| Women 100m Freestyle Swimming Olympic Games 1952 Helsinki, Finland - Monday, 28th July - Gold Medal: Katalin Szoke, Hungary | 
| | Final |  | time | gap | L | Y |  | 1. Katalin Szoke |  Hungary | 1:06.8 |  | 2 | 16 |  | 2. Hannie Termeulen |  Netherlands | 1:07.0 | +0.2s | 3 | 23 |  | 3. Judit Temes |  Hungary | 1:07.1 | +0.3s | 8 | 21 |  | 4. Joan Harrison |  South Africa | 1:07.1 | +0.3s | 6 | 16 |  | 5. Joan Alderson-Rosazza |  United States | 1:07.1 | +0.3s | 4 | 17 |  | 6. Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher |  Netherlands | 1:07.3 | +0.5s | 5 | 27 |  | 7. Marilee Stepan |  United States | 1:08.0 | +1.2s | 1 | 17 |  | 8. Angela Mary Barnwell |  Great Britain | 1:08.6 | +1.8s | 7 | 16 | 
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| Best 8 times advanced to Final. | 
| | Heat S1 |  | time | gap | L | Y | Rk |  | 1. Joan Alderson-Rosazza |  United States | 1:06.6 |  | - | 17 | 1. |  | 2. Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher |  Netherlands | 1:06.7 | +0.1s | - | 27 | 2. |  | 3. Hannie Termeulen |  Netherlands | 1:07.1 | +0.5s | - | 23 | 3. |  | 4. Marilee Stepan |  United States | 1:07.4 | +0.8s | - | 17 | 7. |  | 4. Judit Temes |  Hungary | 1:07.4 | +0.8s | - | 21 | 7. |  | 6. Ragnhild Hveger Andersen |  Denmark | 1:07.7 | +1.1s | - | 31 | 9. |  | 7. Marjorie McQuade |  Australia | 1:08.2 | +1.6s | - | 18 | 12. |  | 8. Ingegard Fredin |  Sweden | 1:08.7 | +2.1s | - | 21 | 16. | 
 |  | | Heat S2 |  | time | gap | L | Y | Rk |  | 1. Joan Harrison |  South Africa | 1:07.2 | +0.6s | - | 16 | 4. |  | 1. Katalin Szoke |  Hungary | 1:07.2 | +0.6s | - | 16 | 4. |  | 1. Angela Mary Barnwell |  Great Britain | 1:07.2 | +0.6s | - | 16 | 4. |  | 4. Ilona Novak |  Hungary | 1:07.8 | +1.2s | - | 27 | 10. |  | 5. Koosje Van Voorn |  Netherlands | 1:08.1 | +1.5s | - | 17 | 11. |  | 6. Greta Andersen |  Denmark | 1:08.2 | +1.6s | - | 25 | 12. |  | 6. Judith Theresa Roberts |  United States | 1:08.2 | +1.6s | - | 18 | 12. |  | 8. Elisabeth Rechlin |  Germany | 1:08.5 | +1.9s | - | 22 | 15. | 
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| | Heat 1 |  | time | gap | L | Y | Rk |  | 1. Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher |  Netherlands | 1:06.7 | +1.2s | 7 | 27 | 3. |  | 2. Ilona Novak |  Hungary | 1:07.7 | +2.2s | 5 | 27 | 9. |  | 3. Elisabeth Rechlin |  Germany | 1:08.5 | +3.0s | 4 | 22 | 15. |  | 4. Mette Ove-Petersen |  Denmark | 1:09.6 | +4.1s | 3 | 18 | 18. |  | 5. Maria Livia Nardi |  Italy | 1:13.2 | +7.7s | 8 | 17 | 30. |  | 6. Sadako Yamashita |  Japan | 1:13.2 | +7.7s | 1 | 19 | 30. |  | 7. Cynthia Eager |  Hong Kong | 1:16.8 | +11.3s | 2 | 15 | 38. |  | -. Ginette Jany-Sendral |  France | DNS |  | 6 | 20 |  | 
