Women 100m Freestyle Swimming XVIII Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo, Japan - Tuesday, 13th October

Women 100m Freestyle Swimming XVIII Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo, Japan - Tuesday, 13th October - Gold Medal: Dawn Fraser, Australia

Final		time		gap	L	Y
1. Dawn Fraser	Australia	59.5s	OR		4	27
2. Sharon Stouder	United States	59.9s		+0.4s	5	15
3. Kathleen Ellis	United States	1:00.8		+1.3s	1	17
4. Erica Terpstra	Netherlands	1:01.8		+2.3s	2	21
5. Marion Lay	Canada	1:02.2		+2.7s	3	15
6. Csilla Madarasz-Bajnogel-Dobai	Hungary	1:02.4		+2.9s	7	21
7. Anki Hagberg	Sweden	1:02.5		+3.0s	8	16
8. Lynette Bell	Australia	1:02.7		+3.2s	6	17

44 Competitors from 22 Nations. Yoyogi National Gymansium.
1968 Women 100m Freestyle	Women 100m Freestyle History	1968 Women 100m Freestyle

World Record: Dawn Fraser, Australia 58.9s Sydney, Australia, 29 February 1964

Olympic Record: Dawn Fraser, Australia 1:01.2 Rome, Italy 29th August 1960

Todor 66	index Swimming OG
index Tokyo 1964	index Swimming Tokyo 1964


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

Dawn Fraser had won this event in 1956 and 1960, was the only female to have better one minute, and had set the last nine world records at this distance, capped by 58.9 in Sydney in February of the Olympic year. But only weeks later she was involved in a car accident and broke a vertebra in her back, and spent six weeks in a body cast. She recovered, but was expected to be challenged in Tokyo by 15-year-old Sharon Stouder of the USA. In the final Fraser led by ½-a-metre at the turn, but was soon caught by Stouder at 70 metres. But Fraser finished stronger and finished in 59.5 to win her third consecutive gold, Stouder coming across in 59.9, the second women to better one minute for the race. This made Fraser the first Olympic swimmer to win the same event at three straight Olympics.
A few days later, while still celebrating, Fraser led a midnight raid on an Olympic Flag near the Emperor's Palace. She was arrested but when they learned who it was, the Emperor dropped the charges and gave her the flag as a gift. However, Australia swimming authorities suspended her for 10 years, although this was later softened to a 4-year ban, which did not matter as she retired after Tokyo.

Semi-Finals (1/2) - Monday, 12th October

Best 8 times advanced to Final.

Semi 1		time		gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Dawn Fraser	Australia	59.9s	OR		4	27	1.
2. Marion Lay	Canada	1:02.2		+2.3s	5	15	3.
3. Lynette Bell	Australia	1:02.3		+2.4s	3	17	4.
4. Csilla Madarasz-Bajnogel-Dobai	Hungary	1:02.4		+2.5s	6	21	6.
5. Daniela Beneck	Italy	1:02.9		+3.0s	7	18	9.
5. Jeanne Hallock	United States	1:02.9		+3.0s	1	17	9.
7. Judit Turoczy	Hungary	1:03.0		+3.1s	2	16	11.
8. Robyn Thorn	Australia	1:03.9		+4.0s	8	18	14.

Semi 2		time	gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Sharon Stouder	United States	1:01.4	+1.5s	5	15	2.
2. Erica Terpstra	Netherlands	1:02.3	+2.4s	3	21	4.
3. Kathleen Ellis	United States	1:02.5	+2.6s	4	17	7.
4. Anki Hagberg	Sweden	1:02.8	+2.9s	6	16	8.
5. Martina Grunert	UT Germany	1:03.1	+3.2s	2	15	12.
6. Katalin Takacs	Hungary	1:03.3	+3.4s	7	22	13.
7. Ann-Charlotte Lilja	Sweden	1:03.9	+4.0s	1	18	14.
8. Ulla Jafvert	Sweden	1:04.6	+4.7s	8	18	16.

Heats - Monday, 12th October

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

Heat 6		time	gap	L	Y	Rk
3. Sharon Stouder	United States	1:02.3	+1.7s	6	15	4.
2. Lynette Bell	Australia	1:02.4	+1.8s	5	17	5.
3. Csilla Madarasz-Bajnogel-Dobai	Hungary	1:02.5	+1.9s	7	21	6.
4. Ann-Charlotte Lilja	Sweden	1:03.7	+3.1s	4	18	15.
5. Helen Louise Kennedy	Canada	1:04.2	+3.6s	1	15	20.
6. Miyoko Azuma	Japan	1:06.4	+5.8s	2	19	36.
7. Jovina Tseng	Malaysia	1:13.9	+13.3s	8	14	43.

