Swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle

Women's 100 metre freestyle at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Date	July 19–20
Competitors	16 from 7 nations
Medalists
Ethel Lackie  United States Mariechen Wehselau  United States Gertrude Ederle  United States

Swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 m	men		women
400 m	men		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
100 m	men		women
Breaststroke
200 m	men		women
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 1924 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third appearance of the event, which was established in 1912. The competition was held on Saturday July 19, 1924, and on Sunday July 20, 1924.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1924 Summer Olympics.

World Record	1:12.8	Gertrude Ederle	Newark (USA)	June 30, 1923
Olympic Record	1:13.6	Ethelda Bleibtrey	Antwerp (BEL)	August 25, 1920

In the first heat Mariechen Wehselau set a new world record with 1:12.2 minutes.

Results

Heats

The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced.

Heat 1

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	Mariechen Wehselau (USA)	1:12.2	QQ WR
2	Iris Tanner (GBR)	1:22.4	QQ
3	Agnete Olsen (DEN)	1:23.0

Heat 2

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	Ethel Lackie (USA)	1:12.8	QQ
2	Florence Barker (GBR)	1:20.8	QQ
3	Ernestine Lebrun (FRA)	1:23.4
4	Wivan Pettersson (SWE)	1:27.4
5	Karen Maud Rasmussen (DEN)	1:29.0

Heat 3

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	Gertrude Ederle (USA)	1:12.6	QQ
2	Mariette Protin (FRA)	1:22.2	QQ
3	Hedevig Rasmussen (DEN)	1:22.4
4	Gurli Ewerlund (SWE)	1:23.2

Heat 4

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	Constance Jeans (GBR)	1:16.0	QQ
2	Gwitha Shand (NZL)	1:21.0	QQ
3	Maria Vierdag (NED)	1:22.0	qq
4	Hjördis Töpel (SWE)	1:25.8

Semifinals

The fastest two in each semi-final and the faster of the two third-placed swimmer advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	Mariechen Wehselau (USA)	1:15.2	QF
2	Ethel Lackie (USA)	1:16.0	QF
3	Iris Tanner (GBR)	1:18.6	qf
4	Maria Vierdag (NED)	1:21.2
5	Florence Barker (GBR)	1:21.4

Semifinal 2

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	Gertrude Ederle (USA)	1:15.4	QF
2	Constance Jeans (GBR)	1:16.6	QF
3	Gwitha Shand (NZL)	1:22.4
4	Mariette Protin (FRA)	1:22.8

Final

Place	Swimmer	Time
1	Ethel Lackie (USA)	1:12.4
2	Mariechen Wehselau (USA)	1:12.8
3	Gertrude Ederle (USA)	1:14.2
4	Constance Jeans (GBR)	1:15.4
5	Iris Tanner (GBR)	1:20.8

References

• Olympic Report
• sports-reference