The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1964 Olympic Games took place on October 14 and October 16.[1] 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.
| Women's 100 metre butterfly at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Yoyogi National Gymnasium | ||||||||||||
| Date | 14 October 1964 (heats) 15 October 1964 (semifinals) 16 October 1964 (final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 31 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:04.7 (WR) | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Medalists edit
| Gold | Sharon Stouder United States
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| Silver | Ada Kok Netherlands
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| Bronze | Kathy Ellis United States
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Results edit
Heats edit
Heat 1
Heat 1
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kathy Ellis |  United States |
1:07.8 | Q, OR |
| 2 | Eiko Takahashi |  Japan |
1:08.4 | Q |
| 3 | Judy Gegan |  Great Britain |
1:10.8 | Q |
| 4 | Adrie Lasterie |  Netherlands |
1:11.2 | |
| 5 | Linda McGill |  Australia |
1:11.7 | |
| 6 | Ursel Brunner |  United Team of Germany |
1:13.6 | |
| 7 | Molly Tay |  Malaysia |
1:23.0 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Donna de Varona | United States |
1:07.5 | Q, OR |
| 2 | Mary Anne Cotterill | Great Britain |
1:09.4 | Q |
| 3 | Mary Beth Stewart |  Canada |
1:09.9 | Q |
| 4 | Kimiko Sato | Japan |
1:10.6 | Q |
Heat 3
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ada Kok | Netherlands |
1:07.8 | Q |
| 2 | Eila Pyrhönen |  Finland |
1:07.9 | Q |
| 3 | Marianne Humeniuk | Canada |
1:09.5 | Q |
| 4 | Márta Egerváry |  Hungary |
1:10.3 | Q |
| 5 | Tetiana Dev'iatova |  Soviet Union |
1:11.1 | |
| 6 | Jenny Wood |  Zimbabwe |
1:11.3 | |
| 7 | Ann Lallande |  Puerto Rico |
1:17.1 |
Heat 4
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sharon Stouder | United States |
1:07.0 | Q, OR |
| 2 | Ute Noack | United Team of Germany |
1:09.2 | Q |
| 3 | Valentyna Yakovleva | Soviet Union |
1:11.2 | |
| 4 | Helen Kennedy | Canada |
1:11.2 | |
| 5 | Hiroko Saito | Japan |
1:13.1 | |
| 6 | Gillian de Greenlaw | Australia |
1:14.8 | |
| 7 | Margaret Harding | Puerto Rico |
1:23.7 |
Heat 5
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glenda Phillips | Great Britain |
1:10.3 | Q |
| 2 | Anna Maria Cecchi |  Italy |
1:10.3 | Q |
| 3 | Heike Hustede-Nagel | United Team of Germany |
1:10.5 | Q |
| 4 | Silvia Belmar |  Mexico |
1:12.1 | |
| 5 | María Ballesté |  Spain |
1:13.1 | |
| 6 | Jan Turner | Australia |
1:14.4 |
Semifinals edit
Semifinal 1 edit
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sharon Stouder | United States |
1:05.6 | Q, OR |
| 2 | Ada Kok | Netherlands |
1:05.9 | Q |
| 3 | Eila Pyrhönen | Finland |
1:07.9 | Q |
| 4 | Marianne Humeniuk | Canada |
1:09.2 | |
| 5 | Ute Noack | United Team of Germany |
1:09.3 | |
| 6 | Glenda Phillips | Great Britain |
1:10.6 | |
| 7 | Márta Egerváry | Hungary |
1:10.7 | |
| 8 | Kimiko Sato | Japan |
1:11.2 |
Semifinal 2 edit
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kathleen Ellis | United States |
1:07.2 | Q |
| 2 | Donna de Varona | United States |
1:07.7 | Q |
| 3 | Eiko Takahashi | Japan |
1:07.8 | Q |
| 4 | Mary Beth Stewart | Canada |
1:08.6 | Q |
| 5 | Heike Hustede-Nagel | United Team of Germany |
1:08.8 | Q |
| 6 | Mary-Anne Cotterill | Great Britain |
1:09.4 | |
| 7 | Anna Maria Cecchi | Italy |
1:10.4 | |
| 8 | Judy Gegan | Great Britain |
1:10.5 |
Final edit
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Sharon Stouder | United States |
1:04.7 | WR |
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Ada Kok | Netherlands |
1:05.6 | |
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Kathy Ellis | United States |
1:06.0 | |
| 4 | Eila Pyrhönen | Finland |
1:07.3 | |
| 5 | Donna de Varona | United States |
1:08.0 | |
| 6 | Heike Hustede-Nagel | United Team of Germany |
1:08.5 | |
| 7 | Eiko Takahashi | Japan |
1:09.1 | |
| 8 | Mary Beth Stewart | Canada |
1:10.0 |
Key: WR = World record
References edit
- ^ "Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2016.