Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres
Women's 200 metres at the Games of the XIV Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Dates | August 5 (heats and semifinals) August 6 (final) | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | |
800 m | men | |
1500 m | men | |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
80 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
4 × 400 m relay | men | |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | |
10 km walk | men | |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Combined events | ||
Decathlon | men | |
The women's 200 metres sprint event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place on August 5 and August 6. The final was won by Dutch athlete Fanny Blankers-Koen. It was the first time this event was included in the Summer Olympics.[1]
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing World record was as follows.
World Record | Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL) | 23.6 | Warsaw, Poland | 4 August 1935 |
Since it was the first time this event took place, the following new Olympic record was set during this competition:
Date | Event | Athlete | Time | Notes |
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6 August | Final | Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED) | 24.4 | OR |
Schedule
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
Date | Time | Round |
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Thursday, 5 August 1948 | 15:30 17:00 |
Round 1 Semifinals |
Friday, 6 August 1948 | 16:30 | Final |
Results
Round 1
Round 1 took place on 5 August. The first two runners from each heat advanced to the semifinals.
Heat 1
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time (hand) | Notes |
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1 | Fanny Blankers-Koen | Netherlands | 25.7 | |
2 | Liliane Sprécher | France | 26.0 | |
3 | Mae Faggs | United States | 26.0 | |
4 | Melânia Luz | Brazil | 26.6 | EST |
5 | Phyllis Edness | Bermuda | 26.6 |
Heat 2
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time (hand) | Notes |
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1 | Cynthia Thompson | Jamaica | 25.6 | |
2 | Sylvia Cheeseman | Great Britain | 25.7 | |
3 | Diane Foster | Canada | 26.1 | |
4 | Helena de Menezes | Brazil | 27.7 |
Heat 3
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time (hand) | Notes |
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1 | Joyce King | Australia | 25.9 | |
2 | Phyllis Lightbourne-Jones | Bermuda | 27.0 | |
3 | Lucila Pini | Brazil | 27.6 | |
4 | Maria-Therese Renard | Belgium | 28.5 | |
5 | Olga Sicnerova | Czechoslovakia | 28.5 |
Heat 4
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time (hand) | Notes |
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1 | Daphne Robb-Hasenjager | South Africa | 24.4 | |
2 | Shirley Strickland | Australia | 25.1 | |
3 | Nell Jackson | United States | 25.8 | |
4 | Donna Gilmore | Canada | 25.8 | |
5 | Alma Butia | Yugoslavia | 25.8 |
Heat 5
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time (hand) | Notes |
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1 | Audrey Patterson | United States | 25.5 | |
2 | Margaret Walker | Great Britain | 25.8 | |
3 | Kathleen Russell | Jamaica | 26.3 | |
4 | Ann-Britt Leyman | Sweden | 26.3 | |
5 | Tilly Decker | Luxembourg | 26.3 | |
6 | Betty Kretschmer | Chile | 26.3 |
Heat 6
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time (hand) | Notes |
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1 | Betty McKinnon | Australia | 25.9 | |
2 | Rosine Faugouin | France | 25.9 | |
3 | Grietje de Jongh | Netherlands | 26.2 | |
4 | Grete Pavlousek | