The women's 100 metre

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was a

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event held as part of the

swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, eleven swimming events were contested, six for men and five for women. The competitions were held from Saturday, August 6, to Saturday, August 13, 1932. There was a total of 128 participants from 20 c ...

programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which was established in 1912. The competition was held on Saturday August 6, 1932 and on Monday August 8, 1932. Twenty swimmers from ten nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1932 Summer Olympics. In the heats the Olympic record was broken in the second heat by

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with 1:09.0, in the third heat by

Helene Madison Helene Emma Madison (June 19, 1913 – November 27, 1970) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. Madison won three gold medals in freestyle event at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, becom ...

with 1:08.9 and in the fourth heat Eleanor Saville with 1:08.5. In the first semi-final

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bettered the Olympic record with 1:07.6 and in the final Madison again set a new Olympic record with 1:06.8.

Results

Heats

Saturday August 6, 1932: The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced to the final. Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Heat 4

Semifinals

Sunday August 7, 1932: The fastest three in each semi-final advanced to the final. Semifinal 1 Semifinal 2

Final

Monday August 8, 1932:

References

External links

Olympic Report
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