Swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle
| Women's 100 metre freestyle at the Games of the VII Olympiad
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100 m finalists, left-right: Ethelda Bleibtrey, Violet Walrond, Jane Gylling, Irene Guest, Frances Schroth and Constance Jeans
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| Venue | Stade Nautique d'Antwerp | ||||||||||||
| Dates | August 23–25 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 19 from 9 nations | ||||||||||||
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Ethelda Bleibtrey |
 United States
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Irene Guest |
United States
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Frances Schroth |
United States
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The women's 100 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme. It was the second appearance of the event, which was one of the two women's events held in 1912.
A total of 19 swimmers from nine nations competed in the event, which was held on Monday, August 23 and on Wednesday, August 25, 1920.
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Frances Schroth broke the Olympic record in the first semifinal with a time of 1:18.0 minutes. Ethelda Bleibtrey broke world record in the third semifinal with 1:14.4 and lowered her own new record in the final to 1:13.6.
Monday, August 23, 1920: The fastest two in each semi-final and the fastest third-placed from across the semi-finals advanced.
Semifinal 1
Semifinal 2
Semifinal 3
Wednesday, August 25, 1920:
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