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Margaret Edwards

Full name: Margaret Edwards
Gender: Female
Born: March 28, 1939
Country: GBR Great Britain
Sport: Swimming

Medals: 1 Bronze (1 Total)

Biography

Margaret Edwards had the following podium finishes at major championships: 3rd in the 1956 Olympics 100 metres Backstroke; 1st in the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games 4×110 yards medley (with Anita Lonsbrough, Jean Oldroyd, and the non-Olymian Anne Marshall), 2nd in the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games 110 yards Backstroke. In the British Empire and Commonwealth Games Edwards competed for England.

Results

Games Age City Sport Event Team NOC Rank Medal
1956 Summer 17 Melbourne Swimming Women's 100 metres Backstroke Great Britain GBR 3 Bronze

Women's 100 metres Backstroke

Event History
Games Age City Sport Country Phase Unit Rank T
1956 Summer 17 Melbourne Swimming Great Britain Final 3 1:13.1
1956 Summer 17 Melbourne Swimming Great Britain Round One Heat Three 1 QU/OR 1:13.0