Women 100m Freestyle Swimming XVIII Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo, Japan - Tuesday, 13th October - Gold Medal: Dawn Fraser, Australia
Final time gap L Y 1. Dawn Fraser Australia59.5s OR 4 27 2. Sharon Stouder United States59.9s +0.4s 5 15 3. Kathleen Ellis United States1:00.8 +1.3s 1 17 4. Erica Terpstra Netherlands1:01.8 +2.3s 2 21 5. Marion Lay Canada1:02.2 +2.7s 3 15 6. Csilla Madarasz-Bajnogel-Dobai Hungary1:02.4 +2.9s 7 21 7. Anki Hagberg Sweden1:02.5 +3.0s 8 16 8. Lynette Bell Australia1:02.7 +3.2s 6 17
World Record: Dawn Fraser, Australia 58.9s Sydney, Australia, 29 February 1964 Olympic Record: Dawn Fraser, Australia 1:01.2 Rome, Italy 29th August 1960
Dawn Fraser had won this event in 1956 and 1960, was the only female to have better one minute, and had set the last nine world records at this distance, capped by 58.9 in Sydney in February of the Olympic year. But only weeks later she was involved in a car accident and broke a vertebra in her back, and spent six weeks in a body cast. She recovered, but was expected to be challenged in Tokyo by 15-year-old Sharon Stouder of the USA. In the final Fraser led by ½-a-metre at the turn, but was soon caught by Stouder at 70 metres. But Fraser finished stronger and finished in 59.5 to win her third consecutive gold, Stouder coming across in 59.9, the second women to better one minute for the race. This made Fraser the first Olympic swimmer to win the same event at three straight Olympics.
A few days later, while still celebrating, Fraser led a midnight raid on an Olympic Flag near the Emperor's Palace. She was arrested but when they learned who it was, the Emperor dropped the charges and gave her the flag as a gift. However, Australia swimming authorities suspended her for 10 years, although this was later softened to a 4-year ban, which did not matter as she retired after Tokyo.
Best 8 times advanced to Final .
Semi 1 time gap L Y Rk 1. Dawn Fraser Australia59.9s OR 4 27 1. 2. Marion Lay Canada1:02.2 +2.3s 5 15 3. 3. Lynette Bell Australia1:02.3 +2.4s 3 17 4. 4. Csilla Madarasz-Bajnogel-Dobai Hungary1:02.4 +2.5s 6 21 6. 5. Daniela Beneck Italy1:02.9 +3.0s 7 18 9. 5. Jeanne Hallock United States1:02.9 +3.0s 1 17 9. 7. Judit Turoczy Hungary1:03.0 +3.1s 2 16 11. 8. Robyn Thorn Australia1:03.9 +4.0s 8 18 14.
Semi 2 time gap L Y Rk 1. Sharon Stouder United States1:01.4 +1.5s 5 15 2. 2. Erica Terpstra Netherlands1:02.3 +2.4s 3 21 4. 3. Kathleen Ellis United States1:02.5 +2.6s 4 17 7. 4. Anki Hagberg Sweden1:02.8 +2.9s 6 16 8. 5. Martina Grunert UT Germany1:03.1 +3.2s 2 15 12. 6. Katalin Takacs Hungary1:03.3 +3.4s 7 22 13. 7. Ann-Charlotte Lilja Sweden1:03.9 +4.0s 1 18 14. 8. Ulla Jafvert Sweden1:04.6 +4.7s 8 18 16.
Heats - Monday, 12th OctoberBest 16 times advanced to Semi-Finals (1/2)>.
Heat 6 time gap L Y Rk 3. Sharon Stouder United States1:02.3 +1.7s 6 15 4. 2. Lynette Bell Australia1:02.4 +1.8s 5 17 5. 3. Csilla Madarasz-Bajnogel-Dobai Hungary1:02.5 +1.9s 7 21 6. 4. Ann-Charlotte Lilja Sweden1:03.7 +3.1s 4 18 15. 5. Helen Louise Kennedy Canada1:04.2 +3.6s 1 15 20. 6. Miyoko Azuma Japan1:06.4 +5.8s 2 19 36. 7. Jovina Tseng Malaysia1:13.9 +13.3s 8 14 43.
