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100 metres Butterfly, Women

Date	29 – 30 August 1960
Status	Olympic
Location	Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto, Roma
Participants	25 from 16 countries

The United States’ women had swept the medals in this event at Melbourne, but would see no such dominance in Rome. The silver medalist from Melbourne, American Nancy Ramey, had set the last two world records in this event, and won the 1959 Pan American gold medal. But she did not make the United States’ team. In her absence the gold medal went to Carolyn Schuler of the United States who won easily over Dutchwoman Marianne Heemskerk and Australia’s Jan Andrew. American 14-year-old Carolyn Wood was near the lead in the final at 70 metres, but swallowed water and had to stop.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	Final
1	Carolyn Schuler	USA	1:09.8 (1 h1)	1:09.5 (1)	Gold
2	Marianne Heemskerk	NED	1:11.0 (1 h4)	1:10.4 (2)	Silver
3	Jan Andrew	AUS	1:10.3 (2 h1)	1:12.2 (3)	Bronze
4	Sheila Watt	GBR	1:12.3 (1 h2)	1:13.3 (4)
5	Atie Voorbij	NED	1:12.4 (2 h3)	1:13.3 (5)
6	Zinaida Belovetskaya	URS	1:12.6 (2 h2)	1:13.3 (6)
7	Kristina Larsson	SWE	1:13.0 (3 h2)	1:13.6 (7)
AC r2/2	Carolyn Wood	USA	1:11.1 (1 h3)	– (DNF)		DNF
=9	Valentina Poznyak	URS	1:13.2 (3 h1)	–
=9	Bärbel Fuhrmann	GER	1:13.2 (2 h4)	–
=11	Jean Oldroyd	GBR	1:14.2 (4 h1)	–
=11	Margaret Iwasaki	CAN	1:14.2 (3 h4)	–
13	Heidi Eisenschmidt	GER	1:14.6 (3 h3)	–
14	Karin Larsson	SWE	1:15.0 (4 h3)	–
15	Shizue Miyabe	JPN	1:15.8 (4 h4)	–
16	Sandra von Giese	PHI	1:16.3 (5 h4)	–
17	Silvia Belmar	MEX	1:16.5 (5 h1)	–
18	Annie Caron	FRA	1:17.1 (6 h4)	–
19	Eulalia Martínez	MEX	1:17.9 (5 h3)	–
=20	Hannelore Janele	AUT	1:18.4 (6 h1)	–
=20	Anna Beneck	ITA	1:18.4 (4 h2)	–
22	Márta Egerváry	HUN	1:19.4 (6 h3)	–
23	Anna Maria Cecchi	ITA	1:19.5 (7 h4)	–
24	Colette Libourel	FRA	1:20.4 (7 h3)	–
25	Hillary Wilson	RHO	1:21.4 (5 h2)	–
DNS	Judith McHale	CAN	– (DNS h1)	–
DNS	Dawn Fraser	AUS	– (DNS h2)	–
DNS	Gertrudes Lozada	PHI	– (DNS h2)	–

Round One (29 August 1960 — 15:00)

Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Heat One

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	Time
1	4	Carolyn Schuler	USA	– (–) –	1:09.8	QOR
2	5	Jan Andrew	AUS	– (–) –	1:10.3	Q
3	6	Valentina Poznyak	URS	– (–) –	1:13.2
4	3	Jean Oldroyd	GBR	– (–) –	1:14.2
5	1	Silvia Belmar	MEX	– (–) –	1:16.5
6	7	Hannelore Janele	AUT	– (–) –	1:18.4
DNS	2	Judith McHale	CAN	– (–) –	–

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	Time
1	5	Sheila Watt	GBR	– (–) –	1:12.3	Q
2	3	Zinaida Belovetskaya	URS	– (–) –	1:12.6	Q
3	6	Kristina Larsson	SWE	– (–) –	1:13.0	Q
4	2	Anna Beneck	ITA	– (–) –	1:18.4
5	1	Hillary Wilson	RHO	– (–) –	1:21.4
DNS	4	Dawn Fraser	AUS	– (–) –	–
DNS	7	Gertrudes Lozada	PHI	– (–) –	–

Heat Three

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	Time
1	4	Carolyn Wood	USA	– (–) –	1:11.1	Q
2	5	Atie Voorbij	NED	– (–) –	1:12.4	Q
3	3	Heidi Eisenschmidt	GER	– (–) –	1:14.6
4	6	Karin Larsson	SWE	– (–) –	1:15.0
5	7	Eulalia Martínez	MEX	– (–) –	1:17.9
6	2	Márta Egerváry	HUN	– (–) –	1:19.4
7	1	Colette Libourel	FRA	– (–) –	1:20.4

Heat Four

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	Time
1	5	Marianne Heemskerk	NED	– (–) –	1:11.0	Q
2	4	Bärbel Fuhrmann	GER	– (–) –	1:13.2
3	6	Margaret Iwasaki	CAN	– (–) –	1:14.2
4	3	Shizue Miyabe	JPN	– (–) –	1:15.8
5	2	Sandra von Giese	PHI	– (–) –	1:16.3
6	7	Annie Caron	FRA	– (–) –	1:17.1
7	1	Anna Maria Cecchi	ITA	– (–) –	1:19.5

Final (30 August 1960 — 21:40)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	Time
1	4	Carolyn Schuler	USA	– (–) –	1:09.5	OR
2	3	Marianne Heemskerk	NED	– (–) –	1:10.4
3	5	Jan Andrew	AUS	– (–) –	1:12.2
4	2	Sheila Watt	GBR	– (–) –	1:13.3
5	7	Atie Voorbij	NED	– (–) –	1:13.3
6	1	Zinaida Belovetskaya	URS	– (–) –	1:13.3
7	8	Kristina Larsson	SWE	– (–) –	1:13.6
DNF	6	Carolyn Wood	USA	– (–) –	–