Swimming at the 1928 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 1928 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth appearance of the event, which was established in 1912. The competition was held on Friday and Saturday, 10 and 11 August 1928.

Twenty-four swimmers from eleven nations competed.

Records These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

World record 1:10.0 Ethel Lackie Toledo (USA) 28 January 1926 Olympic record 1:12.2 Mariechen Wehselau Paris (FRA) 19 July 1924

In the first semi-final Albina Osipowich equaled the Olympic record with 1 minute 12.2 seconds. In the second semi-final Eleanor Garatti improved the record with a time of 1 minute 11.4 seconds. In the final Albina Osipowich again bettered the Olympic record with 1 minute 11.0 seconds.

Results

Heats

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

Heat 1

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 1:14.0 2 1:14.2 3 1:14.4 4 1:15.0 5 Unknown 6 Unknown

Heat 2

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 1:15.8 2 1:16.4 3 1:22.6 4 Unknown 5 Unknown

Heat 3

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 1:14.8 2 1:26.4

Heat 4

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 1:12.4 2 1:17.2 3 1:18.8

Heat 5

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 1:15.4 2 1:22.2 3 1:31.6

Heat 6

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 1:15.6 2 1:16.8 3 1:20.6 4 Unknown 5 Unknown

Semifinals

The fastest three in each semi-final advanced.

Semifinal 1

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 1:12.2 , = 2 1:13.8 3 1:14.0 4 1:04.8 5 Unknown 6 Unknown

Semifinal 2

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 1:11.4 , 2 1:15.6 3 1:15.8 4 Unknown 5 Unknown 6 Unknown

Final

Saturday 11 August 1928:

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1:11.0 1:11.4 1:13.6 4 1:13.8 5 1:14.6 6 1:15.2

References

External links Olympic Report