Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle
| Women's 100 metre freestyle at the Games of the X Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Date | 30 July – 2 August | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 34 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 1948 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 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
[edit]Heats
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Semifinals
[edit]| 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
[edit]| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Greta Andersen | Denmark |
1:06.3 | |
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Ann Curtis | United States |
1:06.5 | |
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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 |
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References
[edit]- ^ "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.