Swimming - Olympic Games - 1956

Olympic Games - Results Women 1956

Australia - Melbourne - 29 November 1956 - 7 December 1956

Women's 200 m breaststroke - 30 November 1956

1	Ursula Happe (FDR)	2:53.1
2	Eva Székely (HUN)	2:54.8
3	Eva-maria Ten Elsen (GER)	2:55.1
4	Vinka Jericevic (YUG)	2:55.8
5	Klára Killermann (HUN)	2:56.1
6	Helen Gordon (GBR)	2:56.1
7	Mary Sears (USA)	2:57.2
8	Christine Gosden (GBR)	2:59.2

• Women's 200 m breaststroke - Detailed results
  
  

  Women's 200 m breaststroke - Heat - 29 November 1956

  1	Ursula Happe (FDR)	2:54.10 Q
  2	Klara Killerman Bartos (HUN)	2:54.60 Q
  3	Elenor Gordon (GBR)	2:55.40 Q
  4	Eva Székely (HUN)	2:55.80 Q
  5	Vinka Jerisevic (YUG)	2:56.00 Q
  6	Eva-maria Ten Elsen (GER)	2:57.50 Q
  7	Mary Sears (USA)	2:58.20 Q
  7	Christine Loraine Gosden (GBR)	2:58.20 Q
  9	Jytte Hansen (DEN)	2:59.80
  10	Colette Goosens (BEL)	3:00.50
  11	Éva Novák-Gerard (HUN)	3:02.70
  12	Barbara Evans (AUS)	3:03.60
  13	Elena Zennaro (ITA)	3:05.20
  14	Ria Tobing (INO)	3:14.20

  
  

  Women's 200 m breaststroke - Final - 30 November 1956

  1	Ursula Happe (FDR)	2:53.1
  2	Eva Székely (HUN)	2:54.8
  3	Eva-maria Ten Elsen (GER)	2:55.1
  4	Vinka Jericevic (YUG)	2:55.8
  5	Klára Killermann (HUN)	2:56.1
  6	Helen Gordon (GBR)	2:56.1
  7	Mary Sears (USA)	2:57.2
  8	Christine Gosden (GBR)	2:59.2

Women's 100 m freestyle - 1 December 1956

1	Dawn Fraser (AUS)	1:02.0
2	Lorraine Crapp (AUS)	1:02.3
3	Faith Leech (AUS)	1:05.1
4	Joan Alderson-rosazza (USA)	1:05.2
5	Virginia Grant (CAN)	1:05.4
6	Shelley Mann (USA)	1:05.6
7	Marrion Roe (NZL)	1:05.6
8	Natalie Myburgh (RSA)	1:05.8

• Women's 100 m freestyle - Detailed results
  
  

  Women's 100 m freestyle - Heat - 29 November 1956

  1	Dawn Fraser (AUS)	1:02.40 Q
  2	Lorraine Crapp (AUS)	1:03.40 Q
  3	Faith Leech (AUS)	1:04.90 Q
  4	Virginia Grant (CAN)	1:05.10 Q
  4	Natalie Ann Myburgh (RSA)	1:05.10 Q
  6	Shelley Mann (USA)	1:05.40 Q
  7	Joan Rosazza (USA)	1:05.50 Q
  8	Marion Roe (NZL)	1:05.90 Q
  9	Nancy Simons (USA)	1:06.50
  9	Zsuzsa Ordogh (HUN)	1:06.50
  11	Valéria Gyenge (HUN)	1:06.60
  12	Jeanette Myburgh (RSA)	1:07.10
  12	Helen Stewart (CAN)	1:07.10
  14	Kate Jobson (SWE)	1:07.30
  15	Birgit Klomp (FDR)	1:07.70
  16	Susan Roberts (RSA)	1:07.90
  17	Katalin Szöke (HUN)	1:08.00
  18	Christel Steffin (GER)	1:08.10
  19	Katharine Jansen (FDR)	1:08.30
  20	Anita Hellstrom (SWE)	1:08.50
  20	Frances Hogben (GBR)	1:08.50
  22	Odile Vouaux (FRA)	1:08.60
  23	Fearne Ewart (GBR)	1:08.80
  23	Héda Frost (FRA)	1:08.80
  23	Hitomi Jinno (JPN)	1:08.80
  26	Irene Sweyd (BEL)	1:08.90
  27	Gladys Priestley (CAN)	1:09.20
  28	Blanca Luz Barron Serrano (MEX)	1:09.50
  29	Ginette Jany-Sendral (FRA)	1:09.90
  30	Shoshana Rivner (ISR)	1:10.30
  30	Yoshiko Sato (JPN)	1:10.30
  32	Winifred Griffin (NZL)	1:10.40
  33	Setsuko Shimada (JPN)	1:11.80
  34	Margaret Northrop (KEN)	1:12.80
  35	Gertrudes Lozada (PHI)	1:13.70

