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Swimming at the
1932 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
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400 mmenwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
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Breaststroke
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Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mwomen
4 × 200 mmen

The women's 100 metre backstroke was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third appearance of the event, which was established in 1924. The competition was held on Tuesday 9 August 1932, and on Thursday 11 August 1932.

Twelve swimmers from seven nations competed.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Eleanor Holm
 United States 		Bonnie Mealing
 Australia 		Valerie Davies
 Great Britain

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1932 Summer Olympics.

World Record 1:18.2 United States Eleanor Holm Jones Beach (USA) 16 July 1932
Olympic Record 1:21.6 Netherlands Marie Braun Amsterdam (NED) 9 August 1928

In the first semi-final Eleanor Holm set a new Olympic record with 1:18.3 minutes.

Results

Semifinals

Tuesday 9 August 1932: The fastest two in each semi-final and the fastest third-placed from across the semi-finals advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

Place Swimmer Time Qual.
1  Eleanor Holm (USA) 1:18.3 QQ OR
2  Bonnie Mealing (AUS) 1:21.6 QQ
3  Phyllis Harding (GBR) 1:22.6 qq
4  Puck Oversloot (NED) 1:23.5
5  Misao Yokota (JPN) 1:25.1

Semifinal 2

Place Swimmer Time Qual.
1  Valerie Davies (GBR) 1:22.0 QQ
2  Joan McSheehy (USA) 1:22.5 QQ
3  Ruth Kerr (CAN) 1:28.2
4  Maria Lenk (BRA)

Semifinal 3

Place Swimmer Time Qual.
1  Marie Braun (NED) 1:23.8 QQ
2  Joyce Cooper (GBR) 1:25.0 QQ
3  Marjorie Linton (CAN) 1:29.1

Final

Thursday 11 August 1932: Marie Braun was not able to compete in the final. She had to stay in hospital due to blood poisoning after an infection caused by a mosquito bite.

Place Swimmer Time
1  Eleanor Holm (USA) 1:19.4
2  Bonnie Mealing (AUS) 1:21.3
3  Valerie Davies (GBR) 1:22.5
4  Phyllis Harding (GBR) 1:22.6
5  Joan McSheehy (USA) 1:23.2
6  Joyce Cooper (GBR) 1:23.4

References

  1. "Swimming at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2016.

External links

Olympic champions in women's 100 m backstroke
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