The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place between September 1 and 3.[1] This swimming event used backstroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.
Medalists edit
| Gold | Lynn Burke United States
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| Silver | Natalie Steward Great Britain
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| Bronze | Satoko Tanaka Japan
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Results edit
Heats edit
Eight fastest swimmers from the heats advanced to the finals.
Heat 1
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laura Ranwell |  South Africa |
1:12.0 | Q |
| 2 | Nadine Delache |  France |
1:12.5 | Q |
| 3 | Larisa Viktorova |  Soviet Union |
1:12.8 | |
| 4 | Sara Barber |  Canada |
1:13.4 | |
| 5 | Gergaynia Beckett |  Australia |
1:13.7 | |
| 6 | Lynette Cooper |  Rhodesia |
1:15.8 | |
| 7 | Anneliese Rockenbach |  Venezuela |
1:18.6 | |
| 8 | Anna Temesvári |  Hungary |
1:21.5 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lynn Burke |  United States |
1:09.4 | Q |
| 2 | Ethel Ward Petersen |  Denmark |
1:12.6 | |
| 3 | Ingrid Schmidt |  United Team of Germany |
1:13.1 | |
| 4 | Marilyn Wilson | Australia |
1:13.8 | |
| 5 | Rini Dobber |  Netherlands |
1:14.2 | |
| 6 | Lyudmila Klipova | Soviet Union |
1:14.5 | |
| 7 | Doris Gontersweiler-Vetterli |  Switzerland |
1:19.6 | |
| 8 | Simone Theis |  Luxembourg |
1:23.9 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ria van Velsen | Netherlands |
1:11.1 | Q |
| 2 | Satoko Tanaka | Japan |
1:11.5 | Q |
| 3 | Natalie Steward |  Great Britain |
1:12.0 | Q |
| 4 | Helga Schmidt-Neuber | United Team of Germany |
1:13.3 | |
| 5 | Magda Dávid | Hungary |
1:15.7 | |
| 6 | Arlette Faidiga |  Italy |
1:18.5 | |
| 7 | Anne Van Parijs |  Belgium |
1:20.4 |
Heat 4
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sylvia Lewis | Great Britain |
1:12.2 | Q |
| 2 | Rosy Piacentini | France |
1:12.2 | Q |
| 3 | Nina Harmer | United States |
1:13.8 | |
| 4 | Kirsten Michaelsen | Denmark |
1:14.3 | |
| 5 | Dorothy Sutcliffe | Rhodesia |
1:15.2 | |
| 6 | Daniela Serpilli | Italy |
1:20.3 | |
| 7 | Lore Trittner |  Austria |
1:20.8 |
Final edit
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Lynn Burke | United States |
1:09.3 | OR |
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Natalie Steward | Great Britain |
1:10.8 | |
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Satoko Tanaka | Japan |
1:11.4 | |
| 4 | Laura Ranwell | South Africa |
1:11.4 | |
| 5 | Rosy Piacentini | France |
1:11.4 | |
| 6 | Sylvia Lewis | Great Britain |
1:11.8 | |
| 7 | Ria van Velsen | Netherlands |
1:12.1 | |
| 8 | Nadine Delache | France |
1:12.4 |
Key: OR = Olympic record
References edit
- ^ "Swimming at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
External links edit
- Women 100m Backstroke Swimming Olympic Games 1960 Roma (ITA), retrieved 2013-12-30