 |  | | Heat 2 |  | time | gap | L | Y | Rk |  | 1. Hannie Termeulen |  Netherlands | 1:07.3 | +1.8s | 5 | 23 | 5. |  | 2. Greta Andersen |  Denmark | 1:08.0 | +2.5s | 2 | 25 | 12. |  | 3. Judith Theresa Roberts |  United States | 1:08.2 | +2.7s | 3 | 18 | 14. |  | 4. Marianne Lundquist-Grane |  Sweden | 1:10.8 | +5.3s | 7 | 21 | 24. |  | 5. Vera Schaferkordt |  Germany | 1:10.9 | +5.4s | 1 | 27 | 25. |  | 6. Romana Calligaris |  Italy | 1:11.0 | +5.5s | 4 | 27 | 26. |  | 7. Dolly Rustom Nazir |  India | 1:24.6 | +19.1s | 6 | _ | 41. | 
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| | Heat 3 |  | time | gap | L | Y | Rk |  | 1. Katalin Szoke |  Hungary | 1:07.1 | +1.6s | 2 | 16 | 4. |  | 2. Koosje Van Voorn |  Netherlands | 1:07.4 | +1.9s | 5 | 17 | 6. |  | 3. Josette Arene-Delmas |  France | 1:09.1 | +3.6s | 7 | 27 | 17. |  | 4. Jean Botham |  Great Britain | 1:10.5 | +5.0s | 3 | 17 | 21. |  | 5. Fumiko Sakaguchi |  Japan | 1:14.6 | +9.1s | 6 | 18 | 35. |  | 6. Irene Strong |  Canada | 1:15.1 | +9.6s | 1 | 23 | 36. |  | -. Ragnhild Goetz |  Venezuela | DNS |  | 4 | 16 |  | 
 |  | | Heat 4 |  | time | gap | L | Y | Rk |  | 1. Joan Harrison |  South Africa | 1:06.5 | +1.0s | 1 | 16 | 2. |  | 2. Joan Alderson-Rosazza |  United States | 1:07.4 | +1.9s | 4 | 17 | 6. |  | 3. Angela Mary Barnwell |  Great Britain | 1:07.6 | +2.1s | 5 | 16 | 8. |  | 4. Ingegard Fredin |  Sweden | 1:08.0 | +2.5s | 6 | 21 | 12. |  | 5. Denise Norton |  Australia | 1:11.8 | +6.3s | 2 | 18 | 28. |  | 6. Gladys Priestley |  Canada | 1:13.4 | +7.9s | 3 | 14 | 32. |  | 7. Raili Anita Hillevi Riuttala |  Finland | 1:13.5 | +8.0s | 7 | 18 | 33. | 
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| | Heat 5 |  | time | gap | L | Y | Rk |  | 1. Judit Temes |  Hungary | 1:05.5 |  | 1 | 21 | 1. |  | 2. Ragnhild Hveger Andersen |  Denmark | 1:08.6 | +3.1s | 5 | 31 | 16. |  | 3. Maud Berglund |  Sweden | 1:09.8 | +4.3s | 4 | 18 | 19. |  | 4. Lillian Preece |  Great Britain | 1:10.0 | +4.5s | 3 | 24 | 20. |  | 5. Ritva Kaarina Jarvinen-Jaakola |  Finland | 1:11.5 | +6.0s | 6 | 19 | 27. |  | 6. Sybille Verckist |  Belgium | 1:13.7 | +8.2s | 2 | 17 | 34. |  | 7. Shizue Miyabe |  Japan | 1:16.6 | +11.1s | 7 | 13 | 37. | 
 |  | | Heat 6 |  | time | gap | L | Y | Rk |  | 1. Marilee Stepan |  United States | 1:07.7 | +2.2s | 1 | 17 | 9. |  | 2. Marjorie McQuade |  Australia | 1:07.9 | +2.4s | 5 | 18 | 11. |  | 3. Ana Maria Schultz |  Argentina | 1:10.6 | +5.1s | 6 | 16 | 22. |  | 4. Gaby Tanguy |  France | 1:10.6 | +5.1s | 7 | 23 | 22. |  | 5. Kay Mcnamee-Ferguson |  Canada | 1:12.9 | +7.4s | 4 | 21 | 29. |  | 6. Susanne Vaterlaus |  Switzerland | 1:16.8 | +11.3s | 2 | 20 | 38. |  | 7. Ritva Anja Marika Koivula |  Finland | 1:17.3 | +11.8s | 3 | 19 | 40. | 
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