Swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle

Swimming at the
1924 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 m men   women
400 m men   women
1500 m men
Backstroke
100 m men   women
Breaststroke
200 m men   women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m   women
4×200 m men  

The women's 100 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third appearance of the event, which was established in 1912. The competition was held on Saturday July 19, 1924 and on Sunday July 20, 1924.

Sixteen swimmers from seven nations competed.

Contents

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Ethel Lackie
United States (USA)		  Mariechen Wehselau
United States (USA)		  Gertrude Ederle
United States (USA)

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1924 Summer Olympics.

World Record 1:12.8 Gertrude Ederle Newark (USA) June 30, 1923
Olympic Record 1:13.6 Ethelda Bleibtrey Antwerp (BEL) August 25, 1920

In the first heat Mariechen Wehselau set a new world record with 1:12.2 minutes.

Results

Heats

The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced.

Heat 1

Place Swimmer Time Qual.
1  Mariechen Wehselau (USA) 1:12.2 QQ WR
2  Iris Tanner (GBR) 1:22.4 QQ
3  Agnete Olsen (DEN) 1:23.0

Heat 2

Place Swimmer Time Qual.
1  Ethel Lackie (USA) 1:12.8 QQ
2  Florence Barker (GBR) 1:20.8 QQ
3  Ernestine Lebrun (FRA) 1:23.4
4  Wivan Pettersson (SWE) 1:27.4
5  Karen Maud Rasmussen (DEN) 1:29.0

Heat 3

Place Swimmer Time Qual.
1  Gertrude Ederle (USA) 1:12.6 QQ
2  Mariette Protin (FRA) 1:22.2 QQ
3  Hedevig Rasmussen (DEN) 1:22.4
4  Gurli Ewerlund (SWE) 1:23.2

Heat 4

Place Swimmer Time Qual.
1  Constance Jeans (GBR) 1:16.0 QQ
2  Gwitha Shand (NZL) 1:21.0 QQ
3  Maria Vierdag (NED) 1:22.0 qq
4  Hjördis Töpel (SWE) 1:25.8

Semifinals

The fastest two in each semi-final and the faster of the two third-placed swimmer advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

Place Swimmer Time Qual.
1  Mariechen Wehselau (USA) 1:15.2 QF
2  Ethel Lackie (USA) 1:16.0 QF
3  Iris Tanner (GBR) 1:18.6 qf
4  Maria Vierdag (NED) 1:21.2
5  Florence Barker (GBR) 1:21.4

Semifinal 2

Place Swimmer Time Qual.
1  Gertrude Ederle (USA) 1:15.4 QF
2  Constance Jeans (GBR) 1:16.6 QF
3  Gwitha Shand (NZL) 1:22.4
4  Mariette Protin (FRA) 1:22.8

Final

Place Swimmer Time
1  Ethel Lackie (USA) 1:12.4
2  Mariechen Wehselau (USA) 1:12.8
3  Gertrude Ederle (USA) 1:14.2
4  Constance Jeans (GBR) 1:15.4
5  Iris Tanner (GBR) 1:20.8

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