The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place between September 1 and 3. This swimming event used backstroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.
Results
Heats Eight fastest swimmers from the heats advanced to the finals.
Heat 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Laura Ranwell 1:12.0 Q 2 Nadine Delache 1:12.5 Q 3 Larisa Viktorova 1:12.8 4 Sara Barber 1:13.4 5 Gergaynia Beckett 1:13.7 6 Lynette Cooper 1:15.8 7 Anneliese Rockenbach 1:18.6 8 Anna Temesvári 1:21.5
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Lynn Burke 1:09.4 Q 2 Ethel Ward Petersen 1:12.6 3 Ingrid Schmidt 1:13.1 4 Marilyn Wilson 1:13.8 5 Rini Dobber 1:14.2 6 Lyudmila Klipova 1:14.5 7 Doris Gontersweiler-Vetterli 1:19.6 8 Simone Theis 1:23.9
Heat 3 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Ria van Velsen 1:11.1 Q 2 Satoko Tanaka 1:11.5 Q 3 Natalie Steward 1:12.0 Q 4 Helga Schmidt-Neuber 1:13.3 5 Magda Dávid 1:15.7 6 Arlette Faidiga 1:18.5 7 Anne Van Parijs 1:20.4
Heat 4 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Sylvia Lewis 1:12.2 Q 2 Rosy Piacentini 1:12.2 Q 3 Nina Harmer 1:13.8 4 Kirsten Michaelsen 1:14.3 5 Dorothy Sutcliffe 1:15.2 6 Daniela Serpilli 1:20.3 7 Lore Trittner 1:20.8
Final
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes Lynn Burke 1:09.3 OR Natalie Steward 1:10.8 Satoko Tanaka 1:11.4 4 Laura Ranwell 1:11.4 5 Rosy Piacentini 1:11.4 6 Sylvia Lewis 1:11.8 7 Ria van Velsen 1:12.1 8 Nadine Delache 1:12.4
Key: OR = Olympic record
References
External links
Women 100m Backstroke Swimming Olympic Games 1960 Roma (ITA), retrieved 2013-12-30