Women 100m Backstroke Swimming XVII Olympic Games 1960 Rome, Italy - Saturday, 3rd September

Women 100m Backstroke Swimming XVII Olympic Games 1960 Rome, Italy - Saturday, 3rd September - Gold Medal: Lynn Burke, United States

Final 20:30		time		gap	L	Y
1. Lynn Burke	United States	1:09.3	OR		4	17
2. Natalie Steward	Great Britain	1:10.8		+1.5s	2	17
3. Satoko Tanaka	Japan	1:11.4		+2.1s	3	18
4. Laura Ranwell	South Africa	1:11.4		+2.1s	6	18
5. Rose-Marie Piacentini	France	1:11.4		+2.1s	1	22
6. Sylvia Lewis	Great Britain	1:11.8		+2.5s	7	18
7. Ria Van Velsen	Netherlands	1:12.1		+2.8s	5	17
8. Nadine Delache	France	1:12.4		+3.1s	8	19

30 Competitors from 19 Nations. Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto.
1964 Women 100m Backstroke	Women 100m Backstroke History	1956 Women 100m Backstroke

World Record: Lynn Burke, United States 1:09.2 Detroit, United States 5th September 1960

Olympic Record: Judy Grinham, Australia 1:09.4 Melbourne, Australia 1956

Todor 66	index Swimming OG
index Rome 1960	index Swimming Rome 1960


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 200m Butterfly	Women 100m Butterfly
Men 4x200m Freestyle Relay	Women 4x100m Freestyle Relay
Men 4x100m Medley Relay	Women 4x100m Medley Relay

In 1960 the United States Lynn Burke had broken the world record for this event four times, capped at the US Trials in Detroit, when she bettered it in both the heats and the final, leaving it at 1:09.2 coming into Rome. Heavily favored for the gold medal, she approached the world record in the heats with 1:09.4, and won the final easily in 1:09.3. Burke would win another gold medal in Rome as a member of the winning medley relay team.

Heats - Thursday, 1st August 20:50

Best 8 times advanced to Final.

Heat 4		time	gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Sylvia Lewis	Great Britain	1:12.2	+2.8s	3	18	6.
1. Rose-Marie Piacentini	France	1:12.2	+2.8s	4	22	6.
3. Nina Harmer	United States	1:13.8	+4.4s	5	14	15.
4. Kirsten Michaelsen	Denmark	1:14.3	+4.9s	6	17	18.
5. Dorothy Sutcliffe	South Rhodesia	1:15.2	+5.8s	1	13	20.
6. Daniela Serpilli	Italy	1:20.3	+10.9s	2	16	26.
7. Eleonore Lore Trittner	Austria	1:20.8	+11.4s	7	27	28.

Heat 3		time	gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Ria Van Velsen	Netherlands	1:11.1	+1.7s	4	17	2.
2. Satoko Tanaka	Japan	1:11.5	+2.1s	6	18	3.
3. Natalie Steward	Great Britain	1:12.0	+2.6s	5	17	4.
4. Helga Schmidt-Neuber	UT Germany	1:13.3	+3.9s	3	23	12.
5. Magdolna David	Hungary	1:15.7	+6.3s	2	18	21.
6. Arletta Faidiga	Italy	1:18.5	+9.1s	1	22	23.
7. Anne Van Parijs	Belgium	1:20.4	+11.0s	7	16	27.

Heat 2		time		gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Lynn Burke	United States	1:09.4	OR		4	17	1.
2. Ethel Ward Petersen	Denmark	1:12.6		+3.2s	7	18	9.
3. Ingrid Schmidt	UT Germany	1:13.1		+3.7s	5	15	11.
4. Marilyn Wilson	Australia	1:13.8		+4.4s	2	17	15.
5. Catharina Clasina Dobber	Netherlands	1:14.2		+4.8s	3	17	17.
6. Lyudmila Klipova	Soviet Union	1:14.5		+5.1s	6	23	19.
7. Doris Gontersweiler-Vetterli	Switzerland	1:19.6		+10.2s	1	27	25.
8. Simone Theis	Luxembourg	1:23.9		+14.5s	8	19	30.

