Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle

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Women's 100 metre freestyle
at the Games of the X Olympiad
Date30 July – 2 August
Competitors34 from 14 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Greta Andersen  Denmark
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ann Curtis  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen  Netherlands
← 1936
1952 →

The women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place between 30 July and 2 August at the Empire Pool.[1] This swimming event used freestyle swimming, which means that the method of the stroke is not regulated (unlike backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly events). Nearly all swimmers use the front crawl or a variant of that stroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.

Results

Heats

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Fritze Carstensen  Denmark 1:06.5
2 Ann Curtis  United States 1:06.9
3 Greta Andersen  Denmark 1:07.0
4 Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen  Netherlands 1:07.5
5 Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher  Netherlands 1:07.9
6 Ingegerd Fredin  Sweden 1:08.1
7 Judit Temes  Hungary 1:08.3
8 Karen Margrethe Harup  Denmark 1:08.4
9 Marie Corridon  United States 1:08.4
10 Marjorie McQuade  Australia 1:08.5
11 Piedade Coutinho-Tavares  Brazil 1:08.6
12 Elisabeth Ahlgren  Sweden 1:08.7
13 Brenda Helser  United States 1:09.0
14 Marianne Lundquist  Sweden 1:09.0
15 Lillian Preece  Great Britain 1:09.0
16 Patricia Nielsen  Great Britain 1:09.4
17 Josette Arène  France 1:09.7
18 Margaret Wellington  Great Britain 1:09.8
19 Hannie Termeulen  Netherlands 1:09.8
20 Denise Spencer  Australia 1:10.0
21 Eleonora Schmitt  Brazil 1:10.8
22 Eileen Holt  Argentina 1:12.0
23 Ginette Jany-Sendral  France 1:12.1
24 Fernande Caroen  Belgium 1:12.1
25 Magda Bruggemann  Mexico 1:12.5
26 Mária Littomeritzky  Hungary 1:13.0
27 Kay McNamee  Canada 1:13.3
28 Irene Strong  Canada 1:13.5
29 Gisèle Vallerey  France 1:14.0
30 Enriqueta Duarte  Argentina 1:14.9
31 Zsuzsa Nádor  Hungary 1:15.8
32 Maria da Costa  Brazil 1:16.0
33 Adriana Camelli  Argentina 1:16.5
34 Marianne Erismann  Switzerland 1:19.9

Semifinals

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Greta Andersen  Denmark 1:05.9 Q
2 Fritze Carstensen  Denmark 1:07.5 Q
3 Ann Curtis  United States 1:07.6 Q
4 Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher  Netherlands 1:07.7 Q
5 Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen  Netherlands 1:08.4 Q
6 Ingegerd Fredin  Sweden 1:08.4 Q
7 Elisabeth Ahlgren  Sweden 1:08.6 q
8 Karen Margrethe Harup  Denmark 1:08.7 q
9 Marie Corridon  United States 1:08.9
10 Marianne Lundquist  Sweden 1:09.3
11 Lillian Preece  Great Britain 1:09.3
12 Marjorie McQuade  Australia 1:09.5
13 Piedade Coutinho-Tavares  Brazil 1:09.5
14 Patricia Nielsen  Great Britain 1:09.6
15 Judit Temes  Hungary 1:09.7
16 Brenda Helser  United States 1:10.0

Final

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Greta Andersen  Denmark 1:06.3
2 Ann Curtis  United States 1:06.5
3 Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen  Netherlands 1:07.6
4 Karen Margrethe Harup  Denmark 1:08.1
5 Ingegerd Fredin  Sweden 1:08.4
6 Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher  Netherlands 1:08.4
7 Elisabeth Ahlgren  Sweden 1:08.8
8 Fritze Carstensen  Denmark 1:09.1

References

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1948 London Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2016.