Women 100m Backstroke Swimming XIV Olympic Games 1948 London, Great Britain - Thursday, 5thd August - Gold Medal: Karen Margrete Harup, Denmark

Women 100m Backstroke Swimming XIV Olympic Games 1948 London, Great Britain - Thursday, 5thd August - Gold Medal: Karen Margrete Harup, Denmark

Final		time		gap	L	Y
1. Karen Margrethe Harup	Denmark	1:14.4	OR		5	23
2. Suzanne Zimmerman	United States	1:16.0		+1.6s	4	23
3. Judy Davies	Australia	1:16.7		+2.3s	3	20
4. Ilona Novak	Hungary	1:18.4		+4.0s	6	23
5. Hendrika Anna-Maria Van Der Horst	Netherlands	1:18.8		+4.4s	1	15
6. Dirkje Van Ekris	Netherlands	1:18.9		+4.5s	7	15
7. Muriel Jane Mellon	United States	1:19.0		+4.6s	2	20
8. Greetje Galliard	Netherlands	1:19.1		+4.7s	8	21

24 Competitors from 16 Nations. Empire Pool.

World Record: Cor Kint, Netherlands 1:10.9 Rotterdam, Netherlands 22 September 1939

Olympic Record: Nida Senff, Netherlands 1:16.6 Berlin, Germany 11th August

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Men 100m Freestyle	Women 100m Freestyle
Men 400m Freestyle	Women 400m Freestyle
Men 1500m Freestyle
Men 100m Backstroke	Women 100m Backstroke
Men 200m Breaststroke	Women 200m Breaststroke
Men 4x200m Freestyle Relay	Women 4x100m Freestyle Relay

1936 Women 100m Backstroke

Women 100m Backstroke History

1952 Women 100m Backstroke

The cancellation of the 1940 and 1944 Games meant that Con Kint of Holland would never grace the Olympic stage. Her world record, set in 1939, would last for 21 years but Kint herself was long retired by the time the London Games came around. The favourite was the Dane, Karen Margrethe Harup, who had won the event at the 1947 European Championships. Harup proved to be a worthy champion as she broke the Olympic record in all three of her races. She finished over a second clear of Suzanne Zimmerman of the USA with Judy-Joy Davies taking bronze for Australia. Monique Berlioux, who was eliminated in the semi-finals was a member of the French Resistance during World War Two and later went on a career with the International Olympic Committee. She served as Director of the IOC between 1971 and 1995.

Semi-Finals (1/2) - Wednesday, 4th August

Best 8 times advanced to Final.

Semi 1		time		gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Karen Margrethe Harup	Denmark	1:15.5	OR		5	23	1.
2. Ilona Novak	Hungary	1:17.6		+2.1s	4	23	3.
3. Muriel Jane Mellon	United States	1:18.2		+2.7s	8	20	5.
3. Hendrika Anna-Maria Van Der Horst	Netherlands	1:18.2		+2.7s	6	15	5.
5. Greetje Galliard	Netherlands	1:18.4		+2.9s	6	21	7.
6. Catherine Gibson	Great Britain	1:18.6		+3.1s	2	17	8.
7. Ngaire Lane	New Zealand	1:19.0		+3.5s	7	22	11.
8. Beryl Marshall	Argentina	1:20.7		+5.2s	1	_	14.

Semi 2		time	gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Suzanne Zimmerman	United States	1:16.8	+1.3s	4	23	2.
2. Judy Davies	Australia	1:17.8	+2.3s	5	20	4.
3. Dirkje Van Ekris	Netherlands	1:18.1	+2.6s	3	15	5.
4. Helen Yate	Great Britain	1:18.6	+3.1s	3	27	8.
5. Barbara Jayne Jensen	United States	1:19.1	+3.6s	2	18	12.
6. Monique Berlioux-Libotte	France	1:20.2	+4.7s	7	22	13.
7. Vera Patricia Ellery	Great Britain	1:20.8	+5.3s	8	21	15.
-. Ingegard Fredin	Sweden	DNS		1	17	-.

Heats - Wednesday, 4th August

Best 16 times advanced to Semi-Finals (1/2).

Heat 4		time	gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Greetje Galliard	Netherlands	1:18.2	+2.6s	2	21	5.
2. Muriel Jane Mellon	United States	1:18.7	+3.1s	6	20	7.
3. Catherine Gibson	Great Britain	1:19.7	+4.1s	7	17	13.
4. Magda Bruggemann Schmidt	Mexico	1:21.4	+5.8s	5	18	17.
5. Bea Ballentijn Stenersen	Norway	1:22.1	+6.5s	3	25	18.
6. Edith De Oliveira	Brazil	1:22.5	+6.9s	4	19	19.
7. Ginette Jany-Sendral	France	1:22.7	+7.1s	1	16	20.

Heat 3		time	gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Judy Davies	Australia	1:16.4	+0.8s	5	20	2.
2. Ilona Novak	Hungary	1:17.3	+1.7s	6	23	4.
3. Barbara Jayne Jensen	United States	1:18.8	+3.2s	7	18	9.
4. Dirkje Van Ekris	Netherlands	1:19.3	+3.7s	3	15	12.
5. Vera Patricia Ellery	Great Britain	1:20.9	+5.3s	4	21	14.
6. Liliana Gonzalias	Argentina	1:26.9	+11.3s	2	_	24.

