Swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle
| Women's 100 metre freestyle at the Games of the VII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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 100 m finalists, left-right: Ethelda Bleibtrey, Violet Walrond, Jane Gylling, Irene Guest, Frances Schroth and Constance Jeans | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Stade Nautique d'Antwerp | ||||||||||||
| Dates | August 23–25 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 19 from 9 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Freestyle | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 300 m | women | |
| 400 m | men | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 200 m | men | |
| 400 m | men | |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | women | |
| 4×200 m | men | |
The women's 100 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the second appearance of the event, which was one of the two women's events held in 1912.
A total of 19 swimmers from nine nations competed in the event, which was held on Monday, August 23 and on Wednesday, August 25, 1920.
Records[]
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 1:16.2 |  Fanny Durack
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Sydney (AUS) | February 6, 1915 |
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| Olympic Record | 1:19.8 | Fanny Durack
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Stockholm (SWE) | July 11, 1912 |
Frances Schroth broke the Olympic record in the first semifinal with a time of 1 minute 18.0 seconds. Ethelda Bleibtrey broke the world record in the third semifinal with 1 minute 14.4 seconds and lowered her own new record again in the final with 1 minute 13.6 seconds.
Results[]
Semifinals[]
Monday, August 23, 1920: The fastest two in each semi-final and the fastest third-placed from across the semi-finals advanced.
Semifinal 1
| Place | Swimmer | Time | Qual. |
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| 1 |  Frances Schroth (USA) |
1:18.0 | Q OR |
| 2 | Charlotte Boyle (USA) |
1:20.4 | Q |
| 3 |  Rie Beisenherz (NED) |
1:22.6 | |
| 4 |  Yvonne Degraine (FRA) |
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| 5 |  Aina Berg (SWE) |
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| 6 |  Lillian Birkenhead (GBR) |
Semifinal 2
| Place | Swimmer | Time | Qual. |
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| 1 | Irene Guest (USA) |
1:18.8 | Q |
| 2 | Constance Jeans (GBR) |
1:20.8 | Q |
| 3 |  Violet Walrond (NZL) |
1:21.4 | q |
| 4 |  Germaine Van Dievoet (BEL) |
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| 5 | Suzanne Wurtz (FRA) |
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| 6 | Carin Nilsson (SWE) |
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| 7 | Charlotte Radcliffe (GBR) |
Semifinal 3
| Place | Swimmer | Time | Qual. |
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| 1 | Ethelda Bleibtrey (USA) |
1:14.4 | Q WR |
| 2 | Jane Gylling (SWE) |
1:25.6 | Q |
| 3 | Grace McKenzie (GBR) |
1:27.4 | |
| 4 | Ernestine Lebrun (FRA) |
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| 5 |  Barbara Nash (RSA) |
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| 6 |  Lily Beaurepaire (AUS) |
Final[]
Wednesday, August 25, 1920:
| Place | Swimmer | Time |
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| 1 | Ethelda Bleibtrey (USA) |
1:13.6 WR |
| 2 | Irene Guest (USA) |
1:17.0 |
| 3 | Frances Schroth (USA) |
1:17.2 |
| 4 | Constance Jeans (GBR) |
1:22.8 |
| 5 | Violet Walrond (NZL) |
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| 6 | Jane Gylling (SWE) |
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| — | Charlotte Boyle (USA) |
DNF |
References[]
- ^ "Swimming at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
Notes[]
- Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 2 May 2008.
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