| Women 100m Backstroke Swimming Olympic Games 1952 Helsinki, Finland - Thursday, 31st July - Gold Medal: Joan Harrison, South Africa |
| Final | | time | gap | L | Y | | 1. Joan Harrison |  South Africa | 1:14.3 | | - | 16 | | 2. Geertje Wielema |  Netherlands | 1:14.5 | +0.2s | - | 18 | | 3. Jean Stewart |  New Zealand | 1:15.8 | +1.5s | - | 21 | | 4. Johanna Catharina De Korte | Netherlands | 1:15.8 | +1.5s | - | 16 | | 5. Barbara Lynn Stark |  United States | 1:16.2 | +1.9s | - | 15 | | 6. Gertrud Herrbruck |  Germany | 1:18.0 | +3.7s | - | 26 | | 7. Margaret Gibson Mcdowell |  Great Britain | 1:18.4 | +4.1s | - | 16 | | 8. Hendrika Anna-Maria Van Der Horst | Netherlands | DSQ | | - | 19 |
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| Heat 1 | | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | | 1. Geertje Wielema | Netherlands | 1:13.8 | OR | 6 | 18 | 1. | | 2. Jean Stewart | New Zealand | 1:16.0 | +2.2s | 1 | 21 | 4. | | 3. Margaret Gibson Mcdowell | Great Britain | 1:17.5 | +3.7s | 7 | 16 | 6. | | 4. Barbara Lynn Stark | United States | 1:17.9 | +4.1s | 8 | 15 | 8. | | 5. Gerda Lilly Olsen |  Denmark | 1:20.1 | +6.3s | 5 | 20 | 14. | | 6. Asta Anneli Haaranen-Klemetti |  Finland | 1:21.7 | +7.9s | 4 | 18 | 15. | | -. Judit Temes |  Hungary | DNS | | 2 | 21 | | | -. Dolly Rustom Nazir |  India | DNS | | 3 | _ | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | | 1. Hendrika Anna-Maria Van Der Horst | Netherlands | 1:17.0 | +3.2s | 6 | 19 | 5. | | 2. Gertrud Herrbruck | Germany | 1:17.8 | +4.0s | 4 | 26 | 7. | | 3. Mary Gray Freeman | United States | 1:18.0 | +4.2s | 2 | 18 | 9. | | 4. Edith De Oliveira |  Brazil | 1:20.0 | +6.2s | 1 | 23 | 13. | | 5. Lenora Fisher-Gilchrist |  Canada | 1:22.9 | +9.1s | 7 | 15 | 17. | | 6. Irena Milnikiel |  Poland | 1:25.5 | +11.7s | 3 | 18 | 19. | | 7. Doris Gontersweiler-Vetterli |  Switzerland | 1:26.5 | +12.7s | 8 | 18 | 20. | | -. Ilona Novak | Hungary | DNS | | 5 | 27 | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | gap | L | Y | Rk | | 1. Joan Harrison | South Africa | 1:14.7 | +0.9s | 4 | 16 | 2. | | 2. Johanna Catharina De Korte | Netherlands | 1:15.8 | +2.0s | 8 | 16 | 3. | | 3. Magdolna Hunyadfi | Hungary | 1:19.6 | +5.8s | 3 | 15 | 10. | | 3. Pauline Rita Musgrave | Great Britain | 1:19.6 | +5.8s | 5 | 16 | 10. | | 5. Cora Lee May O'Connor | United States | 1:19.7 | +5.9s | 2 | 18 | 12. | | 6. Margareta Westeson |  Sweden | 1:22.7 | +8.9s | 7 | 16 | 16. | | 7. Erna Herbers-Westhelle | Germany | 1:23.1 | +9.3s | 6 | 27 | 18. | | -. Ragnhild Goetz |  Venezuela | DNS | | 1 | 16 | |
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