Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle
Women's 100 metre freestyle at the Games of the IX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Date | 10–11 August | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 24 from 11 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1928 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 1928 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the fourth appearance of the event, which was established in 1912. The competition was held on Friday and Saturday, 10 and 11 August 1928.
Twenty-four swimmers from eleven nations competed.
Records
[edit]These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.
World Record | 1:10.0 | ![]() |
Toledo (USA) | 28 January 1926 |
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Olympic Record | 1:12.2 | ![]() |
Paris (FRA) | 19 July 1924 |
In the first semi-final Albina Osipowich equaled the Olympic record with 1 minute 12.2 seconds. In the second semi-final Eleanor Garatti improved the record with a time of 1 minute 11.4 seconds. In the final Albina Osipowich again bettered the Olympic record with 1 minute 11.0 seconds.
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced.
Heat 1
[edit]Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Jean McDowell | ![]() |
1:14.0 | Q |
2 | Susan Laird | ![]() |
1:14.2 | Q |
3 | Maria Vierdag | ![]() |
1:14.4 | q |
4 | Reni Erkens | ![]() |
1:15.0 | |
5 | Rhoda Rennie | ![]() |
Unknown | |
6 | Claire Horrent | ![]() |
Unknown |
Heat 2
[edit]Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Agnete Olsen | ![]() |
1:15.8 | Q |
2 | Ena Stockley | ![]() |
1:16.4 | Q |
3 | Zus Engelenberg | ![]() |
1:22.6 | |
4 | Edna Davey | ![]() |
Unknown | |
5 | Marguerite Ledoux | ![]() |
Unknown |
Heat 3
[edit]Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Eleanor Garatti | ![]() |
1:14.8 | Q |
2 | Iris Tanner | ![]() |
1:26.4 | Q |
Heat 4
[edit]Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Albina Osipowich | ![]() |
1:12.4 | Q |
2 | Kathleen Miller | ![]() |
1:17.2 | Q |
3 | Margit Sipos | ![]() |
1:18.8 |
Heat 5
[edit]Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Kathleen Russell | ![]() |
1:15.4 | Q |
2 | Sarolta Stieber | ![]() |
1:22.2 | Q |
3 | Marguerite Dockrell | ![]() |
1:31.6 |
Heat 6
[edit]Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Charlotte Lehmann | ![]() |
1:15.6 | Q |
2 | Joyce Cooper | ![]() |
1:16.8 | Q |
3 | Bonnie Mealing | ![]() |
1:20.6 | |
4 | Gerda Bredgaard | ![]() |
Unknown | |
5 | Anne Dupire | ![]() |
Unknown |
Semifinals
[edit]The fastest three in each semi-final advanced.
Semifinal 1
[edit]Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Albina Osipowich | ![]() |
1:12.2 | Q, =OR |
2 | Susan Laird | ![]() |
1:13.8 | Q |
3 | Joyce Cooper | ![]() |
1:14.0 | Q |
4 | Iris Tanner | ![]() |
1:04.8 | |
5 | Ena Stockley | ![]() |
Unknown | |
6 | Agnete Olsen | ![]() |
Unknown | |
— | Sarolta Stieber | ![]() |
DNF |
Semifinal 2
[edit]Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Eleanor Garatti | ![]() |
1:11.4 | Q, OR |
2 | Jean McDowell | ![]() |
1:15.6 | Q |
3 | Charlotte Lehmann | ![]() |
1:15.8 | Q |
4 | Kathleen Russell | ![]() |
Unknown | |
5 | Maria Vierdag | ![]() |
Unknown | |
6 | Kathleen Miller | ![]() |
Unknown |
Final
[edit]Saturday 11 August 1928:
Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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Albina Osipowich | ![]() |
1:11.0 | OR |
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Eleanor Garatti | ![]() |
1:11.4 | |
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Joyce Cooper | ![]() |
1:13.6 | |
4 | Jean McDowell | ![]() |
1:13.8 | |
5 | Susan Laird | ![]() |
1:14.6 | |
6 | Charlotte Lehmann | ![]() |
1:15.2 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Swimming at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
External links
[edit]- Olympic Report
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 7 October 2008.