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Swimming At The 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 Metre Freestyle
The women's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1956 Olympic Games 1956 Olympics refers to both: *The 1956 Winter Olympics, which were held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy *The 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport even ... took place between 5 and 7 December. This swimming event used freestyle swimming, which means that the method of the stroke is not regulated (unlike backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly events). Nearly all swimmers use the front crawl or a variant of that stroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. Medalists Results Heats ;Heat 1 ;Heat 2 ;Heat 3 ;Heat 4 Final Key: OR = Olympic record References {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming At The 1956 Summer Olympics - Women's 400 Metre Freestyle Women's freestyle 400 metre 1956 in women's swimming Women's events at the 1956 Summer Olympics< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 Summer Olympics
The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, which were held in Stockholm, Sweden, in June 1956. These Games were the first to be staged in the Southern Hemisphere and Oceania, as well as the first to be held outside Europe and North America. Melbourne is the most southerly city ever to host the Olympics. Due to the Southern Hemisphere's seasons being different from those in the Northern Hemisphere, the 1956 Games did not take place at the usual time of year, because of the need to hold the events during the warmer weather of the host's spring/summer (which corresponds to the Northern Hemisphere's autumn/winter), resulting in the only summer games ever to be held in November and December. Australia did not host the Games again until 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, and will host them ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anita Hellström
Ingegärd Anita Hellström (later ''Stockwell'', also ''Meredith'', born 13 June 1940) is a retired Swedish freestyle swimmer. She competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi ... in the 100 m, 400 m and events and finished sixth in the relay. References 1940 births Living people Olympic swimmers for Sweden Swimmers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Swedish female freestyle swimmers SK Neptun swimmers 20th-century Swedish women {{Sweden-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Medal Icon
Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from la, aurum) and atomic number 79. This makes it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally. It is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal in a pure form. Chemically, gold is a transition metal and a group 11 element. It is one of the least reactive chemical elements and is solid under standard conditions. Gold often occurs in free elemental ( native state), as nuggets or grains, in rocks, veins, and alluvial deposits. It occurs in a solid solution series with the native element silver (as electrum), naturally alloyed with other metals like copper and palladium, and mineral inclusions such as within pyrite. Less commonly, it occurs in minerals as gold compounds, often with tellurium (gold tellurides). Gold is resistant to most acids, though it does dissolve in aqua regia (a mixture of nitric acid and hydrochloric acid), forming a soluble tetrachloroaurate anion. Gold is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yukiko Otaka
is a Japanese former swimmer. She competed in two events at the 1956 Summer Olympics. References External links * 1940 births Living people Japanese female freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Japan Swimmers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) {{Japan-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilda Aranda
Gilda Aranda (born 19 November 1933) is a Mexican former swimmer. She competed in the women's 100 metre freestyle at the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi .... References External links * 1933 births Living people Olympic swimmers for Mexico Swimmers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico Pan American Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 1955 Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in swimming Competitors at the 1954 Central American and Caribbean Games Mexican female freestyle swimmers Medalists at the 1955 Pan American Games 20th-century Mexican women 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Girvan
Margaret Therese Girvan (2 October 1932 – 7 January 1979) was a Scottish swimmer. Girvan competed for Great Britain in the 400 metre and 4 × 100 metres freestyle events at the 1956 Olympics and reached the final in the relay. She represented Scotland at the British Empire Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ... in 1950, 1954 and 1958 and won one gold and two bronze medals. She won the 1956 ASA National Championship 440 yards freestyle title. References 1932 births 1979 deaths British female swimmers Olympic swimmers for Great Britain Swimmers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Scotland Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Scotland Swimmers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marrion Roe
Marrion Douglass Roe (later Beck; 3 April 1935 – 29 June 2017) was a New Zealand swimmer who represented her country at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games and the 1956 Summer Olympics. Biography Born in Invercargill on 3 April 1935, Roe later moved to Hamilton, and represented Waikato at the New Zealand national swimming championships. In all, she won eight national swimming titles: the 100 yards freestyle every year from 1952 to 1956; the 220 yards freestyle in 1954 and 1956; and the 440 yards freestyle in 1956. In 1954, Roe swam at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff. In the 110 yards freestyle, she finished fourth in the final, with a time of 1:08.9. She recorded a time of 5:34.7 in her heat of the 440 yards freestyle and did not progress to the final. In February 1955, Roe swam what was at that time the fastest 100 yards freestyle in the Southern Hemisphere, recording a time of 59.0 seconds, which was 0.9 seconds outside Jody Braskamp' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalie Myburgh
Natalie Myburgh (15 May 1940 – 21 January 2014) was a South African swimmer. At the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Auckland, Myburgh teamed up with Felicity Loveday, Joan Harrison and Machduldt Petzer to win the 4×110 yards freestyle relay. Two years later at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Myburgh teamed up with Susan Roberts, Moira Abernethy Moira Abernethy-Ford (born 29 May 1939) is a South African former backstroke and freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international ... and Jeanette Myburgh to win the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay. References 1940 births 2014 deaths South African female freestyle swimmers South African female swimmers Olympic swimmers for South Africa Swimmers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan McGreivy
Susan Douglas McGreivy (née Gray; October 24, 1939 – November 30, 2019) was an American competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. She competed in the preliminary heats of the women's 400-meter freestyle, and posted a time of 5:16.7. McGreivy became a lesbian activist and civil rights attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California. She had a "leading role" in a range of ACLU gay and lesbian civil rights issues, including a case against the Boy Scouts of America, a defense of the Gay Games against the United States Olympic Committee The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) is the National Olympic Committee and the National Paralympic Committee for the United States. It was founded in 1895 as the United States Olympic Committee, and is headquartered in Col ..., and defense of the Norton Sound Eight. References 1939 births 2019 deaths Lesbian sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eiko Wada
is a Japanese former freestyle swimmer. She competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held .... References External links * 1939 births Living people Japanese female freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers of Japan Swimmers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Ehime Prefecture Asian Games medalists in swimming Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Swimmers at the 1958 Asian Games Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games {{Japan-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birgitta Wängberg
Birgitta Margareta Wängberg (later ''Axsäter'', born 29 December 1939) is a retired Swedish freestyle swimmer. She competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi ... in the 400 m and 4×100 m events and finished sixth in the relay. References 1939 births Living people Olympic swimmers for Sweden Swimmers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Swedish female freestyle swimmers Stockholms KK swimmers Swimmers from Stockholm {{Sweden-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colette Thomas
Colette Thomas (10 February 1929 – 31 March 2001) was a French swimmer who won a bronze medal in the 400 m freestyle at the 1950 European Aquatics Championships. She competed in four freestyle events at the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi ... with the best achievement of seventh place in the 4 × 100 m relay in 1948. References External links * 1929 births 2001 deaths Swimmers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for France French female freestyle swimmers European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming 20th-century French women {{France-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
