Swimming — 100 metres Backstroke, Women

Times held 24
Total participants 623
Total countries 112

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1924 100 metres Backstroke, Women Olympic 10 5
1928 100 metres Backstroke, Women Olympic 12 7
1932 100 metres Backstroke, Women Olympic 12 7
1936 100 metres Backstroke, Women Olympic 21 12
1948 100 metres Backstroke, Women Olympic 24 16
1952 100 metres Backstroke, Women Olympic 20 14
1956 100 metres Backstroke, Women Olympic 23 14
1960 100 metres Backstroke, Women Olympic 30 19
1964 100 metres Backstroke, Women Olympic 31 17
1968 100 metres Backstroke, Women Olympic 40 23
1972 100 metres Backstroke, Women Olympic 37 21
1976 100 metres Backstroke, Women Olympic 34 21
1980 100 metres Backstroke, Women Olympic 26 18
1984 100 metres Backstroke, Women Olympic 31 21
1988 100 metres Backstroke, Women Olympic 41 30
1992 100 metres Backstroke, Women Olympic 45 31
1996 100 metres Backstroke, Women Olympic 36 30
2000 100 metres Backstroke, Women Olympic 46 39
2004 100 metres Backstroke, Women Olympic 42 35
2008 100 metres Backstroke, Women Olympic 48 37
2012 100 metres Backstroke, Women Olympic 45 38
2016 100 metres Backstroke, Women Olympic 34 29
2020 100 metres Backstroke, Women Olympic 41 34
2024 100 metres Backstroke, Women Olympic 36 29

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1924 Sybil BauerUSA Phyllis HardingGBR Aileen RigginUSA
1928 Zus BraunNED Ellen KingGBR Joyce CooperGBR
1932 Eleanor HolmUSA Bonnie MealingAUS Valerie DaviesGBR
1936 Nida SenffNED Rie MastenbroekNED Alice BridgesUSA
1948 Karen Margrethe HarupDEN Suzanne ZimmermanUSA Judy-Joy DaviesAUS
1952 Joan HarrisonRSA Geertje WielemaNED Jean StewartNZL
1956 Judith GrinhamGBR Carin ConeUSA Margaret EdwardsGBR
1960 Lynn BurkeUSA Natalie StewardGBR Satoko TanakaJPN
1964 Cathy FergusonUSA Kiki CaronFRA Ginny DuenkelUSA
1968 Kaye HallUSA Elaine TannerCAN Jane SwagertyUSA
1972 Melissa BeloteUSA Andrea GyarmatiHUN Susie AtwoodUSA
1976 Ulrike RichterGDR Birgit TreiberGDR Nancy GarapickCAN
1980 Rica ReinischGDR Ina KleberGDR Petra RiedelGDR
1984 Theresa AndrewsUSA Betsy MitchellUSA Jolanda de RoverNED
1988 Kristin OttoGDR Krisztina EgerszegiHUN Cornelia SirchGDR
1992 Krisztina EgerszegiHUN Tünde SzabóHUN Lea LovelessUSA
1996 Beth BotsfordUSA Whitney HedgepethUSA Marianne KrielRSA
2000 Diana MocanuROU Mai NakamuraJPN Nina ZhivanevskayaESP
2004 Natalie CoughlinUSA Kirsty CoventryZIM Laure ManaudouFRA
2008 Natalie CoughlinUSA Kirsty CoventryZIM Margaret HoelzerUSA
2012 Missy FranklinUSA Emily SeebohmAUS Aya TerakawaJPN
2016 Katinka HosszúHUN Kathleen BakerUSA Kylie Masse
Fu Yuanhui
CAN
CHN
2020 Kaylee McKeownAUS Kylie MasseCAN Regan SmithUSA
2024 Kaylee McKeownAUS Regan SmithUSA Katharine BerkoffUSA

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 11 6 9 26
East Germany GDR 3 2 2 7
Hungary HUN 2 3 0 5
Australia AUS 2 2 1 5
Netherlands NED 2 2 1 5
Great Britain GBR 1 3 3 7
South Africa RSA 1 0 1 2
Denmark DEN 1 0 0 1
Romania ROU 1 0 0 1