Heat 1		time		gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Laura Ranwell	South Africa	1:12.0	OR	+2.6s	2	18	4.
2. Nadine Delache	France	1:12.5		+3.1s	3	19	8.
3. Larisa Viktorova	Soviet Union	1:12.8		+3.4s	5	16	10.
4. Sara Barber	Canada	1:13.4		+4.0s	4	19	13.
5. Gerganiya Beckitt	Australia	1:13.7		+4.3s	6	19	14.
6. Lynette Cooper	South Rhodesia	1:15.8		+6.4s	7	16	22.
7. Anneliese Rockenbach	Venezuela	1:18.6		+9.2s	8	17	24.
8. Anna Temesvari-Tamasovics	Hungary	1:21.5		+12.1s	1	17	29.

Final 20:30		time		gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Lynn Burke	United States	1:09.3	OR		4	17	1.
2. Natalie Steward	Great Britain	1:10.8		+1.5s	2	17	2.
3. Satoko Tanaka	Japan	1:11.4		+2.1s	3	18	3.
4. Laura Ranwell	South Africa	1:11.4		+2.1s	6	18	4.
5. Rose-Marie Piacentini	France	1:11.4		+2.1s	1	22	5.
6. Sylvia Lewis	Great Britain	1:11.8		+2.5s	7	18	6.
7. Ria Van Velsen	Netherlands	1:12.1		+2.8s	5	17	7.
8. Nadine Delache	France	1:12.4		+3.1s	8	19	8.
Heats		time		gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Lynn Burke	United States	1:09.4	OR		4	17	1.
1. Ria Van Velsen	Netherlands	1:11.1		+1.7s	4	17	2.
2. Satoko Tanaka	Japan	1:11.5		+2.1s	6	18	3.
1. Laura Ranwell	South Africa	1:12.0	OR	+2.6s	2	18	4.
3. Natalie Steward	Great Britain	1:12.0		+2.6s	5	17	4.
1. Sylvia Lewis	Great Britain	1:12.2		+2.8s	3	18	6.
1. Rose-Marie Piacentini	France	1:12.2		+2.8s	4	22	6.
2. Nadine Delache	France	1:12.5		+3.1s	3	19	8.
2. Ethel Ward Petersen	Denmark	1:12.6		+3.2s	7	18	9.
3. Larisa Viktorova	Soviet Union	1:12.8		+3.4s	5	16	10.
3. Ingrid Schmidt	UT Germany	1:13.1		+3.7s	5	15	11.
4. Helga Schmidt-Neuber	UT Germany	1:13.3		+3.9s	3	23	12.
4. Sara Barber	Canada	1:13.4		+4.0s	4	19	13.
5. Gerganiya Beckitt	Australia	1:13.7		+4.3s	6	19	14.
3. Nina Harmer	United States	1:13.8		+4.4s	5	14	15.
4. Marilyn Wilson	Australia	1:13.8		+4.4s	2	17	15.
5. Catharina Clasina Dobber	Netherlands	1:14.2		+4.8s	3	17	17.
4. Kirsten Michaelsen	Denmark	1:14.3		+4.9s	6	17	18.
6. Lyudmila Klipova	Soviet Union	1:14.5		+5.1s	6	23	19.
5. Dorothy Sutcliffe	South Rhodesia	1:15.2		+5.8s	1	13	20.
5. Magdolna David	Hungary	1:15.7		+6.3s	2	18	21.
6. Lynette Cooper	South Rhodesia	1:15.8		+6.4s	7	16	22.
6. Arletta Faidiga	Italy	1:18.5		+9.1s	1	22	23.
7. Anneliese Rockenbach	Venezuela	1:18.6		+9.2s	8	17	24.
7. Doris Gontersweiler-Vetterli	Switzerland	1:19.6		+10.2s	1	27	25.
6. Daniela Serpilli	Italy	1:20.3		+10.9s	2	16	26.
7. Anne Van Parijs	Belgium	1:20.4		+11.0s	7	16	27.
7. Eleonore Lore Trittner	Austria	1:20.8		+11.4s	7	27	28.
8. Anna Temesvari-Tamasovics	Hungary	1:21.5		+12.1s	1	17	29.
8. Simone Theis	Luxembourg	1:23.9		+14.5s	8	19	30.

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