Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke

The women's 100 metre backstroke was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme.^[1] It was the second appearance of the event, which was established in 1924. The competition was held on Thursday and Saturday, 9 and 11 August 1928.

Women's 100 metre backstroke at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Sports Park Swim Stadium
Date	9–11 August
Competitors	12 from 7 nations
Medalists
Marie Braun  Netherlands Ellen King  Great Britain Joyce Cooper  Great Britain
← 1924 1932 →

Twelve swimmers from seven nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

World Record	1:22.0	Willy den Turk	Rotterdam (NED)	10 July 1927
Olympic Record	1:23.2	Sybil Bauer	Paris (FRA)	20 July 1924

In the first heat Ellen King equalized the world record with 1:22.0 minutes. In the second heat Marie Braun bettered the world record to 1:21.6 minutes.

Results

Heats

Thursday 9 August 1928: The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced to the final.

Heat 1

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Ellen King	Great Britain	1:22.0	Q, WR
2	Marian Gilman	United States	1:24.0	Q
3	Ena Stockley	New Zealand	1:25.4	q

Heat 2

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Marie Braun	Netherlands	1:21.6	Q, WR
2	Lisa Lindstrom	United States	1:23.0	Q
3	Phyllis Harding	Great Britain	1:27.8
4	Bonnie Mealing	Australia	Unknown

Heat 3

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Eleanor Holm	United States	1:23.6	Q
2	Joyce Cooper	Great Britain	1:24.2	Q
3	Jeanne Grendel	Netherlands	1:26.2
4	Else Jacobsen	Denmark	1:31.5
5	Marie-Jeanne Bernard	Luxembourg	Unknown

Final

Saturday 11 August 1928:

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time
	Marie Braun	Netherlands	1:22.0
	Ellen King	Great Britain	1:22.2
	Joyce Cooper	Great Britain	1:22.8
4	Marian Gilman	United States	1:24.2
5	Eleanor Holm	United States	1:24.4
	Lisa Lindstrom	United States	1:24.4
7	Ena Stockley	New Zealand	1:24.4