Swimming at the 1922 Women's Olympiad – 100 metre freestyle
| 100 m freestyle at the 1922 Women's Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Port Hercules | |||||||||
| Location | Monte Carlo, Monaco | |||||||||
| Dates | 21 April | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:22 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Aquatics at the 1922 Women's Olympiad | ||
|---|---|---|
| Swimming | ||
| Individual | ||
| 100 m freestyle | women | |
| 400 m freestyle | women | |
| 100 m backstroke | women | |
| 200 m breaststroke | women | |
| Relay | ||
| 4 × 50 m freestyle | women | |
| 4 × 50 m medley | women | |
| Diving | ||
| 3 m | women | |
| 5 m | women | |
| Water polo | ||
| Tournament | women | |
The 100 m freestyle event at the 1922 Women's Olympiad was held on 21 April 1922. The venue of the competition was the Port Hercules, the harbour of Monte Carlo, Monaco.[1] The race was held on a sunny day.[2]
Results[change | change source]
Heats[change | change source]
Only the winner of each heat continued to the final.[1] There were five heats.[3]
| Heat | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | 1 | Aina Berg |  Sweden |
Q | |
| 1 | Truus Klapwijk |  Netherlands |
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| 1 | Andrée Bonnet |  France |
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| 1 | Mariette Protin | France |
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| 3 | 1 | Germaine van Dievoet |  Belgium |
Q | |
| 3 | Alida Bolten | Netherlands |
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| 3 | Ayres |  Great Britain |
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| 3 | Suzanne Bertrand | France |
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| 1 | Carin Nilsson | Sweden |
Q | ||
| 1 | Ernestine Lebrun | France |
1:32[4] | Q | |
| 1 | Rie Beisenherz | Netherlands |
Q | ||
| Marcelle Lebrun | France |
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| Gauthier | France |
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| Suzanne Porte | France |
Sources:[5]
Final[change | change source]
The Swedish Aina Berg took clearly the lead from the start and won the race. It was described she had a very good stroke. The seventeen years old Carin Nilsson, also from Sweden, finished second. The Belgian Germaine van Dievoet finished third. The Dutch Rie Beisenherz was not in shape,[2] seemed tired[6] and finished in fifth place, behind the French Ernestine Lebrun.[2]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Aina Berg | Sweden |
1:22 | |
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Carin Nilsson | Sweden |
1:26 | |
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Germaine van Dievoet | Belgium |
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| 4 | Ernestine Lebrun | France |
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| 5 | Rie Beisenherz | Netherlands |
1:29 |
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Hollandsche zwemsters te Monte Carlo". Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant (in Dutch). 22 April 1922. Retrieved 13 October 2022 – via Delpher.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Hollandsche Zwemsters in Monte Carlo". Algemeen Handelsblad (in Dutch). 25 April 1922. Retrieved 13 October 2022 – via Delpher.
- ↑ "De wedstrijden te Monte Carlo". Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant (in Dutch). 19 April 1922. Retrieved 13 October 2022 – via Delpher.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Velez, Anne (2010). "LES FILLES DE L'EAU. UNE HISTOIRE DES FEMMES ET DE LA NATATION EN FRANCE(1905-1939)" (PDF). Université d’Angers (in French). Retrieved 10 November 2022 – via tel.archives-ouvertes.fr.
- ↑ Velez, Anne (2010). "LES FILLES DE L'EAU. UNE HISTOIRE DES FEMMES ET DE LA NATATION EN FRANCE(1905-1939)" (PDF). Université d’Angers (in French). Retrieved 10 November 2022 – via tel.archives-ouvertes.fr.
- ↑ "Wedstrijd te Monte-Carlo". Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant (in Dutch). 22 April 1922. Retrieved 13 October 2022 – via Delpher.
- ↑ "De wedstrijden te Monte-Carlo". De Maasbode (in Dutch). 22 April 1922. Retrieved 13 October 2022 – via Delpher.
