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100-meter Backstroke

Find the Olympic gold-medal times for the women's 100m Backstroke swimming competition from 1924 to the present.

Year WinnerTime Record
1924 Sybil Bauer, USA 1:23.2 OR
1928 Maria Braun, NED 1:22.0   
1932 Eleanor Holm, USA 1:19.4   
1936 Dina Senff, NED 1:18.9   
1948 Karen-Margrete Harup, DEN 1:14.4  OR
1952 Joan Harrison, S. Afr.1:14.3   
1956 Judy Grinham, GBR 1:12.9  OR
1960 Lynn Burke, USA 1:09.3  OR
1964 Cathy Ferguson, USA 1:07.7  WR
1968 Kaye Hall, USA 1:06.2  WR
1972 Melissa Belote, USA 1:05.78 OR
1976 Ulrike Richter, E. Ger 1:01.83 OR
1980 Rica Reinisch, E. Ger 1:00.86 WR
1984 Theresa Andrews, USA 1:02.55  
1988 Kristin Otto, E. Ger 1:00.89  
1992 Krisztina Egerszegi, HUN 1:00.68 OR
1996Beth Botsford, USA1:01.19 
2000Diana Mocanu, ROM1:00.21OR
2004 Natalie Coughlin, USA1:03.37 
2008 Natalie Coughlin, USA 58.96  
2012 Missy Franklin, USA 58.33  

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