Sarah Frances "Fanny" Durack (27 October 1889 – 20 March 1956), also known by her married name Fanny Gately, was an Australian competition swimmer. From...

and composer Fanny Durack (1889–1956), Australian swimmer Fanny Fitzwilliam (1801–1854), English stage actress and theatre manager Fanny Imlay (1794–1816)...

Park include a cricket oval, rotunda, children's playground and the Fanny Durack Aquatic Centre. The oval is used for cricket in the summer months and...

first two female Olympic swimming representatives, along with friend Fanny Durack. Wylie grew up in South Coogee, Sydney, where her father Henry Wylie...

Women's events were added at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm; Fanny Durack and Mina Wylie, Australia's first female representatives, won gold and...

or Black Jack Durack Peter Durack QC (1926-2008), Rhodes Scholar, lawyer. politician Ernest Durack (1882–1967), politician Fanny Durack (1889–1956), swimmer...

Archibald Prize); Sir Frances Forbes (first Chief Justice of NSW); Sarah "Fanny" Durack (Olympic gold medal swimmer); William Dymock (book retailer); Nicholas...

bettered the record with 1 minute 23.6 seconds, and in the fourth heat Fanny Durack set a new world record with 1 minute 19.8 seconds. The top two in each...

Morning Herald. 11 July 1912. p. 12. "Ladies' Amateur Championships – Miss Durack establishes new record". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 February 1915. p. 13...

built in 1907 by Henry Wylie, the father of Mina Wylie who, along with Fanny Durack, were Australia's first female Olympic swimming representatives, and...

with the 100 metre freestyle and 400 metre team relay taking place. Fanny Durack won the individual contest, breaking the world record for the distance...

the international level." The inaugural inductees were Freddy Lane, Fanny Durack, Dawn Fraser, Shane Gould and Ian Thorpe. Gould's honour coincided with...

world record and an additional Olympic record at the end of the Games. Fanny Durack and Mina Wylie, the two women who swam for Australasia, finished first...

Edition Winner Time Notes Stockholm 1912  Fanny Durack (AUS) 1:22.2 Antwerp 1920  Ethelda Bleibtrey (USA) 1:13.6 Paris 1924  Ethel Lackie (USA) 1:12.4...

William Chidley declared insane and confined in Callan Park Hospital. Fanny Durack and Mina Wylie win 100m gold and silver in the first Olympics to have...

Fanny Durack and Mina Wylie, the gold and silver medallists in the first women's individual swimming event...

Frank Beaurepaire 1908 London Swimming Men's 1500 m freestyle  Gold Fanny Durack 1912 Stockholm Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle  Gold Cecil Healy Malcolm...

for competitions, the baths were used by Fanny Durack and Mina Wylie to develop their swimming skills (Durack and Wylie went on to win gold and silver...

pool in Australia still reserved solely for use by women and children. Fanny Durack and Mina Wylie, who won gold and silver medals in the Women's 100m Freestyle...

team. She was the head director of the Cardinals until 1917. 1912 – Fanny Durack, from Australia, became the first female Olympic swimming champion at...

# Time Swimmer Date Event Place 011 2:56.02:56.0 Durack, Fanny Fanny Durack March 4, 1915 ? Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ? 022 2:47.62:47.6 Boyle...

Olympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee Fanny Durack - Olympic Games gold medalist and Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee...

John Anderson, politician 23 November – Shane Gould, swimmer 20 March – Fanny Durack, (b. 1889), swimmer 29 May – Frank Beaurepaire, (b. 1891), swimmer and...

Games Gold Silver Bronze 100 m freestyle details  Fanny Durack (ANZ)  Wilhelmina Wylie (ANZ)  Jennie Fletcher (GBR) 4 × 100 m freestyle relay details  Great...

Games Gold Silver Bronze 1912 Stockholm details Fanny Durack  Australasia Wilhelmina Wylie  Australasia Jennie Fletcher  Great Britain 1920 Antwerp details...

1897) March 18 – Louis Bromfield, American writer (b. 1896) March 20 Fanny Durack, Australian swimmer (b. 1889) Wilhelm Miklas, 3rd President of Austria...

Records Preceded by Fanny Durack Women's 100-meter freestyle world record-holder (long course) August 23, 1920 – June 30, 1923 Succeeded by Gertrude Ederle...

congregate and socialise. On 15 July 1912, at the Stockholm Olympics, Fanny Durack became the first Australian to win a swimming event on a world stage...

the first time. Australasia won 2 gold, 2 silver and 3 bronze medals. Fanny Durack won the 100 metres freestyle. Australasia won the men's 4 × 200 m freestyle...

States Swimmer 1985 Barbara Dunbar United States Masters Swimmer 2000 Fanny Durack Australia Swimmer 1967 Becky Dyroen-Lancer United States Synchronized...