  
  

  Women's 100 m freestyle - Semi-Final - 30 November 1956

  1	Dawn Fraser (AUS)	1:03.00 Q
  2	Lorraine Crapp (AUS)	1:03.10 Q
  3	Faith Leech (AUS)	1:05.20 Q
  4	Marion Roe (NZL)	1:05.30 Q
  5	Virginia Grant (CAN)	1:05.50 Q
  6	Shelley Mann (USA)	1:05.50 Q
  7	Joan Rosazza (USA)	1:05.90 Q
  8	Natalie Ann Myburgh (RSA)	1:06.00 Q
  9	Nancy Simons (USA)	1:06.10
  9	Kate Jobson (SWE)	1:06.10
  11	Valéria Gyenge (HUN)	1:06.40
  12	Susan Roberts (RSA)	1:06.60
  13	Jeanette Myburgh (RSA)	1:06.70
  14	Zsuzsa Ordogh (HUN)	1:06.90
  14	Helen Stewart (CAN)	1:06.90
  16	Birgit Klomp (FDR)	1:07.90

  
  

  Women's 100 m freestyle - Final - 1 December 1956

  1	Dawn Fraser (AUS)	1:02.0
  2	Lorraine Crapp (AUS)	1:02.3
  3	Faith Leech (AUS)	1:05.1
  4	Joan Alderson-rosazza (USA)	1:05.2
  5	Virginia Grant (CAN)	1:05.4
  6	Shelley Mann (USA)	1:05.6
  7	Marrion Roe (NZL)	1:05.6
  8	Natalie Myburgh (RSA)	1:05.8

Women's 100 m backstroke - 5 December 1956

1	Judy Grinham (GBR)	1:12.9
2	Carin Cone (USA)	1:12.9
3	Margaret Edwards (GBR)	1:13.1
4	Helga Schmidt (FDR)	1:13.4
5	Maureen Murphy (USA)	1:14.1
6	Julie Hoyle (GBR)	1:14.3
7	Sara Barber (CAN)	1:14.3
8	Gerganyia Beckitt (AUS)	1:14.7

• Women's 100 m backstroke - Detailed results
  
  

  Women's 100 m backstroke - Heat - 6 December 1956

  1	Margaret Edwards (GBR)	1:13.00 Q
  2	Judith Grinham (GBR)	1:13.10 Q
  3	Carin Cone (USA)	1:13.90 Q
  4	Sara Barber (CAN)	1:14.30 Q
  5	Helga Schmidt-Neuber (GER)	1:14.80 Q
  5	Maureen Elizabeth Murphy (USA)	1:14.80 Q
  5	Gerganiya Beckitt (AUS)	1:14.80 Q
  8	Julie Hoyle (GBR)	1:15.00 Q
  9	Eva Pajor (HUN)	1:15.30
  10	Moira Abernethy (RSA)	1:15.40
  10	Jean Stewart (NZL)	1:15.40
  12	Maria Both (ROM)	1:15.80
  13	Patricia Ann Huntingford (AUS)	1:16.00
  14	Lyudmila Klipova (URS)	1:16.10
  15	Elzbieta Gellner (POL)	1:16.20
  15	Mary Anne Marchino (USA)	1:16.20
  17	Pamela Rochene Singleton (AUS)	1:17.00
  18	Philippa Gould (NZL)	1:17.50
  18	Lenora Fisher-Gilchrist (CAN)	1:17.50
  20	Judit Temes (HUN)	1:17.60
  21	Ginette Jany-Sendral (FRA)	1:19.10
  22	Jocelyn Von Giese (PHI)	1:20.00
  23	Martha Gulltom (INO)	1:21.70

  
  

