Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly

The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1956 Olympic Games took place on December 3 and December 5.[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.

Swimming at the
1956 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mwomen
200 mmen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mwomen
4×200 mmen

Medalists
GoldShelley Mann
 United States
SilverNancy Ramey
 United States
BronzeMary Sears
 United States

Results

Heats

Eight fastest swimmers from the heats advanced to the finals.

Heat 1

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Shelley Mann United States1:11.2Q
2Nancy Ramey United States1:13.4Q
3Sara Barber Canada1:16.2Q
4Marta Skupilová Czechoslovakia1:17.7
5Maureen Giles Australia1:19.4

Heat 2

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Beverly Bainbridge Australia1:14.4Q
2Mary Sears United States1:15.1Q
3Mária Littomeritzky Hungary1:15.2Q
4Beth Whittall Canada1:16.9Q
5Jutta Langenau United Team of Germany1:17.4Q
6Anne Morton Great Britain1:17.7
7Odette Lusien-Casteur France1:19.8

Final
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Shelley Mann United States1:11.0OR
Nancy Ramey United States1:11.9
Mary Sears United States1:14.4
4Mária Littomeritzky Hungary1:14.9
5Beverly Bainbridge Australia1:15.2
6Jutta Langenau United Team of Germany1:17.4
7Beth Whittall Canada1:17.9
8Sara Barber Canada1:18.4

Key: OR = Olympic record

References
  1. "Swimming at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
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