Swimming at the 1960 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 |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | women | |
200 m | men | |
Freestyle relay | ||
4 × 100 m | women | |
4 × 200 m | men | |
Medley relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place between September 1 and 3.[1] This swimming event used backstroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.
Medalists
[edit]Gold | Lynn Burke![]() |
Silver | Natalie Steward![]() |
Bronze | Satoko Tanaka![]() |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Eight fastest swimmers from the heats advanced to the finals.
Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Laura Ranwell | ![]() |
1:12.0 | Q |
2 | Nadine Delache | ![]() |
1:12.5 | Q |
3 | Larisa Viktorova | ![]() |
1:12.8 | |
4 | Sara Barber | ![]() |
1:13.4 | |
5 | Gergaynia Beckett | ![]() |
1:13.7 | |
6 | Lynette Cooper | ![]() |
1:15.8 | |
7 | Anneliese Rockenbach | ![]() |
1:18.6 | |
8 | Anna Temesvári | ![]() |
1:21.5 |
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Lynn Burke | ![]() |
1:09.4 | Q |
2 | Ethel Ward Petersen | ![]() |
1:12.6 | |
3 | Ingrid Schmidt | ![]() |
1:13.1 | |
4 | Marilyn Wilson | ![]() |
1:13.8 | |
5 | Rini Dobber | ![]() |
1:14.2 | |
6 | Lyudmila Klipova | ![]() |
1:14.5 | |
7 | Doris Gontersweiler-Vetterli | ![]() |
1:19.6 | |
8 | Simone Theis | ![]() |
1:23.9 |
Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Ria van Velsen | ![]() |
1:11.1 | Q |
2 | Satoko Tanaka | ![]() |
1:11.5 | Q |
3 | Natalie Steward | ![]() |
1:12.0 | Q |
4 | Helga Schmidt-Neuber | ![]() |
1:13.3 | |
5 | Magda Dávid | ![]() |
1:15.7 | |
6 | Arlette Faidiga | ![]() |
1:18.5 | |
7 | Anne Van Parijs | ![]() |
1:20.4 |
Heat 4
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Sylvia Lewis | ![]() |
1:12.2 | Q |
2 | Rosy Piacentini | ![]() |
1:12.2 | Q |
3 | Nina Harmer | ![]() |
1:13.8 | |
4 | Kirsten Michaelsen | ![]() |
1:14.3 | |
5 | Dorothy Sutcliffe | ![]() |
1:15.2 | |
6 | Daniela Serpilli | ![]() |
1:20.3 | |
7 | Lore Trittner | ![]() |
1:20.8 |
Final
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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Lynn Burke | ![]() |
1:09.3 | OR |
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Natalie Steward | ![]() |
1:10.8 | |
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Satoko Tanaka | ![]() |
1:11.4 | |
4 | Laura Ranwell | ![]() |
1:11.4 | |
5 | Rosy Piacentini | ![]() |
1:11.4 | |
6 | Sylvia Lewis | ![]() |
1:11.8 | |
7 | Ria van Velsen | ![]() |
1:12.1 | |
8 | Nadine Delache | ![]() |
1:12.4 |
Key: OR = Olympic record
References
[edit]- ^ "Swimming at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
External links
[edit]- Women 100m Backstroke Swimming Olympic Games 1960 Roma (ITA), retrieved 2013-12-30