The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1956 Olympic Games took place on 3 and 5 December. This swimming event used the butterfly stroke. 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 Shelley Mann 1:11.2Q 2 Nancy Ramey 1:13.4Q 3 Sara Barber 1:16.2 Q 4 Marta Skupilová 1:17.7 5 Maureen Giles 1:19.4
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Beverley Bainbridge 1:14.4 Q 2 Mary Sears 1:15.1 Q 3 Mária Littomeritzky 1:15.2 Q 4 Beth Whittall 1:16.9 Q 5 Jutta Langenau 1:17.4 Q 6 Anne Morton 1:17.7 7 Odette Lusien-Casteur 1:19.8
Final
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes Shelley Mann 1:11.0 OR Nancy Ramey 1:11.9 Mary Sears 1:14.4 4 Mária Littomeritzky 1:14.9 5 Beverley Bainbridge 1:15.2 6 Jutta Langenau 1:17.4 7 Beth Whittall 1:17.9 8 Sara Barber 1:18.4
Key: OR = Olympic record
References
External links Women 100m Butterfly Swimming Olympic Games 1956 Melbourne (AUS), retrieved 2013-12-30