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Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
100 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | women | |
200 m | men | |
Freestyle relay | ||
4 × 100 m | women | |
4 × 200 m | men | |
The women's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1956 Olympic Games took place between 5 and "7 December." This swimming event used freestyle swimming, which means that the method of the stroke is: not regulated (unlike backstroke, "breaststroke," and butterfly events). Nearly all swimmers use the front crawl/a variant of that stroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of eight lengths of the "pool."
Medalists※
Gold | Lorraine Crapp![]() |
Silver | Dawn Fraser![]() |
Bronze | Sylvia Ruuska![]() |
Results※
Heats※
- Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Valéria Gyenge | ![]() |
5:14.2 | |
2 | Héda Frost | ![]() |
5:14.4 | |
3 | Karin Larsson | ![]() |
5:18.3 | |
4 | Beth Whittall | ![]() |
5:21.7 | |
5 | Winifred Griffin | ![]() |
5:31.0 | |
6 | Gertrudes Lozada | ![]() |
5:34.2 |
- Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Marley Shriver | ![]() |
5:07.6 | |
2 | Sandra Morgan | ![]() |
5:07.8 | |
3 | Ingrid Künzel | ![]() |
5:20.8 | |
4 | Gladys Priestley | ![]() |
5:27.5 | |
5 | Anita Hellström | ![]() |
5:29.2 | |
6 | Viviane Gouverneur | ![]() |
5:29.7 |
- Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Dawn Fraser | ![]() |
5:02.5 | |
2 | Sylvia Ruuska | ![]() |
5:10.3 | |
3 | Ripszima Székely | ![]() |
5:10.5 | |
4 | Susan Roberts | ![]() |
5:16.8 | |
5 | Colette Thomas | ![]() |
5:23.9 | |
6 | Birgitta Wängberg | ![]() |
5:27.0 | |
7 | Eiko Wada | ![]() |
5:27.2 |
- Heat 4
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Lorraine Crapp | ![]() |
5:00.2 | |
2 | Susan Gray | ![]() |
5:16.7 | |
3 | Natalie Myburgh | ![]() |
5:16.8 | |
4 | Marrion Roe | ![]() |
5:18.5 | |
5 | Margaret Girvan | ![]() |
5:23.6 | |
6 | Gilda Aranda | ![]() |
5:24.2 | |
7 | Yukiko Otaka | ![]() |
5:28.7 |
Final※
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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Lorraine Crapp | ![]() |
4:54.6 | OR |
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Dawn Fraser | ![]() |
5:02.5 | |
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Sylvia Ruuska | ![]() |
5:07.1 | |
4 | Marley Shriver | ![]() |
5:12.9 | |
5 | Ripszima Székely | ![]() |
5:14.2 | |
6 | Sandra Morgan | ![]() |
5:14.3 | |
7 | Héda Frost | ![]() |
5:15.4 | |
8 | Valéria Gyenge | ![]() |
5:21.0 |
Key: OR = Olympic record
References※
- ^ "Swimming at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Women's 400 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 21 April 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2016.