Helga Schmidt-NeuberGER UT Germany1:13.3 +3.9s32312.
4. Sara BarberCAN Canada1:13.4 +4.0s41913.
5. Gerganiya BeckittAUS Australia1:13.7 +4.3s61914.
3. Nina HarmerUSA United States1:13.8 +4.4s51415.
4. Marilyn WilsonAUS Australia1:13.8 +4.4s21715.
5. Catharina Clasina DobberNED Netherlands1:14.2 +4.8s31717.
4. Kirsten MichaelsenDEN Denmark1:14.3 +4.9s61718.
6. Lyudmila KlipovaURS Soviet Union1:14.5 +5.1s62319.
5. Dorothy SutcliffeRHO South Rhodesia1:15.2 +5.8s11320.
5. Magdolna DavidHUN Hungary1:15.7 +6.3s21821.
6. Lynette CooperRHO South Rhodesia1:15.8 +6.4s71622.
6. Arletta FaidigaITA Italy1:18.5 +9.1s12223.
7. Anneliese RockenbachVEN Venezuela1:18.6 +9.2s81724.
7. Doris Gontersweiler-VetterliSUI Switzerland1:19.6 +10.2s12725.
6. Daniela SerpilliITA Italy1:20.3 +10.9s21626.
7. Anne Van ParijsBEL Belgium1:20.4 +11.0s71627.
7. Eleonore Lore TrittnerAUT Austria1:20.8 +11.4s72728.
8. Anna Temesvari-TamasovicsHUN Hungary1:21.5 +12.1s11729.
8. Simone TheisLUX Luxembourg1:23.9 +14.5s81930.
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