Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke
Introduction The '''women's 100 metre backstroke''' event at the 1964 Olympic Games took place between October 13 and 14.This swimming event used backstroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.
Medalists
Results ===Heats==='''Heat 1''' Rank  Athlete  Country  Time  Note 1  Nina Harmer    1:09.8   2  Satoko Tanaka    1:10.0   3  Linda Ludgrove    1:10.3   4  Helga Schmidt-Neuber    1:11.4   5  Helen Kennedy    1:12.5   6  Belinda Woosley    1:15.3   7  Jovina Tseng    1:20.7  '''Heat 2''' Rank  Athlete  Country  Time  Note 1  Ginny Duenkel    1:08.9   2  Eileen Weir    1:09.7   3  Michiko Kihara    1:11.1   4  Kirsten Michaelsen    1:11.2   5  Tatyana Savelyeva    1:11.8   6  Mária Balla-Lantos    1:12.0   7  Bep Weeteling    1:13.1   8  Ursula Seitz    1:13.3  '''Heat 3''' Rank  Athlete  Country  Time  Note 1  Cathy Ferguson    1:08.8   2  Françoise Borie    1:11.8   3  Petra Nerger    1:12.1   4  Sylvia Lewis    1:12.2   5  Ria van Velsen    1:12.2   6  Marlene Dayman    1:12.9   7  Anneliese Rockenbach    1:14.1   8  Margaret Harding    1:19.5  '''Heat 4''' Rank  Athlete  Country  Time  Note 1  Kiki Caron    1:08.5   2  Jill Norfolk    1:10.6   3  Ingrid Schmidt    1:11.1   4  Nataliya Mikhaylova    1:11.4   5  Corrie Winkel    1:11.6   6  Nanette Duncan    1:12.4   7  Susana Peper    1:13.2   8  Jeon Ok-ja    1:21.7  ===Final=== Rank  Athlete Country  Time  Notes  1  Cathy Ferguson   1:07.7  '''WR'''  2 Kiki Caron   1:07.9  '''  '''  3  Ginny Duenkel   1:08.0  ''' ''' 4  Satoko Tanaka   1:08.6  ''' ''' 5   Nina Harmer   1:09.4  ''' ''' 6   Linda Ludgrove   1:09.5  ''' ''' 7  Eileen Weir   1:09.8  ''' ''' 8  Jill Norfolk   1:11.2  ''' ''''''Key''': WR = World record
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