Women 100m Freestyle Swimming VII Olympic Games 1920 Antwerp, Belgium - Wednesday, 25th August - Gold Medal: Ethelda Bleibtrey, United States
Venue: Stade Nautique d'Antwerp (Zwemstadion van Antwerpen).
Final 15:30timegap Q
1. Ethelda BleibtreyUSA United States1:13.6 WR1.
2. Irene GuestUSA United States1:17.0+3.4s 3.
3. Frances SchrothUSA United States1:17.2+3.6s 2.
4. Constance JeansGBR Great Britain1:22.8+9.2s 5.
5. Violet WalrondNZL New Zealand 6.
6. Jane GyllingSWE Sweden 8.
-. Charlotte BoyleUSA United StatesDNF 4.
Women 100m Freestyle History1912 Women 100m Freestyle1924 Women 100m Freestyle
19 Competitors from 9 countries.
World Record: Fanny Durack, Australia 1:16.2 Sydney, Australia February 6th, 1915.
Olympic Record: Fanny Durack, Australia 1:19.8 Stockholm, Sweden July 11th, 1912.
Todor 66index Swimming OG
index Antwerp 1920index Swimming Antwerp 1920
Men 100m FreestyleWomen 100m Freestyle
Men 400m FreestyleWomen 300m Freestyle
Men 1500m Freestyle
Men 100m Backstroke
Men 200m Breaststroke
Men 400m Breaststroke
Men 4x200m Freestyle RelayWomen 4x100m Freestyle Relay
The United States’ Ethelda Bleibtrey was a laughable winner of this event. She set a world record of 1:14.4 in the heats and then improved that record in the finals, winning by almost 3½ seconds. Bleibtrey had only a brief career as an amateur but between 1920 and 1922 she was undefeated and won an AAU title at every distance from 50 yards to the long distance event.

Semi-Finals - Monday, 23rd August 15:45

First 2 from each Semi and Best 3rd time (Violet Walrond, New Zealand) advanced to Final.
Semi 1timegap Rk.
1. Fracens SchrothUSA United States1:18.0 Q OR2.
2. Charlotte BoyleUSA United States1:20.4+2.4sQ4.
3. Rie BeisenherzNED Netherlands1:22.6+4.6s 7.
4. Yvonne DegraineFRA France
5. Aina BergSWE Sweden
6. Lillian BirkenheadGBR Great Britain
Semi 2timegap Rk.
1. Irene GuestUSA United States1:18.8 Q3.
2. Constance JeansGBR Great Britain1:20.8+2.0sQ5.
3. Violet WalrondNZL New Zealand1:21.4+2.6s 6.
4. Germaine Van DievoetBEL Belgium
5. Suzanne WurtzFRA France
6. Karin NilssonSWE Sweden
7. Charlotte RadcliffeGBR Great Britain
Semi 3timegap Rk.
1. Ethelda BleibtreyUSA United States1:14.4 Q WR1.
2. Jane GyllingSWE Sweden1:25.6+11.2sQ8.
3. Grace McKenzieGBR Great Britain1:27.4+13.0s 9.
4. Ernestine LebrunFRA France
5. Barbara NashSAF South Africa
6. Lily BeaurepaireAUS Australia
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