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

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Women's 100 metre backstroke
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
DateJuly 19–20
Competitors10 from 5 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Sybil Bauer US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Phyllis Harding Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg Aileen Riggin US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
1928  

The women's 100 metre backstroke was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme. [1] It was the first appearance of the event, as women only swam freestyle events before this Games. 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 Record1:22.4 Flag of the United States.svg Sybil Bauer Miami (USA)January 6, 1924
Olympic Record-none--

In the first heat Sybil Bauer set the first Olympic record with 1:24.0 minutes. In the final she bettered her own record to 1:23.2 minutes.

Results

Semifinals

Saturday July 19, 1924: The fastest two in each semi-final and the faster of the two third-placed swimmer advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1US flag 48 stars.svg  Sybil Bauer  (USA)1:24.0QQ OR
2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Phyllis Harding  (GBR)1:29.4QQ
3US flag 48 stars.svg  Florence Chambers  (USA)1:32.0qq
4Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Ellen King  (GBR)1:38.2
5Flag of France.svg  Lucienne Rouet  (FRA)1:43.8

Semifinal 2

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1US flag 48 stars.svg  Aileen Riggin  (USA)1:29.6QQ
2Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Jarmila Müllerová  (TCH)1:37.0QQ
3Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Helen Boyle  (GBR)1:43.0
4Flag of France.svg  Alice Stoffel  (FRA)1:44.0
5Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Renée Brasseur  (LUX)1:51.4

Final

Sunday July 20, 1924:

PlaceSwimmerTime
1US flag 48 stars.svg  Sybil Bauer  (USA)1:23.2 OR
2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Phyllis Harding  (GBR)1:27.4
3US flag 48 stars.svg  Aileen Riggin  (USA)1:28.2
4US flag 48 stars.svg  Florence Chambers  (USA)1:30.8
5Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Jarmila Müllerová  (TCH)1:31.2

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References

  1. "Swimming at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2016.