Canada CAN 0 2 2 4
Zimbabwe ZIM 0 2 0 2
Japan JPN 0 1 2 3
France FRA 0 1 1 2
New Zealand NZL 0 0 1 1
People's Republic of China CHN 0 0 1 1
Spain ESP 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Natalie Coughlin USA 2 0 0 2
Kaylee McKeown AUS 2 0 0 2
Krisztina Egerszegi HUN 1 1 0 2
Karen Margrethe Harup DEN 1 0 0 1
Judith Grinham GBR 1 0 0 1
Kristin Otto GDR 1 0 0 1
Rica Reinisch GDR 1 0 0 1
Ulrike Richter GDR 1 0 0 1
Zus Philipsen-Braun NED 1 0 0 1
Nida Senff NED 1 0 0 1
Joan Harrison RSA 1 0 0 1
Theresa Andrews USA 1 0 0 1
Sybil Bauer USA 1 0 0 1
Melissa Belote USA 1 0 0 1
Beth Botsford USA 1 0 0 1
Lynn Burke USA 1 0 0 1
Cathy Ferguson USA 1 0 0 1
Kaye Hall USA 1 0 0 1
Eleanor Holm USA 1 0 0 1
Diana Mocanu ROU 1 0 0 1
Katinka Hosszú HUN 1 0 0 1
Missy Franklin USA 1 0 0 1

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Andorra AND 2012 Summer Olympics Mònica Ramírez 42 See all
Angola ANG 1980 Summer Olympics Michele Pessoa 26 See all
Argentina ARG 1948 Summer Olympics Beryl Marshall 14 See all
Armenia ARM 2012 Summer Olympics Anahit Barseghyan 44 See all
Australia AUS 2020 Summer Olympics Kaylee McKeown 1 Gold See all
2024 Summer Olympics Kaylee McKeown 1 Gold
Austria AUT 1936 Summer Olympics Roma Wagner 18 See all
1968 Summer Olympics Yvette Hafner =18
Bahrain BRN 2024 Summer Olympics Amani Al-Obaidli 31 See all
Barbados BAR 2020 Summer Olympics Danielle Titus 37 See all
Belarus BLR 2004 Summer Olympics Sviatlana Khokhlava 25 See all
Belgium BEL 1980 Summer Olympics Carine Verbauwen 5 See all
Bermuda BER 2024 Summer Olympics Emma Harvey 23 See all
Bolivia BOL 1996 Summer Olympics Ximena Escalera 35 See all
Brazil BRA 1952 Summer Olympics Edith de Oliveira 13 See all
Bulgaria BUL 1988 Summer Olympics Bistra Gospodinova 19 See all
Canada CAN 1968 Summer Olympics Elaine Tanner 2 Silver See all
2020 Summer Olympics Kylie Masse 2 Silver
Cayman Islands CAY 2016 Summer Olympics Lara Butler 29 See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 1988 Summer Olympics Wang Chi 32 See all
Colombia COL 2008 Summer Olympics Carolina Colorado 19 See all
Congo CGO 2000 Summer Olympics Monika Bakale 46 See all
Costa Rica CRC 1988 Summer Olympics Sylvia Poll 6 See all
Croatia CRO 2016 Summer Olympics Matea Samardžić 13 See all
Cuba CUB 2000 Summer Olympics Ana María González 30 See all
Cyprus CYP 1980 Summer Olympics Anabel Drousiotou 23 See all
Czechia CZE 2012 Summer Olympics Simona Baumrtová 10 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1924 Summer Olympics Jarmila Müllerová 5 See all
Denmark DEN 1948 Summer Olympics Karen Margrethe Harup 1 Gold See all
Dominican Republic DOM 2024 Summer Olympics Elizabeth Jiménez 33 See all
East Germany GDR 1976 Summer Olympics Ulrike Richter 1 Gold See all
1980 Summer Olympics Rica Reinisch 1 Gold
1988 Summer Olympics Kristin Otto 1 Gold
Egypt EGY 1992 Summer Olympics Rania El-Wani 45 See all
El Salvador ESA 2024 Summer Olympics Carmen Márquez 32 See all
Fiji FIJ 1984 Summer Olympics Sharon Pickering 29 See all
