Women's Olympic Swimming: 100-meter Freestyle

Updated July 13, 2018 | Infoplease Staff

100-meter Freestyle

Find the Olympic gold-medal times for the women's 100m Freestyle swimming competition from 1912 to the present.

Year Winner Time Record
1912 Fanny Durack, AUS 1:22.2  
1920 Ethelda Bleibtrey, USA 1:13.6 WR
1924 Ethel Lackie, USA 1:12.4  
1928 Albina Osipowich, USA 1:11.0 OR
1932 Helene Madison, USA 1:06.8 OR
1936 Rie Mastenbroek, NED 1:05.9 OR
1948 Greta Andersen, DEN 1:06.3  
1952 Katalin Szöke, HUN 1:06.8  
1956 Dawn Fraser, AUS 1:02.0 WR
1960 Dawn Fraser, AUS 1:01.2 OR
1964 Dawn Fraser, AUS 59.5 OR
1968 Jan Henne, USA 1:00.0  
1972 Sandra Neilson, USA 58.59 OR
1976 Kornelia Ender, E. Ger 55.65 WR
1980 Barbara Krause, E. Ger 54.79 WR
1984 (TIE) Nancy Hogshead, USA 55.92  
  & Carrie Steinseifer, USA 55.92  
1988 Kristin Otto, E. Ger 54.93  
1992 Zhuang Yong, CHN 54.65 OR
1996 Le Jingyi, CHN 54.50  
2000 Inge de Bruijn, NED 53.83  
2004 Jodie Henry, AUS 53.84  
2008 Britta Steffen, GER 53.12 OR
2012

Ranomi Kromowidjojo, NED

53.00 OR

 

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