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| Swimming at the 1956 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 | |
The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1956 Olympic Games took place on 3 and 5 December. This swimming event used the butterfly stroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.
Medalists
| Gold | Shelley Mann United States
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| Silver | Nancy Ramey United States
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| Bronze | Mary Sears United States
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Results
Heats
Eight fastest swimmers from the heats advanced to the finals.
Heat 1
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shelley Mann |  United States |
1:11.2 | Q |
| 2 | Nancy Ramey | United States |
1:13.4 | Q |
| 3 | Sara Barber |  Canada |
1:16.2 | Q |
| 4 | Marta Skupilová |  Czechoslovakia |
1:17.7 | |
| 5 | Maureen Giles |  Australia |
1:19.4 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverley Bainbridge | Australia |
1:14.4 | Q |
| 2 | Mary Sears | United States |
1:15.1 | Q |
| 3 | Mária Littomeritzky |  Hungary |
1:15.2 | Q |
| 4 | Beth Whittall | Canada |
1:16.9 | Q |
| 5 | Jutta Langenau |  United Team of Germany |
1:17.4 | Q |
| 6 | Anne Morton |  Great Britain |
1:17.7 | |
| 7 | Odette Lusien-Casteur |  France |
1:19.8 |
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Shelley Mann | United States |
1:11.0 | OR |
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Nancy Ramey | United States |
1:11.9 | |
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Mary Sears | United States |
1:14.4 | |
| 4 | Mária Littomeritzky | Hungary |
1:14.9 | |
| 5 | Beverley Bainbridge | Australia |
1:15.2 | |
| 6 | Jutta Langenau | United Team of Germany |
1:17.4 | |
| 7 | Beth Whittall | Canada |
1:17.9 | |
| 8 | Sara Barber | Canada |
1:18.4 |
Key: OR = Olympic record
References
- "Swimming at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
External links
- Women 100m Butterfly Swimming Olympic Games 1956 Melbourne (AUS), retrieved 2013-12-30
| Olympic champions in women's 100 m butterfly | |
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