The women's 100 metre freestyle event at the

1952 Olympic Games 1952 Olympics refers to both: *The 1952 Winter Olympics, which were held in Oslo, Norway *The 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the X ...

took place between 26 and 28 July at the Swimming Stadium. This

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event used

freestyle swimming Freestyle is a category of Swimming (sport), swimming competition, defined by the rules of the International Swimming Federation (FINA), in which competitors are subject to a few limited restrictions on their swimming stroke. Freestyle races ar ...

, which means that the method of the stroke is not regulated (unlike backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly events). Nearly all swimmers use the

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or a variant of that stroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.

Medalists

Results

Heats

Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Heat 4 Heat 5 Heat 6

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Semifinal 2

Final

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming At The 1952 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 Metre Freestyle Women's freestyle 100 metre 1952 in women's swimming Women's events at the 1952 Summer Olympics