The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1952 Olympic Games took place on 29–31 July at the Swimming Stadium. This swimming event used the backstroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.
Results
Heats Eight fastest swimmer advanced to the finals.
Heat 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Geertje Wielema 1:13.8 Q 2 Jean Stewart 1:16.0 Q 3 Margaret McDowell 1:17.5 Q 4 Barbara Stark 1:17.9 Q 5 Gerda Olsen 1:20.1 6 Anneli Haaranen 1:21.7
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Ria van der Horst 1:17.0 Q 2 Gertrud Herrbruck 1:17.8 Q 3 Mary Freeman 1:18.0 4 Edith de Oliveira 1:20.0 5 Lenora Fisher 1:22.9 6 Irena Milnikiel 1:25.5 7 Doris Gontersweiler-Vetterli 1:26.5
Heat 3 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Joan Harrison 1:14.7 Q 2 Joke de Korte 1:15.8 Q 3 Pauline Musgrave 1:19.6 4 Magdolna Hunyadfy 1:19.6 5 Coralie O'Connor 1:19.7 6 Margareta Westeson 1:22.7 7 Erna Herbers 1:23.1
Final
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes Joan Harrison 1:14.3 Geertje Wielema 1:14.5 Jean Stewart 1:15.8 4 Joke de Korte 1:15.8 5 Barbara Stark 1:16.2 6 Gertrud Herrbruck 1:18.0 7 Margaret McDowell 1:18.4 Ria van der Horst DSQ
Key: DSQ = Disqualified
References
External links Women 100m Backstroke Swimming Olympic Games 1952 Helsinki (FIN), retrieved 2013-12-30