Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly
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The women's 100 metre butterfly
event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on August 29 and August 30. 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.
Key: DNF = Did not finish, OR = Olympic record
Butterfly stroke
The butterfly is a swimming stroke swum on the breast, with both arms moving simultaneously. The butterfly kick was developed separately, and is also known as the "dolphin kick"...
event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on August 29 and August 30. This swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
event used the butterfly stroke
Butterfly stroke
The butterfly is a swimming stroke swum on the breast, with both arms moving simultaneously. The butterfly kick was developed separately, and is also known as the "dolphin kick"...
. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.
Medalists
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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Carolyn Schuler Carolyn Schuler Carolyn Schuler is an American swimmer and olympic champion. She competed at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, where she received a gold medal in 100 m butterfly, and also a gold medal in 4x100m medley relay.-References:*... |
1:09.5 | OR | |
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Marianne Heemskerk Marianne Heemskerk Marianne Yvonne Heemskerk is a former butterfly swimmer from the Netherlands, who won the silver medal in the 100 m butterfly at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. Heemskerk broke the world record in the women's 200m butterfly on 12 June 1960 in Leipzig, East Germany.-References:*... |
1:10.4 | ||
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Jan Andrew Jan Andrew Janice Andrew , known after marriage as Janice Thornett, was an Australian butterfly swimmer of the 1950s, who won a bronze medal in the 100 m butterfly and a silver medal in the 4 &ntimes; m medley relay at the 1960 Rome Olympics... |
1:12.2 | ||
| 4 | Sheila Watt | 1:13.3 | ||
| 5 | Atie Voorbij | 1:13.3 | ||
| 6 | Zinaida Belovetskaya | 1:13.3 | ||
| 7 | Kristina Larsson | 1:13.6 | ||
| Carolyn Wood Carolyn Wood (swimmer) Carolyn Wood is a former competitive freestyle and butterfly swimmer from the United States who won a gold medal the 4×100m freestyle relay in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy... |
DNF |
Key: DNF = Did not finish, OR = Olympic record