Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke

The women's 100 metre backstroke was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third appearance of the event, which was established in 1924. The competition was held on Wednesday, August 10, 1932, and on Thursday, August 11, 1932.

Twelve swimmers from seven nations competed.

Records These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1932 Summer Olympics.

World record 1:18.2 Eleanor Holm Jones Beach (USA) 16 July 1932 Olympic record 1:21.6 Marie Braun Amsterdam (NED) 9 August 1928

In the first semi-final Eleanor Holm set a new Olympic record with 1:18.3 minutes.

Results

Semifinals

Tuesday 9 August 1932: The fastest two in each semi-final and the fastest third-placed from across the semi-finals advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 1:18.3 QQ OR 2 1:21.6 QQ 3 1:22.6 qq 4 1:23.5 5 1:25.1

Semifinal 2

Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 1:22.0 QQ 2 1:22.5 QQ 3 1:28.2 4

Semifinal 3

Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 1:23.8 QQ 2 1:25.0 QQ 3 1:29.1

Final

Thursday 11 August 1932: Marie Braun was not able to compete in the final. She had to stay in hospital due to blood poisoning after an infection caused by a mosquito bite.

Place Swimmer Time 1 1:19.4 2 1:21.3 3 1:22.5 4 1:22.6 5 1:23.2 6 1:23.4

References

External links Olympic Report