  Women's 100 m backstroke - Final - 5 December 1956

  1	Judy Grinham (GBR)	1:12.9
  2	Carin Cone (USA)	1:12.9
  3	Margaret Edwards (GBR)	1:13.1
  4	Helga Schmidt (FDR)	1:13.4
  5	Maureen Murphy (USA)	1:14.1
  6	Julie Hoyle (GBR)	1:14.3
  7	Sara Barber (CAN)	1:14.3
  8	Gerganyia Beckitt (AUS)	1:14.7

Women's 100 m butterfly - 5 December 1956

1	Shelley Mann (USA)	1:11.0
2	Nancy Ramey (USA)	1:11.9
3	Mary Sears (USA)	1:14.4
4	Mária Littomeritzky (HUN)	1:14.9
5	Beverly Bainbridge (AUS)	1:15.2
6	Jutta Langenau (DDR)	1:17.4
7	Elizabeth Whittall (CAN)	1:17.9
8	Sara Barber (CAN)	1:18.4

• Women's 100 m butterfly - Detailed results
  
  

  Women's 100 m butterfly - Heat - 5 December 1956

  1	Shelley Mann (USA)	1:11.20 Q
  2	Nancy Ramey (USA)	1:13.40 Q
  3	Beverley Ann Bainbridge (AUS)	1:14.40 Q
  4	Mary Sears (USA)	1:15.10 Q
  5	Maria Littomeritczky (HUN)	1:15.20 Q
  6	Sara Barber (CAN)	1:16.20 Q
  7	Elizabeth Whittall (CAN)	1:16.90 Q
  8	Jutta Langenau (DDR)	1:17.40 Q
  9	Anne Morton (GBR)	1:17.70
  9	Marta Skupilova (CZE)	1:17.70
  11	Maureen Patricia Giles (AUS)	1:19.40
  12	Odette Lusien (FRA)	1:19.80

  
  

  Women's 100 m butterfly - Final - 5 December 1956

  1	Shelley Mann (USA)	1:11.0
  2	Nancy Ramey (USA)	1:11.9
  3	Mary Sears (USA)	1:14.4
  4	Mária Littomeritzky (HUN)	1:14.9
  5	Beverly Bainbridge (AUS)	1:15.2
  6	Jutta Langenau (DDR)	1:17.4
  7	Elizabeth Whittall (CAN)	1:17.9
  8	Sara Barber (CAN)	1:18.4

Women's 4x100 m freestyle - 6 December 1956

1	Australia (Lorraine Crapp, Sandra Morgan, Faith Leech, Dawn Fraser)	4:17.1
2	United States (Joan Alderson-rosazza, Nancy Simons, Shelley Mann, Sylvia Ruuska)	4:19.2
3	South Africa (Moira Abernathy, Natalie Myburgh, Susan Roberts, Jeanette Myburgh)	4:25.7
4	Germany (Birgit Klomp, Katharine Jansen, Hertha Hasse, Ingrid Künzel)	4:26.1
5	Canada (Virginia Grant, Sara Barber, Gladys Priestley, Helen Stewart)	4:28.3
6	Sweden (Kate Jobson, Anna Larsson, Birgitta Wängberg, Anita Hellström)	4:30.0
7	Hungary (Valéria Gyenge, Judit Temes, Katalin Szöke, Mária Littomeritzky)	4:31.1
8	Great Britain (Feame Ewart, Margaret Girvan, Judy Grinham, Frances Hogben)	4:35.8

• Women's 4x100 m freestyle - Detailed results
  
  

  Women's 4x100 m freestyle - Heat - 4 December 1956

  1	Australia (Elizabeth Fraser, Margaret Gibson, Lorraine Crapp, Sandra Morgan)	4:25.0 Q
  2	South Africa (Jeanette Myburgh, Moira Abernethy, Susan Roberts, Natalie Myburgh)	4:26.8 Q
  3	United States (Marley Shriver, Kay Knapp, Betty Brey, Joan Rosazza)	4:27.3 Q
  4	Germany (Birgit Klomp, Kati Jansen, Hertha Haase, Ingrid Künzel)	4:27.5 Q
  5	Hungary (Valéria Gyenge, Judit Temes, Katalin Szöke, Mária Littomeritzky)	4:28.1 Q
  6	Canada (Virginia Grant, Sara Barber, Gladys Priestley, Helen Stewart)	4:29.3 Q
  7	Sweden (Kate Jobson, Karin Larsson, Birgitta Wängberg, Anita Hellström)	4:30.1 Q
  8	Great Britain (Fearne Ewart, Margaret Girvan, Judith Grinham, Frances Hogben)	4:34.6 Q
  9	Japan (Yukiko Otaka, Yoshiko Sato, Eiko Wada, Hitomi Jinno)	4:35.8
  10	France (Héda Frost, Ginette Jany-Sendral, Viviane Gouverneur, Odile Vouaux)	4:36.6