Finland FIN 1952 Summer Olympics Anneli Haaranen 15 See all
France FRA 1964 Summer Olympics Kiki Caron 2 Silver See all
Germany GER 1956 Summer Olympics Helga Schmidt 4 See all
Great Britain GBR 1956 Summer Olympics Judith Grinham 1 Gold See all
Greece GRE 1996 Summer Olympics Aikaterini Klepkou 27 See all
Grenada GRN 2020 Summer Olympics Kimberly Ince 41 See all
Guatemala GUA 2004 Summer Olympics Gisela Morales 27 See all
Honduras HON 1988 Summer Olympics Ana Fortín 33 See all
Hong Kong, China HKG 2016 Summer Olympics Claudia Lau 19 See all
Hungary HUN 1992 Summer Olympics Krisztina Egerszegi 1 Gold See all
2016 Summer Olympics Katinka Hosszú 1 Gold
Iceland ISL 2016 Summer Olympics Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir 14 See all
Independent Olympic Athletes IOA 1992 Summer Olympics Darija Alauf 40 See all
India IND 2020 Summer Olympics Maana Patel 39 See all
Individual Neutral Athletes AIN 2024 Summer Olympics Anastasiya Shkurdai 20 See all
Indonesia INA 1956 Summer Olympics Martha Gultom 23 See all
Ireland IRL 2024 Summer Olympics Danielle Hill 16 See all
Israel ISR 2020 Summer Olympics Anastasia Gorbenko 8 See all
Italy ITA 1980 Summer Olympics Manuela Carosi 8 See all
Japan JPN 2000 Summer Olympics Mai Nakamura 2 Silver See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 2016 Summer Olympics Yekaterina Rudenko 20 See all
Kenya KEN 2016 Summer Olympics Talisa Lanoe 33 See all
Kosovo KOS 2016 Summer Olympics Rita Zeqiri 34 See all
Kyrgyzstan KGZ 2000 Summer Olympics Anzhelika Solovyova 44 See all
Lebanon LBN 1972 Summer Olympics Mireille Bassoul DNS See all
Libya LBA 1980 Summer Olympics Soad Fezzani 24 See all
Luxembourg LUX 1924 Summer Olympics Renée Brasseur 10 See all
Madagascar MAD 1996 Summer Olympics Harijesy Razafindramahatra 36 See all
Malaysia MAS 1964 Summer Olympics Jovina Tseng 30 See all
Malta MLT 1996 Summer Olympics Gail Rizzo 33 See all
Mexico MEX 1980 Summer Olympics Teresa Rivera 9 See all
Monaco MON 2012 Summer Olympics Angélique Trinquier 45 See all
Mozambique MOZ 2024 Summer Olympics Denise Donelli 34 See all
Nepal NEP 2016 Summer Olympics Gaurika Singh 31 See all
Netherlands NED 1928 Summer Olympics Zus Braun 1 Gold See all
1936 Summer Olympics Nida Senff 1 Gold
Netherlands Antilles AHO 1984 Summer Olympics Petra Bekaert 30 See all
New Zealand NZL 1952 Summer Olympics Jean Stewart 3 Bronze See all
Nigeria NGR 2004 Summer Olympics Iyingiyikabo Obia 39 See all
Norway NOR 1948 Summer Olympics Bea Ballintijn 18 See all
2020 Summer Olympics Ingeborg Løyning =18
Panama PAN 2008 Summer Olympics Christie Bodden 47 See all
Paraguay PAR 2000 Summer Olympics Andrea Prono 45 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 2016 Summer Olympics Fu Yuanhui =3 Bronze See all
Peru PER 2020 Summer Olympics McKenna DeBever 31 See all
Philippines PHI 1992 Summer Olympics Akiko Thomson 18 See all
Poland POL 1956 Summer Olympics Elżbieta Gellner =15 See all
Portugal POR 1996 Summer Olympics Maria Carlos Santos 22 See all
