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Women’s 100 Meter Freestyle Final -Melbourne - December 1956

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Tomorrow’s Olympic Journey post is about the Women’s 100 Meter Freestyle race in the Melbourne Olympics.

The image above shows the eight finalists on the starting blocks.

The date is 1-December-1956 at 8:35 pm.

Here are the Lane Assignments from the top in Lane #1:

Joan Rosazza (USA)

Virginia Grant (CAN)

Faith Leech (AUS)

Dawn Fraser (AUS)

Lorraine Crapp (AUS)

Marrion Row (NZL)

Shelley Mann (USA)

Natalie Myburgh (ZAF)

Also in tomorow’s post will be a link to a video of the race in both regular speed with commentary, and Slo-Mo.