1950 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Bruxelles, Belgium, at Stade du Heysel on 24 and 25 August 1950.

Medalists

Gold	Fanny Blankers-Koen Netherlands
Silver	Yevgeniya Sechenova Soviet Union
Bronze	June Foulds United Kingdom

Results

Final

25 August Wind: 0.7 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Netherlands	11.7	CR
	Yevgeniya Sechenova	Soviet Union	12.3
	June Foulds	United Kingdom	12.4
4	Zoya Dukhovich	Soviet Union	12.4
5	Elspeth Hay	United Kingdom	12.5
6	Colette Aitelli	France	12.5

Heats

24 August

Heat 1

Wind: 0m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Netherlands	11.7	CR Q
2	June Foulds	United Kingdom	12.2	Q
3	Yvette Monginou	France	12.6
4	Gertrud Heusser	Switzerland	13.4
	Sofya Malshina	Soviet Union	DQ

Heat 2

Wind: 0.4m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Zoya Dukhovich	Soviet Union	12.3	Q
2	Elspeth Hay	United Kingdom	12.5	Q
3	Grietje de Jongh	Netherlands	12.5
4	Josette Demeuter	Belgium	13.4

Heat 3

Wind: -1.9m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Yevgeniya Sechenova	Soviet Union	12.4	Q
2	Colette Aitelli	France	12.5	Q
3	Dorothy Hall	United Kingdom	12.5
4	Xenia Stad-de Jong	Netherlands	12.6
5	Vittoria Cesarini	Italy	12.8
6	Anna Van Rossum	Belgium	13.7

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 15 athletes from 7 countries participated in the event.

• Belgium (2)
• France (2)

• Italy (1)
• Netherlands (3)

• Soviet Union (3)
• Switzerland (1)

• United Kingdom (3)