Heat 5 time gap L Y Rk 1. Dawn Fraser Australia1:00.6 OR 7 27 1. Heat 5 W_F_100m_ 2. Marion Lay Canada1:02.1 +1.5s 4 15 3. 3. Katalin Takacs Hungary1:03.5 +2.9s 2 22 12. 4. Toyoko Kimura Japan1:04.8 +4.2s 8 18 26. 5. Marilyn Sidelsky Rhodesia1:05.5 +4.9s 6 16 32. 6. Linda Amos Great Britain1:06.1 +5.5s 1 18 35. 7. Rita Pulido Castro Spain1:06.7 +6.1s 5 19 38. 8. Margaret Harding Puerto Rico1:11.7 +11.1s 3 16 42.
Heat 4 time gap L Y Rk 1. Erica Terpstra Netherlands1:02.5 +1.9s 2 21 6. 2. Judit Turoczy Hungary1:02.9 +2.3s 4 16 9. 3. Ulla Jafvert Sweden1:03.8 +3.2s 1 18 17. 4. Natalya Bystrova Soviet Union1:04.0 +3.4s 5 17 19. 5. Diana Wilkinson Great Britain1:05.0 +4.4s 7 20 27. 6. Mara Sacchi Italy1:05.9 +5.3s 3 15 34. 7. Hrafnhildur Guðmundsdóttir Iceland1:06.4 +5.8s 8 21 36. 8. Maria Rosario De Vivanco Roca Peru1:09.0 +8.4s 6 15 41.
Heat 3 time gap L Y Rk 1. Jeanne Hallock United States1:03.6 +3.0s 3 17 14. 2. Robyn Thorn Australia1:03.7 +3.1s 7 18 15. 3. Natalya Ustinova Soviet Union1:04.2 +3.6s 5 19 20. 4. Kirsten Strange-Campbell Denmark1:05.3 +4.7s 4 20 30. 5. Gertrude Trudi Beierlein UT Germany1:05.4 +4.8s 6 23 31. 6. Monique Pietri France1:05.8 +5.2s 2 19 33. 7. Christl Paukerl Austria1:07.3 +6.7s 1 17 40.
Heat 2 time gap L Y Rk 1. Ann-Christine Hagberg Sweden1:02.5 +1.9s 5 16 6. 2. Rita Schumacher UT Germany1:03.5 +2.9s 7 27 12. 3. Anneliese Rockenbach Venezuela1:04.3 +3.7s 3 21 22. 4. Paola Saini Italy1:04.4 +3.8s 6 19 23. 6. Sandra Keen Great Britain1:04.7 +4.1s 4 17 25. 7. Toos Beumer Netherlands1:05.2 +4.6s 2 17 29. 8. Ann Lallande Puerto Rico1:06.8 +6.2s 1 15 39.
Heat 1 time gap L Y Rk 1. Kathleen Ellis United States1:01.5 +0.9s 7 17 2. 2. Martina Grunert UT Germany1:03.1 +2.5s 2 15 10. 3. Daniela Beneck Italy1:03.2 +2.6s 6 18 11. 4. Wilhelmina Van Weerdenburg Netherlands1:03.8 +3.2s 4 18 17. 5. Ryoko Urakami Japan1:04.5 +3.9s 3 17 24. 6. Mary Pauline Stewart Canada1:05.1 +4.5s 1 18 28. 7. Kum-Ja Lim South Korea1:16.1 +15.5s 5 17 44.
Final time gap L Y Rk 1. Dawn Fraser Australia59.5s OR 4 27 1. 2. Sharon Stouder United States59.9s +0.4s 5 15 2. 3. Kathleen Ellis United States1:00.8 +1.3s 1 17 3. 4. Erica Terpstra Netherlands1:01.8 +2.3s 2 21 4. 5. Marion Lay Canada1:02.2 +2.7s 3 15 5. 6. Csilla Madarasz-Bajnogel-Dobai Hungary1:02.4 +2.9s 7 21 6. 7. Anki Hagberg Sweden1:02.5 +3.0s 8 16 7. 8. Lynette Bell Australia1:02.7 +3.2s 6 17 8. Semis time gap L Y Rk 1. Dawn Fraser Australia59.9s OR 4 27 1. 1. Sharon Stouder United States1:01.4 +1.5s 5 15 2. 2. Marion Lay Canada1:02.2 +2.3s 5 15 3. 3. Lynette Bell Australia1:02.3 +2.4s 3 17 4. 2. Erica Terpstra Netherlands1:02.3 +2.4s 3 21 4. 4. Csilla Madarasz-Bajnogel-Dobai Hungary1:02.4 +2.5s 6 21 6. 3. Kathleen Ellis United States1:02.5 +2.6s 4 17 7. 