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Women's 100 m backstroke - Swimming |  | ||||
 Women's 100 m backstroke 1956
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| Final | |||||||||
 | Judith Grinham |  | GBR | 1.12,9 | OR | ||||
 | Carin Cone |  | USA | 1.12,9 | |||||
 | Margaret Edwards | | GBR | 1.13,1 | |||||
| 4. | Helga Schmidt |  | GER | 1.13,4 | |||||
| 5. | Maureen Murphy | | USA | 1.14,1 | |||||
| 6. | Julie Hoyle | | GBR | 1.14,3 | |||||
| 7. | Sara Barber |  | CAN | 1.14,3 | |||||
| 8. | Gerganyia Beckitt |  | AUS | 1.14,7 | |||||
| Preliminary | |||||||||
| 1. | Judith Grinham | | GBR | 1.13,1 | OR | ||||
| 2. | Maria Both |  | ROU | 1.15,8 | |||||
| 3. | Lyudmila Klipova |  | URS | 1.16,1 | |||||
| 4. | Mary Anne Marchino | | USA | 1.16,2 | |||||
| 5. | Elzbieta Gellner |  | POL | 1.16,2 | |||||
| 6. | Pamela Singleton | | AUS | 1.17,0 | |||||
| 7. | Lenora Fisher | | CAN | 1.17,5 | |||||
| 8. | Ginette Jany |  | FRA | 1.19,1 | |||||
| Preliminary | |||||||||
| 1. | Carin Cone | | USA | 1.13,9 | q | ||||
| 2. | Gerganyia Beckitt | | AUS | 1.14,8 | q | ||||
| 3. | Julie Hoyle | | GBR | 1.15,0 | q | ||||
| 4. | Eva Payor |  | HUN | 1.15,3 | |||||
| 5. | Jean Stewart |  | NZL | 1.15,4 | |||||
| 6. | Moira Abernathy |  | RSA | 1.15,4 | |||||
| 7. | Jocelyn von Giese |  | PHI | 1.20,0 | |||||
| Preliminary | |||||||||
| 1. | Margaret Edwards | | GBR | 1.13,0 | OR | ||||
| 2. | Sara Barber | | CAN | 1.14,8 | q | ||||
| 3. | Helga Schmidt | | GER | 1.14,8 | q | ||||
| 4. | Maureen Murphy | | USA | 1.14,8 | q | ||||
| 5. | Patricia Huntingford | | AUS | 1.16,0 | |||||
| 6. | Philippa Gould | | NZL | 1.17,5 | |||||
| 7. | Judit Temes | | HUN | 1.17,6 | |||||
| 8. | Martha Gulltom |  | INA | 1.21,7 | |||||
Women's 100 m backstroke - Swimming - Melbourne 1956 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 Swimming Stadium and 23 athletes participated in the event. |
| These results for Women's 100 m backstroke - Melbourne 1956 Summer Olympics - are based on the official Olympic reports and the Olympian Database |
