Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke
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| Swimming at the 1956 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 | ||
| Butterfly | ||||
| 100 m | women | |||
| 200 m | men | |||
| Freestyle relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | women | |||
| 4×200 m | men | |||
The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1956 Olympic Games took place December 5. This swimming event used backstroke. 23 swimmers from 14 countries competed in this swimming event. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.
Contents
Medalists
| Gold | Judy Grinham Great Britain |
| Silver | Carin Cone United States |
| Bronze | Margaret Edwards Great Britain |
Results
Heats
Eight fastest swimmers advanced to the finals.
Heat 1
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Judy Grinham | Great Britain |
1:13.1 | Q |
| 2 | Maria Both |  Romania |
1:15.8 | |
| 3 | Lyudmila Klipova |  Soviet Union |
1:16.1 | |
| 4 | Mary Anne Marchino | United States |
1:16.2 | |
| 5 | Elżbieta Gellner |  Poland |
1:16.2 | |
| 6 | Pam Singleton |  Australia |
1:17.0 | |
| 7 | Lenora Fisher | 23x15px Canada | 1:17.5 | |
| 8 | Ginette Jany-Sendral |  France |
1:19.1 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carin Cone | United States |
1:13.9 | Q |
| 2 | Gerganiya Beckitt | Australia |
1:14.8 | Q |
| 3 | Julie Hoyle | Great Britain |
1:15.0 | Q |
| 4 | Pajor Éva |  Hungary |
1:15.3 | |
| 5 | Jean Stewart |  New Zealand |
1:15.4 | |
| 6 | Moira Abernethy | 23x15px South Africa | 1:15.4 | |
| 7 | Jocelyn von Giese | 23x15px Philippines | 1:20.0 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Margaret Edwards | Great Britain |
1:13.0 | Q |
| 2 | Sara Barber | 23x15px Canada | 1:14.3 | Q |
| 3 | Helga Schmidt-Neuber |  Germany |
1:14.8 | Q |
| 4 | Maureen Murphy | United States |
1:14.8 | Q |
| 5 | Patricia Huntingford | Australia |
1:16.0 | |
| 6 | Philippa Gould | New Zealand |
1:17.5 | |
| 7 | Judit Temes | Hungary |
1:17.6 | |
| 8 | Martha Gultom |  Indonesia |
1:21.7 |
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Judy Grinham | Great Britain |
1:12.9 | WR |
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Carin Cone | United States |
1:12.9 | =WR |
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Margaret Edwards | Great Britain |
1:13.1 | |
| 4 | Helga Schmidt-Neuber | Germany |
1:13.4 | |
| 5 | Maureen Murphy | United States |
1:14.1 | |
| 6 | Julie Hoyle | Great Britain |
1:14.3 | |
| 7 | Sara Barber | 23x15px Canada | 1:14.3 | |
| 8 | Gerganiya Beckitt | Australia |
1:14.7 |
Key: WR = World record
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