Final time gap L Y 1. Yoshinobu Oyakawa United States 1:05.4 OR - 18 2. Gilbert Bozon France 1:06.2 +0.8s - 17 3. Jack Taylor United States 1:06.4 +1.0s - 21 4. Allen Stack United States 1:07.6 +2.2s - 24 5. Pedro Galvao Argentina 1:07.7 +2.3s - 18 6. Robert Wardrop Great Britain 1:07.8 +2.4s - 20 7. Boris Skanata Yugoslavia 1:08.1 +2.7s - 25 8. Nicolaas Lingen Meiring South Africa 1:08.3 +2.9s - 18 Final at 17:00 1956 Men 100m Backstroke Men 100m Backstroke History 1948 Men 100m Backstroke

Todor 66 index Swimming OG index Helsinki 1952 index Swimming Helsinki 1952 Men 100m Freestyle Women 100m Freestyle Men 400m Freestyle Women 400m Freestyle Men 1500m Freestyle Men 100m Backstroke Women 100m Backstroke Men 200m Breaststroke Women 200m Breaststroke Men 4x200m Freestyle Relay Women 4x100m Freestyle Relay

Heat S1 time gap L Y Rk 1. Yoshinobu Oyakawa United States 1:05.7 OR - 18 1. 2. Boris Skanata Yugoslavia 1:07.8 +2.1s - 25 5. 3. Pedro Galvao Argentina 1:07.9 +2.2s - 18 6. 4. Allen Stack United States 1:08.0 +2.3s - 24 7. 5. William John Brockway Great Britain 1:09.0 +3.3s - 23 9. 6. Fernando Pavan Brazil 1:10.2 +4.5s - 19 13. 6. Lincoln Hurring New Zealand 1:10.2 +4.5s - 20 13. 8. Lucien Zins France 1:10.5 +4.8s - 29 15.

Heat S2 time gap L Y Rk 1. Gilbert Bozon France 1:06.6 +0.9s - 17 2. 2. Jack Taylor United States 1:07.0 +1.3s - 21 3. 3. Nicolaas Lingen Meiring South Africa 1:07.6 +1.9s - 18 4. 4. Robert Wardrop Great Britain 1:08.6 +2.9s - 20 8. 5. Viktor Solovyov Soviet Union 1:09.6 +3.9s - _ 10. 6. Joao Goncalves Filho Brazil 1:09.7 +4.0s - 17 11. 6. Egidio Massaria Italy 1:09.7 +4.0s - 26 11. 8. Jitze Van Der Veen Netherlands 1:10.5 +4.8s - 23 16.

Heat 1 time gap L Y Rk 1. Gilbert Bozon France 1:07.8 +1.8s 4 17 4. 2. Allen Stack United States 1:08.9 +2.9s 3 24 9. 4. Robert Wardrop Great Britain 1:09.9 +3.9s 2 20 16. 5. Norihiko Kurahashi Japan 1:10.7 +4.7s 7 19 23. 6. Vladimir Lopatin Soviet Union 1:10.8 +4.8s 5 _ 25. 7. Lucien Beaumont Canada 1:14.2 +8.2s 6 21 34. 8. Khamlillal Shah India 1:18.3 +12.3s 1 31 37.

Heat 2 time gap L Y Rk 1. Pedro Galvao Argentina 1:08.1 +2.1s 7 18 5. 2. Yasumasu Nishino Japan 1:10.1 +4.1s 6 27 19. 3. Clemente Mejia Mexico 1:10.7 +4.7s 1 23 23. 4. Helmut Koppelstatter Austria 1:11.9 +5.9s 2 22 27. 5. Hermann Gericke Switzerland 1:12.6 +6.6s 3 20 29. 6. Jerzy Boniecki Poland 1:13.4 +7.4s 4 19 31. 7. Eurico Surgey Portugal 1:13.7 +7.7s 5 20 32.

Heat 3 time gap L Y Rk 1. Jack Taylor United States 1:07.2 +1.2s 4 21 2. 2. Boris Skanata Yugoslavia 1:07.5 +1.5s 3 25 3. 3. Joao Goncalves Filho Brazil 1:09.7 +3.7s 2 17 14. 4. Ladislav Bacik Czechoslovakia 1:10.2 +4.2s 6 19 20. 5. Imre Nyeki Hungary 1:10.6 +4.6s 7 23 22. 6. Peter Salmon Canada 1:13.8 +7.8s 1 22 33. 7. Tom Pettersen Norway 1:15.4 +9.4s 5 17 36.

Heat 4 time gap L Y Rk 1. Yoshinobu Oyakawa United States 1:06.0 5 18 1. 2. Nicolaas Lingen Meiring South Africa 1:08.5 +2.5s 1 18 6. 3. Fernando Pavan Brazil 1:09.1 +3.1s 4 19 10. 4. Jitze Van Der Veen Netherlands 1:09.1 +3.1s 2 23 10. 5. Bijoy Kumar Barman India 1:27.3 +21.3s 6 23 38.

Heat 5 time gap L Y Rk 1. William John Brockway Great Britain 1:08.8 +2.8s 5 23 7. 2. Lucien Zins France 1:09.7 +3.7s 1 29 14. 3. Ilo Monteiro Da Fonseca Brazil 1:09.9 +3.9s 2 22 16. 4. Leonid Sagaiduk Soviet Union 1:11.4 +5.4s 3 _ 26. 5. Chuan-Yu Wu China 1:12.3 +6.3s 6 _ 28. 6. Eduardo Barbeiro Portugal 1:13.0 +7.0s 4 20 30.

Heat 6 time gap L Y Rk 1. Egidio Massaria Italy 1:08.8 +2.8s 7 26 7. 2. Viktor Solovyov Soviet Union 1:09.5 +3.5s 3 _ 12. 3. Lincoln Hurring New Zealand 1:09.6 +3.6s 4 20 13. 4. Laszlo Gyongyosi Hungary 1:10.0 +4.0s 2 24 18. 5. Frank Thomas O'Neill Australia 1:10.5 +4.5s 5 25 21. 6. Erkki Emil Marttinen Finland 1:15.2 +9.2s 6 26 35.

Swim-Off time gap L Y Rk 1. Robert Wardrop Great Britain 1:07.8 - 20 16. 2. Ilo Monteiro Da Fonseca Brazil 1:09.5 +1.7s - 22 17.

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