Swimming at the 1922 Women's Olympiad – 200 metre breaststroke

100 m freestyle
at the 1922 Women's Olympiad
VenuePort Hercules
LocationMonte Carlo, Monaco
Dates21 April (heats)
22 April (final)
Winning time3:35
Medalists
gold medal Doris Hart   Great Britain
silver medal Elisa van den Bogaert   Belgium
bronze medal Hjördis Töpel   Sweden

The 100 m freestyle event at the 1922 Women's Olympiad was held from 21 to 22 April 1922. The venue of the competition was the Port Hercules, the harbour of Monte Carlo, Monaco.[1]

Results

Heats

The winner of each heat and the fastest number two continued to the final.[1][2] There were four heats, so a total of five swimmers continued to the final.[3]

The Dutch Loes Brandt lost her heat from the French Harflinger and B. Petit.[3][4] The British Doris Hart was the fastest during the heats with a time of 3:39.[5][4] Other swimmers who continued to the final included Belgian Elisa van den Bogaert the Swedish Hjördis Töpel.

The French B. Petit was listed on the start list in heat 3,[3] but in the results Peinkova from Czechoslovakia is named.[6]

HeatRankNameNationalityTimeNotes
11Doris Hart Great Britain3:39.8Q
12Margit Bratt Sweden
13Suzanne Bertrand France
21Hjördis Töpel Sweden3:41.4Q
22Suzanne Porte France3:57.4q
23Alice Stoffel France
31Peinkova[6] Czechoslovakia3:52.8Q
32Alice Harflinger France
33Loes Brandt Netherlands
41Elisa van den Bogaert Belgium3:49.8Q
42Joséphine Oberle France
4Comte (?) France
?Marthe Olivier (?) France

Sources:[7][6][2]

Final

After the start the Belgian Van den Bogaert took the lead. After around 170 meters she was overtaken by the British Doris Hart. In a report of the final, the style how the English swam is described as a "beautiful style" and that "her breaststroke was flawless".[8] The British Doris Hart won the race ahead of the Belgian Elisa van den Bogaert and Swedish Hjördis Töpel. With a time of 3:35, Hart was faster than during the heats.[9][10]

All the four swimmers beated the French national record.[11]

Bronze medalist Hjördis Töpel
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Doris Hart Great Britain3:35French national record
2 Elisa van den Bogaert Belgium3:40
3 Hjördis Töpel Sweden3:46
4Fonkowia Czechoslovakia3:46.2
DNSSuzanne Porte FranceN/adid not start

Sources:[9][7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Hollandsche zwemsters te Monte Carlo". Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant (in Dutch). 22 April 1922. Retrieved 13 October 2022 – via Delpher.
  2. 1 2 "Les Jeux de Monte-Carlo | Les epreuves de natation". La Nation Belge (in French). 20 April 1922. Retrieved 25 August 2024 – via belgicapress.be.
  3. 1 2 3 "De wedstrijden te Monte Carlo". Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant (in Dutch). 19 April 1922. Retrieved 13 October 2022 – via Delpher.
  4. 1 2 "Hollandsche zwemsters te Monte Carlo". De Tijd (in Dutch). 22 April 1922. Retrieved 13 October 2022 – via Delpher.
  5. ↑ "De wedstrijden te Monte-Carlo". De Maasbode (in Dutch). 22 April 1922. Retrieved 13 October 2022 – via Delpher.
  6. 1 2 3 "De vrouwelijke Olympiade te Monte-Carlo". De Standaard (in Dutch). 24 April 1922. Retrieved 25 August 2024 – via belgicapress.be.
  7. 1 2 Velez, Anne (2010). "LES FILLES DE L'EAU. UNE HISTOIRE DES FEMMES ET DE LA NATATION EN FRANCE(1905-1939)" (PDF). Université d’Angers (in French). Retrieved 10 November 2022 – via tel.archives-ouvertes.fr.
  8. ↑ "Hollandsche zwemsters te Monte Carlo". Algemeen Handelsblad (in Dutch). 26 April 1922. Retrieved 13 October 2022 – via Delpher.
  9. 1 2 "Zwemmen. Onze zwemsters in Monte Carlo". De Tijd (in Dutch). 24 April 1922. Retrieved 13 October 2022 – via Delpher.
  10. ↑ "De Ned. zwemsters in Monte Carlo". De Maasbode (in Dutch). 24 April 1922. Retrieved 13 October 2022 – via Delpher.
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