Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke

The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1956 Olympic Games took place December 5. This swimming event used backstroke. 23 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.

Medalists

Gold	Judy Grinham  Great Britain
Silver	Carin Cone  United States
Bronze	Margaret Edwards  Great Britain

Results

Heats

Eight fastest swimmers advanced to the finals.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Judy Grinham	Great Britain	1:13.1	Q
2	Maria Both	Romania	1:15.8
3	Liudmyla Klipova	Soviet Union	1:16.1
4	Mary Anne Marchino	United States	1:16.2
5	Elżbieta Gellner	Poland	1:16.2
6	Pam Singleton	Australia	1:17.0
7	Lenora Fisher	Canada	1:17.5
8	Ginette Jany-Sendral	France	1:19.1

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Carin Cone	United States	1:13.9	Q
2	Gerganiya Beckitt	Australia	1:14.8	Q
3	Julie Hoyle	Great Britain	1:15.0	Q
4	Éva Pajor	Hungary	1:15.3
5	Jean Stewart	New Zealand	1:15.4
6	Moira Abernethy	South Africa	1:15.4
7	Jocelyn von Giese	Philippines	1:20.0

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Margaret Edwards	Great Britain	1:13.0	Q
2	Sara Barber	Canada	1:14.3	Q
3	Helga Schmidt-Neuber	United Team of Germany	1:14.8	Q
4	Maureen Murphy	United States	1:14.8	Q
5	Patricia Huntingford	Australia	1:16.0
6	Philippa Gould	New Zealand	1:17.5
7	Judit Temes	Hungary	1:17.6
8	Martha Gultom	Indonesia	1:21.7

Final

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Judy Grinham	Great Britain	1:12.9	WR
	Carin Cone	United States	1:12.9	=WR
	Margaret Edwards	Great Britain	1:13.1
4	Helga Schmidt-Neuber	United Team of Germany	1:13.4
5	Maureen Murphy	United States	1:14.1
6	Julie Hoyle	Great Britain	1:14.3
7	Sara Barber	Canada	1:14.3
8	Gerganiya Beckitt	Australia	1:14.7

Key: WR = World record

External links

• Women 100m Backstroke Swimming Olympic Games 1956 Melbourne (AUS)