| Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics |
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| Freestyle | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| Backstroke | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| Breaststroke | ||||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Butterfly | ||||
| 100 m | women | |||
| 200 m | men | |||
| Freestyle relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | women | |||
| 4×200 m | men | |||
The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1956 Olympic Games took place on December 3 and December 5. This swimming event used the butterfly stroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.
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| Gold | Shelley Mann United States (USA) |
| Silver | Nancy Ramey United States (USA) |
| Bronze | Mary Sears United States (USA) |
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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| Shelley Mann | United States | 1:11.0 | OR | |
| Nancy Ramey | United States | 1:11.9 | ||
| Mary Sears | United States | 1:14.4 | ||
| 4 | Mária Littomeritzky | Hungary | 1:14.9 | |
| 5 | Beverly Bainbridge | Australia | 1:15.2 | |
| 6 | Jutta Langenau | Germany | 1:17.4 | |
| 7 | Beth Whittall | Canada | 1:17.9 | |
| 8 | Sara Barber | Canada | 1:18.4 |
Key: OR = Olympic record
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