Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle
| Women's 100 metre freestyle at the Games of the X Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Date | 6–8 August | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 20 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Freestyle | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | women | |
| 4 × 200 m | men | |
The women's 100 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the fifth appearance of the event, which was established in 1912. The competition was held on Saturday 6 August 1932 and on Monday 8 August 1932.
Twenty swimmers from ten nations competed.
Records
[edit]These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1932 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 1:06.6 |  Helene Madison
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Boston (USA) | 20 April 1931 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Record | 1:11.0 | Albina Osipowich
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Amsterdam (NED) | 11 August 1928 |
In the heats the Olympic record was broken in the second heat by Joyce Cooper with 1:09.0, in the third heat by Helene Madison with 1:08.9 and in the fourth heat Eleanor Saville with 1:08.5. In the first semi-final Willy den Ouden bettered the Olympic record with 1:07.6 and in the final Madison again set a new Olympic record with 1:06.8.
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Saturday 6 August 1932: The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced to the final.
Heat 1
| Place | Swimmer | Time | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Corrie Laddé (NED) |
1:12.1 | Q |
| 2 |  Yvonne Godard (FRA) |
1:12.2 | Q |
| 3 |  Valerie Davies (GBR) |
1:12.7 | |
| 4 |  Hatsuho Matsuzawa (JPN) |
1:17.1 | |
| 5 |  Marjorie Linton (CAN) |
1:19.9 |
Heat 2
| Place | Swimmer | Time | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joyce Cooper (GBR) |
1:09.0 | Q OR |
| 2 |  Josephine McKim (USA) |
1:09.3 | Q |
| 3 |  Frances Bult (AUS) |
1:11.4 | q |
| 4 | Maria Vierdag (NED) |
1:13.3 | |
| 5 | Irene Mullen (CAN) |
1:15.2 |
Heat 3
| Place | Swimmer | Time | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helene Madison (USA) |
1:08.9 | Q OR |
| 2 |  Jenny Maakal (RSA) |
1:11.0 | Q |
| 3 |  Lilli Andersen (DEN) |
1:11.6 | |
| 4 | Edna Hughes (GBR) |
1:15.1 | |
| 5 | Kazue Kojima (JPN) |
1:16.2 |
Heat 4
| Place | Swimmer | Time | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eleanor Saville (USA) |
1:08.5 | Q OR |
| 2 | Willy den Ouden (NED) |
1:09.2 | Q |
| 3 | Yukie Arata (JPN) |
1:16.1 | |
| 4 | Irene Pirie (CAN) |
1:16.3 | |
| 5 |  Maria Lenk (BRA) |
1:25.8 |
Semifinals
[edit]Sunday 7 August 1932: The fastest three in each semi-final advanced to the final.
Semifinal 1
| Place | Swimmer | Time | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Willy den Ouden (NED) |
1:07.6 | Q OR |
| 2 | Eleanor Saville (USA) |
1:08.8 | Q |
| 3 | Josephine McKim (USA) |
1:08.8 | Q |
| 4 | Joyce Cooper (GBR) |
1:09.2 | |
| 5 | Yvonne Godard (FRA) |
1:14.1 |
Semifinal 2
| Place | Swimmer | Time | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helene Madison (USA) |
1:09.9 | Q |
| 2 | Frances Bult (AUS) |
1:10.2 | Q |
| 3 | Jenny Maakal (RSA) |
1:10.6 | Q |
| 4 | Corrie Laddé (NED) |
1:11.8 |
Final
[edit]Monday 8 August 1932:
| Place | Swimmer | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helene Madison (USA) |
1:06.8 OR |
| 2 | Willy den Ouden (NED) |
1:07.8 |
| 3 | Eleanor Saville (USA) |
1:08.2 |
| 4 | Josephine McKim (USA) |
1:09.3 |
| 5 | Frances Bult (AUS) |
1:09.9 |
| 6 | Jenny Maakal (RSA) |
1:10.8 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Swimming at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
External links
[edit]- Olympic Report
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 3 November 2008.
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