Heat 2		time		gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Karen Margrethe Harup	Denmark	1:15.6	OR		1	23	1.
2. Suzanne Zimmerman	United States	1:16.8		+1.2s	4	23	3.
3. Helen Yate	Great Britain	1:18.3		+2.7s	6	27	6.
4. Beryl Marshall	Argentina	1:20.9		+5.3s	7	_	14.
5. Doris Gontersweiler-Vetterli	Switzerland	1:26.2		+10.6s	3	14	22.
6. Joyce C Court	Canada	1:26.8		+11.2s	2	_	23.

Heat 1		time	gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Hendrika Anna-Maria Van Der Horst	Netherlands	1:18.7	+3.1s	5	15	7.
2. Ngaire Lane	New Zealand	1:18.8	+3.2s	4	22	9.
2. Monique Berlioux-Libotte	France	1:18.8	+3.2s	3	22	9.
4. Ingegard Fredin	Sweden	1:21.2	+5.6s	6	17	16.
5. Kolbrun Olafsdottir	Iceland	1:25.6	+10.0s	7	15	21.

Final		time		gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Karen Margrethe Harup	Denmark	1:14.4	OR		5	23	1.
2. Suzanne Zimmerman	United States	1:16.0		+1.6s	4	23	2.
3. Judy Davies	Australia	1:16.7		+2.3s	3	20	3.
4. Ilona Novak	Hungary	1:18.4		+4.0s	6	23	4.
5. Hendrika Anna-Maria Van Der Horst	Netherlands	1:18.8		+4.4s	1	15	5.
6. Dirkje Van Ekris	Netherlands	1:18.9		+4.5s	7	15	6.
7. Muriel Jane Mellon	United States	1:19.0		+4.6s	2	20	7.
8. Greetje Galliard	Netherlands	1:19.1		+4.7s	8	21	8.
Semis		time		gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Karen Margrethe Harup	Denmark	1:15.5	OR		5	23	1.
1. Suzanne Zimmerman	United States	1:16.8		+1.3s	4	23	2.
2. Ilona Novak	Hungary	1:17.6		+2.1s	4	23	3.
2. Judy Davies	Australia	1:17.8		+2.3s	5	20	4.
3. Dirkje Van Ekris	Netherlands	1:18.1		+2.6s	3	15	5.
3. Muriel Jane Mellon	United States	1:18.2		+2.7s	8	20	5.
3. Hendrika Anna-Maria Van Der Horst	Netherlands	1:18.2		+2.7s	6	15	5.
5. Greetje Galliard	Netherlands	1:18.4		+2.9s	6	21	7.
6. Catherine Gibson	Great Britain	1:18.6		+3.1s	2	17	8.
4. Helen Yate	Great Britain	1:18.6		+3.1s	3	27	8.
7. Ngaire Lane	New Zealand	1:19.0		+3.5s	7	22	11.
5. Barbara Jayne Jensen	United States	1:19.1		+3.6s	2	18	12.
6. Monique Berlioux-Libotte	France	1:20.2		+4.7s	7	22	13.
8. Beryl Marshall	Argentina	1:20.7		+5.2s	1	_	14.
7. Vera Patricia Ellery	Great Britain	1:20.8		+5.3s	8	21	15.
-. Ingegard Fredin	Sweden	DNS			1	17	-.
Heats		time		gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Karen Margrethe Harup	Denmark	1:15.6	OR		1	23	1.
1. Judy Davies	Australia	1:16.4		+0.8s	5	20	2.
2. Suzanne Zimmerman	United States	1:16.8		+1.2s	4	23	3.
2. Ilona Novak	Hungary	1:17.3		+1.7s	6	23	4.
1. Greetje Galliard	Netherlands	1:18.2		+2.6s	2	21	5.
3. Helen Yate	Great Britain	1:18.3		+2.7s	6	27	6.
2. Muriel Jane Mellon	United States	1:18.7		+3.1s	6	20	7.
1. Hendrika Anna-Maria Van Der Horst	Netherlands	1:18.7		+3.1s	5	15	7.
2. Ngaire Lane	New Zealand	1:18.8		+3.2s	4	22	9.
2. Monique Berlioux-Libotte	France	1:18.8		+3.2s	3	22	9.
3. Barbara Jayne Jensen	United States	1:18.8		+3.2s	7	18	9.
4. Dirkje Van Ekris	Netherlands	1:19.3		+3.7s	3	15	12.
3. Catherine Gibson	Great Britain	1:19.7		+4.1s	7	17	13.
5. Vera Patricia Ellery	Great Britain	1:20.9		+5.3s	4	21	14.
4. Beryl Marshall	Argentina	1:20.9		+5.3s	7	_	14.
4. Ingegard Fredin	Sweden	1:21.2		+5.6s	6	17	16.
4. Magda Bruggemann Schmidt	Mexico	1:21.4		+5.8s	5	18	17.
5. Bea Ballentijn Stenersen	Norway	1:22.1		+6.5s	3	25	18.
6. Edith De Oliveira	Brazil	1:22.5		+6.9s	4	19	19.
7. Ginette Jany-Sendral	France	1:22.7		+7.1s	1	16	20.
5. Kolbrun Olafsdottir	Iceland	1:25.6		+10.0s	7	15	21.
5. Doris Gontersweiler-Vetterli	Switzerland	1:26.2		+10.6s	3	14	22.
6. Joyce C Court	Canada	1:26.8		+11.2s	2	_	23.
6. Liliana Gonzalias	Argentina	1:26.9		+11.3s	2	_	24.
-. Zsuzsa Nador	Hungary	DNS			5	20	-.
-. J T Szemes	Hungary	DNS			1	_	-.

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