  
  

  Women's 4x100 m freestyle - Final - 6 December 1956

  1	Australia (Lorraine Crapp, Sandra Morgan, Faith Leech, Dawn Fraser)	4:17.1
  2	United States (Joan Alderson-rosazza, Nancy Simons, Shelley Mann, Sylvia Ruuska)	4:19.2
  3	South Africa (Moira Abernathy, Natalie Myburgh, Susan Roberts, Jeanette Myburgh)	4:25.7
  4	Germany (Birgit Klomp, Katharine Jansen, Hertha Hasse, Ingrid Künzel)	4:26.1
  5	Canada (Virginia Grant, Sara Barber, Gladys Priestley, Helen Stewart)	4:28.3
  6	Sweden (Kate Jobson, Anna Larsson, Birgitta Wängberg, Anita Hellström)	4:30.0
  7	Hungary (Valéria Gyenge, Judit Temes, Katalin Szöke, Mária Littomeritzky)	4:31.1
  8	Great Britain (Feame Ewart, Margaret Girvan, Judy Grinham, Frances Hogben)	4:35.8

Women's 400 m freestyle - 7 December 1956

1	Lorraine Crapp (AUS)	4:54.6
2	Dawn Fraser (AUS)	5:02.5
3	Sylvia Ruuska (USA)	5:07.1
4	Marley Shriver (USA)	5:12.9
5	Rypszima Székely (HUN)	5:14.2
6	Sandra Morgan (AUS)	5:14.3
7	Héda Frost (FRA)	5:15.4
8	Valéria Gyenge (HUN)	5:21.0

• Women's 400 m freestyle - Detailed results
  
  

  Women's 400 m freestyle - Heat - 5 December 1956

  1	Lorraine Crapp (AUS)	5:00.20 Q
  2	Dawn Fraser (AUS)	5:02.50 Q
  3	Marley Shriver (USA)	5:07.60 Q
  4	Sandra Morgan (AUS)	5:07.80 Q
  5	Sylvia Ruuska (USA)	5:10.30 Q
  6	Rypszima Székely (HUN)	5:10.50 Q
  7	Valéria Gyenge (HUN)	5:14.20 Q
  8	Héda Frost (FRA)	5:14.40 Q
  9	Susan Douglas Gray (USA)	5:16.70
  10	Natalie Ann Myburgh (RSA)	5:16.80
  10	Susan Roberts (RSA)	5:16.80
  12	Karin Larsson (SWE)	5:18.30
  13	Marion Roe (NZL)	5:18.50
  14	Ingrid Kunzel (GER)	5:20.80
  15	Elizabeth Whittall (CAN)	5:21.70
  16	Margaret Girvan (GBR)	5:23.60
  17	Colette Thomas (FRA)	5:23.90
  18	Gilda Aranda (MEX)	5:24.20
  19	Birgitta Wangberg (SWE)	5:27.00
  20	Eiko Wada (JPN)	5:27.20
  21	Gladys Priestley (CAN)	5:27.50
  22	Yukiko Otaka (JPN)	5:28.70
  23	Anita Hellstrom (SWE)	5:29.20
  24	Vivianne Gouverneur (FRA)	5:29.70
  25	Winifred Griffin (NZL)	5:31.00
  26	Gertrudes Lozada (PHI)	5:34.20

  
  

  Women's 400 m freestyle - Final - 7 December 1956

  1	Lorraine Crapp (AUS)	4:54.6
  2	Dawn Fraser (AUS)	5:02.5
  3	Sylvia Ruuska (USA)	5:07.1
  4	Marley Shriver (USA)	5:12.9
  5	Rypszima Székely (HUN)	5:14.2
  6	Sandra Morgan (AUS)	5:14.3
  7	Héda Frost (FRA)	5:15.4
  8	Valéria Gyenge (HUN)	5:21.0

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