Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke

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Swimming at the
1948 Summer Olympics
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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 backstroke event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place between August 3 and 5, at the Empire Pool. This swimming event used the backstroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.

Medalists

Gold Karen Harup
 Denmark
Silver Suzanne Zimmerman
 United States
Bronze Judy-Joy Davies
 Australia

Results

Heats

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Semifinals

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Final

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Karen Harup  Denmark 1:14.4 OR
2 Suzanne Zimmerman  United States 1:16.0
3 Judy-Joy Davies  Australia 1:16.7
4 Ilona Novák  Hungary 1:18.4
5 Ria van der Horst  Netherlands 1:18.8
6 Dicky van Ekris  Netherlands 1:18.9
7 Muriel Mellon  United States 1:19.0
8 Greetje Gaillard  Netherlands 1:19.1

Key: OR = Olympic record

References