The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1956 Olympic Games took place on 5 December. This swimming event used backstroke. Twenty-three 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. This was the seventh time that there had been the women's 100-metre backstroke after its debut in the 1924 Paris Olympics.
Results
Heats Eight fastest swimmers advanced to the finals.
Heat 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Judy Grinham 1:13.1 Q 2 Maria Both 1:15.8 3 Liudmyla Klipova 1:16.1 4 Mary Anne Marchino 1:16.2 5 Elżbieta Gellner 1:16.2 6 Pam Singleton 1:17.0 7 Lenora Fisher 1:17.5 8 Ginette Jany-Sendral 1:19.1
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Carin Cone 1:13.9 Q 2 Gergaynia Beckett 1:14.8 Q 3 Julie Hoyle 1:15.0 Q 4 Éva Pajor 1:15.3 5 Jean Stewart 1:15.4 6 Moira Abernethy 1:15.4 7 Jocelyn von Giese 1:20.0
Heat 3 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Margaret Edwards 1:13.0 Q 2 Sara Barber 1:14.3 Q 3 Helga Schmidt-Neuber 1:14.8 Q 4 Maureen Murphy 1:14.8 Q 5 Patricia Huntingford 1:16.0 6 Philippa Gould 1:17.5 7 Judit Temes 1:17.6 8 Martha Gultom 1:21.7
Final
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes Judy Grinham 1:12.9 WR Carin Cone 1:12.9 =WR Margaret Edwards 1:13.1 4 Helga Schmidt-Neuber 1:13.4 5 Maureen Murphy 1:14.1 6 Julie Hoyle 1:14.3 7 Sara Barber 1:14.3 8 Gergaynia Beckett 1:14.7
Key: WR = World record
References
External links Women 100m Backstroke Swimming Olympic Games 1956 Melbourne (AUS)