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Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle

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Women's 100 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Date8–10 August
Competitors33 from 14 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Rie Mastenbroek  Netherlands
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jeannette Campbell  Argentina
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gisela Arendt  Germany
← 1932
1948 →

The women's 100 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the sixth appearance of the event, which was established in 1912. The competition was held from Saturday to Monday, 8 to 10 August 1936.

Thirty-three swimmers from 14 nations competed.

Records

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These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1936 Summer Olympics.

World Record 1:04.6 Netherlands Willy den Ouden Amsterdam (NED) 27 February 1936
Olympic Record 1:06.8 United States Helene Madison Los Angeles (USA) 8 August 1932

Rie Mastenbroek set a new Olympic record in the first heat with 1 minute 06.4 seconds and equaled her time in the first semi-final. In the final she lowered the Olympic record to 1 minute 05.9 seconds.

Results

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Heats

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Saturday 8 August 1936: The fastest three in each heat and the fastest fourth-placed from across the heats advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat 1

Place Swimmer Time Qual.
1  Rie Mastenbroek (NED) 1:06.4 Q OR
2  Gisela Arendt (GER) 1:07.3 Q
3  Katherine Rawls (USA) 1:08.5 Q
4  Phyllis Dewar (CAN) 1:09.2 q
5  Eva Arndt (DEN) 1:10.1
6  Margery Hinton (GBR) 1:13.0
7  Rei Takemura (JPN) 1:14.6
8  Scylla Venâncio (BRA) 1:15.1

Heat 2

Place Swimmer Time Qual.
1  Willy den Ouden (NED) 1:08.1 Q
2  Evelyn de Lacy (AUS) 1:08.5 Q
3  Olive McKean (USA) 1:09.3 Q
4  Ilona Ács (HUN) 1:12.7
5  Irene Pirie-Milton (CAN) 1:12.8
6  Tsuneko Furuta (JPN) 1:14.6

Heat 3

Place Swimmer Time Qual.
1  Jeannette Campbell (ARG) 1:06.8 Q
2  Tini Wagner (NED) 1:08.9 Q
3  Piedade Coutinho (BRA) 1:09.4 Q
4  Elvi Svendsen (DEN) 1:10.3
5  Inge Schmitz (GER) 1:10.9
6  Vera Harsányi (HUN) 1:11.5
7  Zilpha Grant (GBR) 1:12.1

Heat 4

Place Swimmer Time Qual.
1  Ragnhild Hveger (DEN) 1:09.6 Q
2  Kazue Kojima (JPN) 1:11.0 Q
3  Olive Wadham (GBR) 1:11.5 Q
4  Irma Schrameková (TCH) 1:11.8
5  Kitty Mackay (AUS) 1:13.8
6  Helena Salles (BRA) 1:16.2
7  Yeung Sauking (ROC) 1:22.2

Heat 5

Place Swimmer Time Qual.
1  Bernice Lapp (USA) 1:09.0 Q
2  Magda Lenkei (HUN) 1:09.9 Q
3  Margaret Stone (CAN) 1:10.0 Q
4  Leni Lohmar (GER) 1:10.3
5  Renée Blondeau (FRA) 1:10.9

Semifinals

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Sunday 9 August 1936: The fastest three in each semi-final and the fastest fourth-placed from across the heats advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

Place Swimmer Time Qual.
1  Rie Mastenbroek (NED) 1:06.4 Q =OR
2  Gisela Arendt (GER) 1:07.2 Q
3  Katherine Rawls (USA) 1:08.5 Q
4  Tini Wagner (NED) 1:08.6 q
5  Piedade Coutinho (BRA) 1:09.6
6  Phyllis Dewar (CAN) 1:09.6
7  Kazue Kojima (JPN) 1:11.1
8  Magda Lenkei (HUN) 1:12.1

Semifinal 2

Place Swimmer Time Qual.
1  Jeannette Campbell (ARG) 1:06.6 Q
2  Willy den Ouden (NED) 1:06.7 Q
3  Olive McKean (USA) 1:08.9 Q
4  Bernice Lapp (USA) 1:09.6
5  Evelyn de Lacy (AUS) 1:10.0
6  Olive Wadham (GBR) 1:12.0
7  Margaret Stone (CAN) 1:12.8
8  Ragnhild Hveger (DEN) 1:14.0

Final

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Monday 10 August 1936:

The podium with (fltr): Campbell, Mastenbroek, and Arendt
Place Swimmer Time
1  Rie Mastenbroek (NED) 1:05.9 OR
2  Jeannette Campbell (ARG) 1:06.4
3  Gisela Arendt (GER) 1:06.6
4  Willy den Ouden (NED) 1:07.6
5  Tini Wagner (NED) 1:08.1
6  Olive McKean (USA) 1:08.4
7  Katherine Rawls (USA) 1:08.7

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
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