Swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle

The women's 100 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third appearance of the event, which was established in 1912. The competition was held on Saturday 19 July 1924, and on Sunday 20 July 1924.

Records These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1924 Summer Olympics.

World record 1:12.8 Gertrude Ederle Newark (USA) 30 June 1923 Olympic record 1:13.6 Ethelda Bleibtrey Antwerp (BEL) 25 August 1920

In the first heat Mariechen Wehselau set a new world record with 1 minute 12.2 seconds.

Results

Heats

The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced.

Heat 1

Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 1:12.2 QQ WR 2 1:22.4 QQ 3 1:23.0

Heat 2

Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 1:12.8 QQ 2 1:20.8 QQ 3 1:23.4 4 1:27.4 5 1:29.0

Heat 3

Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 1:12.6 QQ 2 1:22.2 QQ 3 1:22.4 4 1:23.2

Heat 4

Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 1:16.0 QQ 2 1:21.0 QQ 3 1:22.0 qq 4 1:25.8

Semifinals

The fastest two in each semi-final and the faster of the two third-placed swimmer advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 1:15.2 QF 2 1:16.0 QF 3 1:18.6 qf 4 1:21.2 5 1:21.4

Semifinal 2

Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 1:15.4 QF 2 1:16.6 QF 3 1:22.4 4 1:22.8

Final

Place Swimmer Time 1 1:12.4 2 1:12.8 3 1:14.2 4 1:15.4 5 1:20.8

References

External links Olympic Report