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Women's 100 m backstroke - Swimming |  | ||||
 Women's 100 m backstroke 1952
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| Final | |||||||||
 | Joan Harrison |  | RSA | 1.14,3 | |||||
 | Geertje Wielema |  | NED | 1.14,5 | |||||
 | Jean Stewart |  | NZL | 1.15,8 | |||||
| 4. | Johanna de Korte | | NED | 1.15,8 | |||||
| 5. | Barbara Stark |  | USA | 1.16,2 | |||||
| 6. | Gertrud Herrbruck |  | GER | 1.18,0 | |||||
| 7. | Margaret McDowall |  | GBR | 1.18,4 | |||||
| Hendrika van der Hurst | | NED | dq | ||||||
| Round 1 | |||||||||
| 1. | Geertje Wielema | | NED | 1.13,8 | OR | ||||
| 2. | Jean Stewart | | NZL | 1.16,0 | q | ||||
| 3. | Margaret McDowall | | GBR | 1.18,9 | q | ||||
| 4. | Barbara Stark | | USA | 1.18,9 | q | ||||
| 5. | Gerda Olsen |  | DEN | 1.20,1 | |||||
| 6. | Anneli Haaranen |  | FIN | 1.21,7 | |||||
| Round 1 | |||||||||
| 1. | Hendrika van der Hurst | | NED | 1.17,0 | q | ||||
| 2. | Gertrud Herrbruck | | GER | 1.17,8 | q | ||||
| 3. | Mary Freeman | | USA | 1.19,0 | |||||
| 4. | Edith Groba Oliveira |  | BRA | 1.20,0 | |||||
| 5. | Lenora Fisher |  | CAN | 1.22,9 | |||||
| 6. | Irena Milnikiel |  | POL | 1.25,5 | |||||
| 7. | Doris Contersweiler |  | SUI | 1.26,5 | |||||
| Round 1 | |||||||||
| 1. | Joan Harrison | | RSA | 1.14,7 | q | ||||
| 2. | Johanna de Korte | | NED | 1.15,8 | q | ||||
| 3. | Pauline Musgrove | | GBR | 1.19,6 | |||||
| 4. | Magda Hunyadfi |  | HUN | 1.19,6 | |||||
| 5. | Coralie O'Connor | | USA | 1.19,7 | |||||
| 6. | Margareta Westesson |  | SWE | 1.22,7 | |||||
| 7. | Erna Herbers | | GER | 1.23,1 | |||||
Women's 100 m backstroke - Swimming - Helsinki 1952 Summer Olympics
Event Format: Swimmers competed in preliminary heats and final. The eight swimmers with the best time in the preliminary heats advanced to the final. The winner of the final was the Gold Medal winner. Event facts: Women's 100 m backstroke competition was held at the Uimastadion and 20 athletes participated in the event. |
| These results for Women's 100 m backstroke - Helsinki 1952 Summer Olympics - are based on the official Olympic reports and the Olympian Database |
