The women's 100 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which was established in 1912. The competition was held on Saturday 6 August 1932 and on Monday 8 August 1932.
Twenty swimmers from ten nations competed.
Records These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1932 Summer Olympics.
World record 1:06.6 Helene Madison Boston (USA) 20 April 1931 Olympic record 1:11.0 Albina Osipowich Amsterdam (NED) 11 August 1928
In the heats the Olympic record was broken in the second heat by Joyce Cooper with 1:09.0, in the third heat by Helene Madison with 1:08.9 and in the fourth heat Eleanor Saville with 1:08.5. In the first semi-final Willy den Ouden bettered the Olympic record with 1:07.6 and in the final Madison again set a new Olympic record with 1:06.8.
Results
Heats
Saturday 6 August 1932: The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced to the final.
Heat 1
Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 1:12.1 Q 2 1:12.2 Q 3 1:12.7 4 1:17.1 5 1:19.9
Heat 2
Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 1:09.0 Q OR 2 1:09.3 Q 3 1:11.4 q 4 1:13.3 5 1:15.2
Heat 3
Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 1:08.9 Q OR 2 1:11.0 Q 3 1:11.6 4 1:15.1 5 1:16.2
Heat 4
Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 1:08.5 Q OR 2 1:09.2 Q 3 1:16.1 4 1:16.3 5 1:25.8
Semifinals
Sunday 7 August 1932: The fastest three in each semi-final advanced to the final.
Semifinal 1
Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 1:07.6 Q OR 2 1:08.8 Q 3 1:08.8 Q 4 1:09.2 5 1:14.1
Semifinal 2
Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 1:09.9 Q 2 1:10.2 Q 3 1:10.6 Q 4 1:11.8
Final
Monday 8 August 1932:
Place Swimmer Time 1 1:06.8 OR 2 1:07.8 3 1:08.2 4 1:09.3 5 1:09.9 6 1:10.8
References
External links Olympic Report