Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle

Women's 100 metre freestyle at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Date	10–11 August
Competitors	24 from 11 nations
Medalists
Albina Osipowich  United States Eleanor Garatti  United States Joyce Cooper  Great Britain

The women's 100 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth appearance of the event, which was established in 1912. The competition was held on Friday August 10, 1928, and on Saturday August 11, 1928.

Twenty-four swimmers from eleven nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

World Record	1:10.0	Ethel Lackie	Toledo (USA)	January 28, 1926
Olympic Record	1:12.2	Mariechen Wehselau	Paris (FRA)	July 19, 1924

In the first semi-final Albina Osipowich equaled the Olympic record with 1 minute 12.2 seconds. In the second semi-final Eleanor Garatti improved the record with a time of 1 minute 11.4 seconds. In the final Albina Osipowich again bettered the Olympic record with 1 minute 11.0 seconds.

Results

Heats

The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced.

Heat 1

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	Jean McDowell (GBR)	1:14.0	Q
2	Susan Laird (USA)	1:14.2	Q
3	Maria Vierdag (NED)	1:14.4	q
4	Reni Erkens (GER)	1:15.0
5	Rhoda Rennie (RSA)
6	Claire Horrent (FRA)

Heat 2

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	Agnete Olsen (DEN)	1:15.8	Q
2	Ena Stockley (NZL)	1:16.4	Q
3	Zus Engelenberg (RSA)	1:22.6
4	Edna Davey (AUS)
5	Marguerite Ledoux (FRA)

Heat 3

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	Eleanor Garatti (USA)	1:14.8	Q
2	Iris Tanner (GBR)	1:26.4	Q

Heat 4

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	Albina Osipowich (USA)	1:12.4	Q
2	Kathleen Miller (NZL)	1:17.2	Q
3	Margit Sipos (HUN)	1:18.8

Heat 5

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	Kathleen Russell (RSA)	1:15.4	Q
2	Sarolta Stieber (HUN)	1:22.2	Q
3	Marguerite Dockrell (IRL)	1:31.6

Heat 6

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	Charlotte Lehmann (GER)	1:15.6	Q
2	Joyce Cooper (GBR)	1:16.8	Q
3	Bonnie Mealing (AUS)	1:20.6
4	Gerda Bredgaard (DEN)
5	Anne Dupire (FRA)

Semifinals

The fastest three in each semi-final advanced.

Semifinal 1

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	Albina Osipowich (USA)	1:12.2	Q =OR
2	Susan Laird (USA)	1:13.8	Q
3	Joyce Cooper (GBR)	1:14.0	Q
4	Iris Tanner (GBR)	1:04.8
5	Ena Stockley (NZL)
6	Agnete Olsen (DEN)
—	Sarolta Stieber (HUN)	DNF

Semifinal 2

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	Eleanor Garatti (USA)	1:11.4	Q OR
2	Jean McDowell (GBR)	1:15.6	Q
3	Charlotte Lehmann (GER)	1:15.8	Q
4	Kathleen Russell (RSA)
5	Maria Vierdag (NED)
6	Kathleen Miller (NZL)

Final

Saturday August 11, 1928:

Place	Swimmer	Time
1	Albina Osipowich (USA)	1:11.0 OR
2	Eleanor Garatti (USA)	1:11.4
3	Joyce Cooper (GBR)	1:13.6
4	Jean McDowell (GBR)	1:13.8
5	Susan Laird (USA)	1:14.6
6	Charlotte Lehmann (GER)	1:15.2

External links

• Olympic Report
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 7 October 2008.