The women's 100 metre backstroke was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme. It was the second appearance of the event, which was established in 1924. The competition was held on Thursday and Saturday, 9 and 11 August 1928.
Twelve swimmers from seven nations competed.
Records These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.
World record 1:22.0 Willy den Turk Rotterdam (NED) 10 July 1927 Olympic record 1:23.2 Sybil Bauer Paris (FRA) 20 July 1924
In the first heat Ellen King equalized the world record with 1:22.0 minutes. In the second heat Marie Braun bettered the world record to 1:21.6 minutes.
Results
Heats
Thursday 9 August 1928: The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced to the final.
Heat 1
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 1:22.0 , 2 1:24.0 3 1:25.4
Heat 2
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 1:21.6 , 2 1:23.0 3 1:27.8 4 Unknown
Heat 3
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 1:23.6 2 1:24.2 3 1:26.2 4 1:31.5 5 Unknown
Final
Saturday 11 August 1928:
Rank Swimmer Nation Time 1:22.0 1:22.2 1:22.8 4 1:24.2 5 1:24.4 1:24.4 7 1:24.4
References
External links Olympic Report