Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly

The women's 100 metre butterfly
Butterfly stroke
The butterfly is a swimming stroke swum on the breast, with both arms moving simultaneously. The butterfly kick was developed separately, and is also known as the "dolphin kick"...

event at the 1964 Olympic Games took place on October 14 and October 16. This swimming

Swimming (sport)

Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

event used the butterfly stroke

Butterfly stroke

The butterfly is a swimming stroke swum on the breast, with both arms moving simultaneously. The butterfly kick was developed separately, and is also known as the "dolphin kick"...

. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.

Medalists

Final

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Sharon Stouder Sharon Stouder Sharon Stouder is an American swimmer. She was fifteen when she won three golden and one silver medals in the 1964 Summer Olympics....		1:04.7	WR
	Ada Kok Ada Kok Aagje Kok is a former swimmer who ranked among the world's best in the butterfly stroke category during the 1960s....		1:05.6
	Kathy Ellis		1:06.0
4	Eila Pyrhönen		1:07.3
5	Donna de Varona Donna de Varona Donna Elizabeth de Varona is a former American swimmer of Mexican and Irish descent.-Swimming career:...		1:08.0
6	Heike Hustede-Nagel		1:08.5
7	Eiko Takahashi		1:09.1
8	Mary Beth Stewart		1:10.0

Key: WR = World record

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