Swimming at the 1922 Women's Olympiad – 200 metre breaststroke
| 100 m freestyle at the 1922 Women's Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Port Hercules | |||||||||
| Location | Monte Carlo, Monaco | |||||||||
| Dates | 21 April (heats) 22 April (final) | |||||||||
| Winning time | 3:35 | |||||||||
| 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 from 21 to 22 April 1922. The venue of the competition was the Port Hercules, the harbour of Monte Carlo, Monaco.[1]
Results[change | change source]
Heats[change | change source]
The winner of each heat and the fastest number two continued to the final.[1] There were four heats, so a total of five swimmers continued to the final.[2]
The Dutch Loes Brandt lost her heat from the French Harflinger and B. Petit.[2][3] The British Doris Hart was the fastest during the heats with a time of 3:39.[4][3] Other swimmers who continued to the final included Belgian Elisa van den Bogaert the Swedish Hjördis Töpel and at least one French woman of heat 3.
| Heat | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 3 | Alice Harflinger |  France |
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| 3 | B. Petit | France |
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| 3 | 3 | Loes Brandt |  Netherlands |
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| 1 | Doris Hart |  Great Britain |
3:39 | Q | |
| Elisa van den Bogaert |  Belgium |
Q | |||
| Hjördis Töpel |  Sweden |
Q | |||
| Suzanne Porte | France |
3:57.4 | Q | ||
| Suzanne Bertrand | France |
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| Joséphine Oberle | France |
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| Marthe Olivier | France |
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| Alice Stoffel | France |
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| ? |
Sources:[5]
Final[change | change source]
After the start the Belgian Van den Bogaert took the lead. After around 170 meters she was overtaken by the British Doris Hart. In a report of the final, the style how the English swam is described as a "beautiful style" and that "her breaststroke was flawless".[6] The British Doris Hart won the race ahead of the Belgian Elisa van den Bogaert and Swedish Hjördis Töpel. With a time of 3:35, Hart was faster than during the heats.[7][8]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Doris Hart | Great Britain |
3:35 | |
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Elisa van den Bogaert | Belgium |
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Hjördis Töpel | Sweden |
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| 4 | ? | |||
| DNS | Suzanne Porte | France |
— | did not start |
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 "De wedstrijden te Monte Carlo". Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant (in Dutch). 19 April 1922. Retrieved 13 October 2022 – via Delpher.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Hollandsche zwemsters te Monte Carlo". De Tijd (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.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 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.
- ↑ "Hollandsche zwemsters te Monte Carlo". Algemeen Handelsblad (in Dutch). 26 April 1922. Retrieved 13 October 2022 – via Delpher.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Zwemmen. Onze zwemsters in Monte Carlo". De Tijd (in Dutch). 24 April 1922. Retrieved 13 October 2022 – via Delpher.
- ↑ "De Ned. zwemsters in Monte Carlo". De Maasbode (in Dutch). 24 April 1922. Retrieved 13 October 2022 – via Delpher.
