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Walter Brack of Germany won the gold medal
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Took the win with a finish that was over 1 second faster than the second-place swimmer. He made a new olympic world record which was previously 1:24.6 made by Arno Bieberstein
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Sybil Bauer USA 1:23.2 set the first Olympic record for women's backstroke
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In the first heat George Kojac set a new Olympic record with 1:09.2 minutes. In the final he set a new world record with 1:08.2 minutes
In the second heat Marie Braun bettered the world record to 1:21.6 minutes. -
In the first semi-final Eleanor Holm set a new Olympic record with 1:18.3 minutes.
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Dina Senff set a new Olympic record in the first heat with 1:16.2 minutes.She did so after missing a turning point, went back to push the wall, and still managed to win the race
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The 1940 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XII Olympiad and originally scheduled to be held from 21 September to 6 October 1940, in Tokyo, Japan, were cancelled due to the outbreak of World War II.
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The olympic games had not been held in either 1940 or 1944 due to the breakout of WWII. London was recently called upon short notice to host the 1948 olympic
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Set the world record as 1:12.9 for women
David Theile also set the world record for the men timing 1:02.2, and beat his own record in the following olympics timing 1:01.9 -
Set the world record at 1:06.2
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Set the world record as 55.49
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Set the world record.
She is most famous for being the first woman to win six gold medals at a single Olympic Games, doing so at the 1988 Seoul Olympic games -
Aaron Peirsol set the world record at 52.89 beating his olympic record which he previously set at 53.45 at the 2004 olympics
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The 100m backstroke gold medalists
Missy Franklin USA 58.33
Matthew Grevers USA 52.16
