Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke

The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1956 Olympic Games

1956 Summer Olympics

The 1956 Melbourne Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in Melbourne, Australia, in 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, which could not be held in Australia due to quarantine regulations...

took place December 5. This swimming

Swimming (sport)

Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

event used backstroke

Backstroke

The backstroke, also sometimes called the back crawl, is one of the four swimming styles regulated by FINA, and the only regulated style swum on the back. This has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disadvantage of swimmers not being able to see where they are going. It is also the only...

. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.

Medalists

Final

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Judy Grinham Judy Grinham Judy Grinham MBE is a British Olympic swimmer. She was born in the London suburb of Hampstead and grew up in Neasden. She married Pat Rowley in Neasden in 1960, in St...		1:12.9	WR
	Carin Cone Carin Cone Carin Alice Cone Vanderbush is an American swimmer, olympic medalist, world record holder, and gold winner from the Pan American Games. She competed at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, where she received a silver medal in 100 m backstroke, having the same time as Judy Grinham who was judged...		1:12.9	=WR
	Margaret Edwards Margaret Edwards Margaret Edwards was an Olympic swimmer for Team GB at the 1956 Summer Olympics where she won a bronze medal in the women's 100 m backstroke in the time of 1:13.1.-References:...		1:13.1
4	Helga Schmidt-Neuber		1:13.4
5	Maureen Murphy		1:14.1
6	Julie Hoyle		1:14.3
7	Sara Barber		1:14.3
8	Gerganiya Beckitt		1:14.7

Key: WR = World record

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