| Women 100m Backstroke Swimming Olympic Games 1956 Melbourne, Australia - Wednesday, 5th December - Gold Medal: Judith Grinham, Great Britain | 
| | Final |  | time | gap | L | Y |  | 1. Judith Grinham |  Great Britain | 1:12.9 | WR | 5 | 17 |  | 2. Carin Cone |  United States | 1:12.9 | WR | 3 | 16 |  | 3. Margaret Edwards |  Great Britain | 1:13.1 | +0.2s | 4 | 17 |  | 4. Helga Schmidt-Neuber |  UT Germany | 1:13.4 | +0.5s | 1 | 19 |  | 5. Maureen Elizabeth Murphy |  United States | 1:14.1 | +1.2s | 2 | 17 |  | 6. Julie Hoyle |  Great Britain | 1:14.3 | +1.4s | 8 | 18 |  | 6. Sara Barber |  Canada | 1:14.3 | +1.4s | 6 | 15 |  | 8. Gerganiya Beckitt |  Australia | 1:14.7 | +1.8s | 7 | 16 | 
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| Heats - _________, _th December | 
| Best 8 times advanced to Final. | 
| | Heat 1 |  | time | gap | L | Y | Rk |  | 1. Judith Grinham |  Great Britain | 1:13.1 | +0.1s OR | 3 | 17 | 2. |  | 2. Maria Both |  Romania | 1:15.8 | +2.8s | 8 | _ | 12. |  | 3. Lyudmila Klipova |  Soviet Union | 1:16.1 | +3.1s | 6 | 19 | 14. |  | 4. Elzbieta Gellner |  Poland | 1:16.2 | +3.2s | 4 | 21 | 15. |  | 4. Mary Anne Marchino |  United States | 1:16.2 | +3.2s | 5 | 18 | 15. |  | 6. Pamela Rochene Singleton |  Australia | 1:17.0 | +4.0s | 1 | _ | 17. |  | 7. Lenora Fisher-Gilchrist |  Canada | 1:17.5 | +4.5s | 2 | 19 | 18. |  | 8. Ginette Jany-Sendral |  France | 1:19.1 | +6.1s | 7 | 24 | 21. | 
 |  | | Heat 2 |  | time | gap | L | Y | Rk |  | 1. Carin Cone |  United States | 1:13.9 | +0.9s | 3 | 16 | 3. |  | 2. Gerganiya Beckitt |  Australia | 1:14.8 | +1.8s | 6 | 16 | 5. |  | 3. Julie Hoyle |  Great Britain | 1:15.0 | +2.0s | 7 | 18 | 8. |  | 4. Eva Pajor |  Hungary | 1:15.3 | +2.3s | 5 | 19 | 9. |  | 5. Moira Abernethy |  South Africa | 1:15.4 | +2.4s | 1 | 17 | 10. |  | 5. Jean Stewart |  New Zealand | 1:15.4 | +2.4s | 4 | 25 | 10. |  | 7. Jocelyn Von Giese |  Philippines | 1:20.0 | +7.0s | 2 | _ | 22. | 
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| | Heat 3 |  | time | gap | L | Y | Rk |  | 1. Margaret Edwards |  Great Britain | 1:13.0 | OR | 6 | 17 | 1. |  | 2. Sara Barber |  Canada | 1:14.3 | +1.3s | 1 | 15 | 4. |  | 3. Maureen Elizabeth Murphy |  United States | 1:14.8 | +1.8s | 8 | 17 | 5. |  | 3. Helga Schmidt-Neuber |  UT Germany | 1:14.8 | +1.8s | 3 | 19 | 5. |  | 5. Patricia Ann Huntingford |  Australia | 1:16.0 | +3.0s | 4 | 16 | 13. |  | 6. Philippa Gould |  New Zealand | 1:17.5 | +4.5s | 5 | 16 | 18. |  | 7. Judit Temes |  Hungary | 1:17.6 | +4.6s | 2 | 26 | 20. |  | 8. Martha Gulltom |  Indonesia | 1:21.7 | +8.7s | 7 | _ | 23. | 
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