4. Anki Hagberg Sweden1:02.8 +2.9s 6 16 8. 5. Daniela Beneck Italy1:02.9 +3.0s 7 18 9. 5. Jeanne Hallock United States1:02.9 +3.0s 1 17 9. 7. Judit Turoczy Hungary1:03.0 +3.1s 2 16 11. 5. Martina Grunert UT Germany1:03.1 +3.2s 2 15 12. 6. Katalin Takacs Hungary1:03.3 +3.4s 7 22 13. 7. Ann-Charlotte Lilja Sweden1:03.9 +4.0s 1 18 14. 8. Robyn Thorn Australia1:03.9 +4.0s 8 18 14. 8. Ulla Jafvert Sweden1:04.6 +4.7s 8 18 16. Heats time gap L Y Rk 1. Dawn Fraser Australia1:00.6 OR 7 27 1. Heat 5 W_F_100m_ 1. Kathleen Ellis United States1:01.5 +0.9s 7 17 2. 2. Marion Lay Canada1:02.1 +1.5s 4 15 3. 3. Sharon Stouder United States1:02.3 +1.7s 6 15 4. 2. Lynette Bell Australia1:02.4 +1.8s 5 17 5. 1. Ann-Christine Hagberg Sweden1:02.5 +1.9s 5 16 6. 3. Csilla Madarasz-Bajnogel-Dobai Hungary1:02.5 +1.9s 7 21 6. 1. Erica Terpstra Netherlands1:02.5 +1.9s 2 21 6. 2. Judit Turoczy Hungary1:02.9 +2.3s 4 16 9. 2. Martina Grunert UT Germany1:03.1 +2.5s 2 15 10. 3. Daniela Beneck Italy1:03.2 +2.6s 6 18 11. 2. Rita Schumacher UT Germany1:03.5 +2.9s 7 27 12. 3. Katalin Takacs Hungary1:03.5 +2.9s 2 22 12. 1. Jeanne Hallock United States1:03.6 +3.0s 3 17 14. 4. Ann-Charlotte Lilja Sweden1:03.7 +3.1s 4 18 15. 2. Robyn Thorn Australia1:03.7 +3.1s 7 18 15. 3. Ulla Jafvert Sweden1:03.8 +3.2s 1 18 17. 4. Wilhelmina Van Weerdenburg Netherlands1:03.8 +3.2s 4 18 17. 4. Natalya Bystrova Soviet Union1:04.0 +3.4s 5 17 19. 5. Helen Louise Kennedy Canada1:04.2 +3.6s 1 15 20. 3. Natalya Ustinova Soviet Union1:04.2 +3.6s 5 19 20. 3. Anneliese Rockenbach Venezuela1:04.3 +3.7s 3 21 22. 4. Paola Saini Italy1:04.4 +3.8s 6 19 23. 5. Ryoko Urakami Japan1:04.5 +3.9s 3 17 24. 6. Sandra Keen Great Britain1:04.7 +4.1s 4 17 25. 4. Toyoko Kimura Japan1:04.8 +4.2s 8 18 26. 5. Diana Wilkinson Great Britain1:05.0 +4.4s 7 20 27. 6. Mary Pauline Stewart Canada1:05.1 +4.5s 1 18 28. 7. Toos Beumer Netherlands1:05.2 +4.6s 2 17 29. 4. Kirsten Strange-Campbell Denmark1:05.3 +4.7s 4 20 30. 5. Gertrude Trudi Beierlein UT Germany1:05.4 +4.8s 6 23 31. 5. Marilyn Sidelsky Rhodesia1:05.5 +4.9s 6 16 32. 6. Monique Pietri France1:05.8 +5.2s 2 19 33. 6. Mara Sacchi Italy1:05.9 +5.3s 3 15 34. 6. Linda Amos Great Britain1:06.1 +5.5s 1 18 35. 6. Miyoko Azuma Japan1:06.4 +5.8s 2 19 36. 7. Hrafnhildur Guðmundsdóttir Iceland1:06.4 +5.8s 8 21 36. 7. Rita Pulido Castro Spain1:06.7 +6.1s 5 19 38. 8. Ann Lallande Puerto Rico1:06.8 +6.2s 1 15 39. 7. Christl Paukerl Austria1:07.3 +6.7s 1 17 40. 8. Maria Rosario De Vivanco Roca Peru1:09.0 +8.4s 6 15 41. 8. Margaret Harding Puerto Rico1:11.7 +11.1s 3 16 42. 7. Jovina Tseng Malaysia1:13.9 +13.3s 8 14 43. 7. Kum-Ja Lim South Korea1:16.1 +15.5s 5 17 44.
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