Heat 5		time		gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Dawn Fraser	Australia	1:00.6	OR	7	27	1.	Heat 5 W_F_100m_
2. Marion Lay	Canada	1:02.1		+1.5s	4	15	3.
3. Katalin Takacs	Hungary	1:03.5		+2.9s	2	22	12.
4. Toyoko Kimura	Japan	1:04.8		+4.2s	8	18	26.
5. Marilyn Sidelsky	Rhodesia	1:05.5		+4.9s	6	16	32.
6. Linda Amos	Great Britain	1:06.1		+5.5s	1	18	35.
7. Rita Pulido Castro	Spain	1:06.7		+6.1s	5	19	38.
8. Margaret Harding	Puerto Rico	1:11.7		+11.1s	3	16	42.

Heat 4		time	gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Erica Terpstra	Netherlands	1:02.5	+1.9s	2	21	6.
2. Judit Turoczy	Hungary	1:02.9	+2.3s	4	16	9.
3. Ulla Jafvert	Sweden	1:03.8	+3.2s	1	18	17.
4. Natalya Bystrova	Soviet Union	1:04.0	+3.4s	5	17	19.
5. Diana Wilkinson	Great Britain	1:05.0	+4.4s	7	20	27.
6. Mara Sacchi	Italy	1:05.9	+5.3s	3	15	34.
7. Hrafnhildur Guðmundsdóttir	Iceland	1:06.4	+5.8s	8	21	36.
8. Maria Rosario De Vivanco Roca	Peru	1:09.0	+8.4s	6	15	41.

Heat 3		time	gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Jeanne Hallock	United States	1:03.6	+3.0s	3	17	14.
2. Robyn Thorn	Australia	1:03.7	+3.1s	7	18	15.
3. Natalya Ustinova	Soviet Union	1:04.2	+3.6s	5	19	20.
4. Kirsten Strange-Campbell	Denmark	1:05.3	+4.7s	4	20	30.
5. Gertrude Trudi Beierlein	UT Germany	1:05.4	+4.8s	6	23	31.
6. Monique Pietri	France	1:05.8	+5.2s	2	19	33.
7. Christl Paukerl	Austria	1:07.3	+6.7s	1	17	40.

Heat 2		time	gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Ann-Christine Hagberg	Sweden	1:02.5	+1.9s	5	16	6.
2. Rita Schumacher	UT Germany	1:03.5	+2.9s	7	27	12.
3. Anneliese Rockenbach	Venezuela	1:04.3	+3.7s	3	21	22.
4. Paola Saini	Italy	1:04.4	+3.8s	6	19	23.
6. Sandra Keen	Great Britain	1:04.7	+4.1s	4	17	25.
7. Toos Beumer	Netherlands	1:05.2	+4.6s	2	17	29.
8. Ann Lallande	Puerto Rico	1:06.8	+6.2s	1	15	39.

Heat 1		time	gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Kathleen Ellis	United States	1:01.5	+0.9s	7	17	2.
2. Martina Grunert	UT Germany	1:03.1	+2.5s	2	15	10.
3. Daniela Beneck	Italy	1:03.2	+2.6s	6	18	11.
4. Wilhelmina Van Weerdenburg	Netherlands	1:03.8	+3.2s	4	18	17.
5. Ryoko Urakami	Japan	1:04.5	+3.9s	3	17	24.
6. Mary Pauline Stewart	Canada	1:05.1	+4.5s	1	18	28.
7. Kum-Ja Lim	South Korea	1:16.1	+15.5s	5	17	44.