Puerto Rico PUR 1964 Summer Olympics Margaret Harding 29 See all
ROC ROC 2020 Summer Olympics Mariya Kameneva 10 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1996 Summer Olympics Lee Ji-Hyeon 18 See all
Republic of Moldova MDA 2020 Summer Olympics Tatiana Salcuțan 28 See all
Rhodesia RHO 1960 Summer Olympics Dottie Sutcliffe 20 See all
Romania ROU 2000 Summer Olympics Diana Mocanu 1 Gold See all
Russian Federation RUS 2012 Summer Olympics Anastasiya Zuyeva 4 See all
Samoa SAM 2016 Summer Olympics Evelina Afoa 32 See all
Serbia SRB 2008 Summer Olympics Marica Stražmešter 40 See all
Serbia and Montenegro SCG 2000 Summer Olympics Marica Stražmešter 41 See all
Seychelles SEY 2016 Summer Olympics Alexus Laird 27 See all
Singapore SGP 2012 Summer Olympics Tao Li 26 See all
Slovakia SVK 2016 Summer Olympics Katarína Listopadová 22 See all
Slovenia SLO 2008 Summer Olympics Anja Čarman =26 See all
South Africa RSA 1952 Summer Olympics Joan Harrison 1 Gold See all
South Vietnam VNM 1968 Summer Olympics Nguyễn Thị Mỹ Lien 38 See all
Soviet Union URS 1976 Summer Olympics Nadezhda Stavko 6 See all
1980 Summer Olympics Larisa Gorchakova 6
Spain ESP 2000 Summer Olympics Nina Zhivanevskaya 3 Bronze See all
Sri Lanka SRI 2016 Summer Olympics Kimiko Raheem 28 See all
Sweden SWE 2024 Summer Olympics Louise Hansson 15 See all
Switzerland SUI 1984 Summer Olympics Eva Gysling 16 See all
Thailand THA 1996 Summer Olympics Praphalsai Minpraphal 21 See all
The Bahamas BAH 2008 Summer Olympics Alana Dillette 32 See all
Trinidad and Tobago TTO 2024 Summer Olympics Zuri Ferguson 27 See all
Turkmenistan TKM 2024 Summer Olympics Aynura Primova 35 See all
Türkiye TUR 2004 Summer Olympics Şadan Derya Erke 34 See all
Ukraine UKR 2012 Summer Olympics Daryna Zevina =18 See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Nina Zhivanevskaya 7 See all
United States USA 1924 Summer Olympics Sybil Bauer 1 Gold See all
1932 Summer Olympics Eleanor Holm 1 Gold
1960 Summer Olympics Lynn Burke 1 Gold
1964 Summer Olympics Cathy Ferguson 1 Gold
1968 Summer Olympics Kaye Hall 1 Gold
1972 Summer Olympics Melissa Belote 1 Gold
1984 Summer Olympics Theresa Andrews 1 Gold
1996 Summer Olympics Beth Botsford 1 Gold
2004 Summer Olympics Natalie Coughlin 1 Gold
2008 Summer Olympics Natalie Coughlin 1 Gold
2012 Summer Olympics Missy Franklin 1 Gold
United States Virgin Islands ISV 2016 Summer Olympics Caylee Watson 30 See all
Uruguay URU 1972 Summer Olympics Felicia Ospitaletche 35 See all
2004 Summer Olympics Serrana Fernández 35
Uzbekistan UZB 2004 Summer Olympics Olga Gnedovskaya 41 See all
Venezuela VEN 1960 Summer Olympics Anneliese Rockenbach 24 See all
Vietnam VIE 1980 Summer Olympics Nguyễn Thị Hồng Bích 25 See all
West Germany FRG 1984 Summer Olympics Svenja Schlicht 6 See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1968 Summer Olympics Zdenka Gašparac =12 See all
Zimbabwe ZIM 2004 Summer Olympics Kirsty Coventry 2 Silver See all
2008 Summer Olympics Kirsty Coventry 2 Silver