Swimming at the 1922 Women's Olympiad – 100 metre freestyle

The 100 m freestyle event at the 1922 Women's Olympiad was held on 21 April 1922. The venue of the competition was the Port Hercules, the harbour of Monte Carlo, Monaco. The race was held on a sunny day.

Results

Heats
It was announced only the winner of each heat continued to the final. However, the Dutch Rie Beisenherz who finished second in the heats, advanced to the final.

There were five heats.

Irma Burr was listed in heat 4, but withdrew.
Heat  Rank  Name  Nationality  Time  Notes 1  1 Aina Berg    1:25.8  Q 1    Truus Klapwijk      1    Andrée Bonnet     1    Mariette Protin      2  1 Ernestine Lebrun    1:32.4 Q 2   2  A. Togier       2     Eyckmans      2     B. Petit         3  1  Germaine van Dievoet    1:27.8  Q 3 2  A. Ayres       3   Alida Bolten      3   Suzanne Bertrand      4  1  Carin Nilsson     Q  4 2 Rie Beisenherz     4    G. Jones     4    Gautier     5  1  Marcelle Lebrun  1:40  Q  5  2  Suzanne Porte      5    Gutt     5    L. Gevasco    

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Final

The Swedish Aina Berg took clearly the lead from the start and won the race. It was described she had a very good stroke. The seventeen years old Carin Nilsson, also from Sweden, finished second. The Belgian Germaine van Dievoet finished third. The Dutch Rie Beisenherz was not in shape, seemed tired and finished in fifth place, behind the French Ernestine Lebrun.

Rank  Name  Nationality  Time  Notes   Aina Berg    1:22.4     Carin Nilsson    1:26     Germaine van Dievoet        4  Ernestine Lebrun        5  Rie Beisenherz   1:29  

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References

Category:1922 Women's Olympiad
Category:Women's swimming