Final		time		gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Dawn Fraser	Australia	59.5s	OR		4	27	1.
2. Sharon Stouder	United States	59.9s		+0.4s	5	15	2.
3. Kathleen Ellis	United States	1:00.8		+1.3s	1	17	3.
4. Erica Terpstra	Netherlands	1:01.8		+2.3s	2	21	4.
5. Marion Lay	Canada	1:02.2		+2.7s	3	15	5.
6. Csilla Madarasz-Bajnogel-Dobai	Hungary	1:02.4		+2.9s	7	21	6.
7. Anki Hagberg	Sweden	1:02.5		+3.0s	8	16	7.
8. Lynette Bell	Australia	1:02.7		+3.2s	6	17	8.
Semis		time		gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Dawn Fraser	Australia	59.9s	OR		4	27	1.
1. Sharon Stouder	United States	1:01.4		+1.5s	5	15	2.
2. Marion Lay	Canada	1:02.2		+2.3s	5	15	3.
3. Lynette Bell	Australia	1:02.3		+2.4s	3	17	4.
2. Erica Terpstra	Netherlands	1:02.3		+2.4s	3	21	4.
4. Csilla Madarasz-Bajnogel-Dobai	Hungary	1:02.4		+2.5s	6	21	6.
3. Kathleen Ellis	United States	1:02.5		+2.6s	4	17	7.
4. Anki Hagberg	Sweden	1:02.8		+2.9s	6	16	8.
5. Daniela Beneck	Italy	1:02.9		+3.0s	7	18	9.
5. Jeanne Hallock	United States	1:02.9		+3.0s	1	17	9.
7. Judit Turoczy	Hungary	1:03.0		+3.1s	2	16	11.
5. Martina Grunert	UT Germany	1:03.1		+3.2s	2	15	12.
6. Katalin Takacs	Hungary	1:03.3		+3.4s	7	22	13.
7. Ann-Charlotte Lilja	Sweden	1:03.9		+4.0s	1	18	14.
8. Robyn Thorn	Australia	1:03.9		+4.0s	8	18	14.
8. Ulla Jafvert	Sweden	1:04.6		+4.7s	8	18	16.
Heats		time		gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Dawn Fraser	Australia	1:00.6	OR	7	27	1.	Heat 5 W_F_100m_
1. Kathleen Ellis	United States	1:01.5		+0.9s	7	17	2.
2. Marion Lay	Canada	1:02.1		+1.5s	4	15	3.
3. Sharon Stouder	United States	1:02.3		+1.7s	6	15	4.
2. Lynette Bell	Australia	1:02.4		+1.8s	5	17	5.
1. Ann-Christine Hagberg	Sweden	1:02.5		+1.9s	5	16	6.
3. Csilla Madarasz-Bajnogel-Dobai	Hungary	1:02.5		+1.9s	7	21	6.
1. Erica Terpstra	Netherlands	1:02.5		+1.9s	2	21	6.
2. Judit Turoczy	Hungary	1:02.9		+2.3s	4	16	9.
2. Martina Grunert	UT Germany	1:03.1		+2.5s	2	15	10.
3. Daniela Beneck	Italy	1:03.2		+2.6s	6	18	11.
2. Rita Schumacher	UT Germany	1:03.5		+2.9s	7	27	12.
3. Katalin Takacs	Hungary	1:03.5		+2.9s	2	22	12.
1. Jeanne Hallock	United States	1:03.6		+3.0s	3	17	14.
4. Ann-Charlotte Lilja	Sweden	1:03.7		+3.1s	4	18	15.
2. Robyn Thorn	Australia	1:03.7		+3.1s	7	18	15.
3. Ulla Jafvert	Sweden	1:03.8		+3.2s	1	18	17.
4. Wilhelmina Van Weerdenburg	Netherlands	1:03.8		+3.2s	4	18	17.
4. Natalya Bystrova	Soviet Union	1:04.0		+3.4s	5	17	19.
5. Helen Louise Kennedy	Canada	1:04.2		+3.6s	1	15	20.
3. Natalya Ustinova	Soviet Union	1:04.2		+3.6s	5	19	20.
3. Anneliese Rockenbach	Venezuela	1:04.3		+3.7s	3	21	22.
4. Paola Saini	Italy	1:04.4		+3.8s	6	19	23.
5. Ryoko Urakami	Japan	1:04.5		+3.9s	3	17	24.
6. Sandra Keen	Great Britain	1:04.7		+4.1s	4	17	25.
4. Toyoko Kimura	Japan	1:04.8		+4.2s	8	18	26.
5. Diana Wilkinson	Great Britain	1:05.0		+4.4s	7	20	27.
6. Mary Pauline Stewart	Canada	1:05.1		+4.5s	1	18	28.
7. Toos Beumer	Netherlands	1:05.2		+4.6s	2	17	29.
4. Kirsten Strange-Campbell	Denmark	1:05.3		+4.7s	4	20	30.
5. Gertrude Trudi Beierlein	UT Germany	1:05.4		+4.8s	6	23	31.
5. Marilyn Sidelsky	Rhodesia	1:05.5		+4.9s	6	16	32.
6. Monique Pietri	France	1:05.8		+5.2s	2	19	33.
6. Mara Sacchi	Italy	1:05.9		+5.3s	3	15	34.
6. Linda Amos	Great Britain	1:06.1		+5.5s	1	18	35.
6. Miyoko Azuma	Japan	1:06.4		+5.8s	2	19	36.
7. Hrafnhildur Guðmundsdóttir	Iceland	1:06.4		+5.8s	8	21	36.
7. Rita Pulido Castro	Spain	1:06.7		+6.1s	5	19	38.
8. Ann Lallande	Puerto Rico	1:06.8		+6.2s	1	15	39.
7. Christl Paukerl	Austria	1:07.3		+6.7s	1	17	40.
8. Maria Rosario De Vivanco Roca	Peru	1:09.0		+8.4s	6	15	41.
8. Margaret Harding	Puerto Rico	1:11.7		+11.1s	3	16	42.
7. Jovina Tseng	Malaysia	1:13.9		+13.3s	8	14	43.
7. Kum-Ja Lim	South Korea	1:16.1		+15.5s	5	17	44.

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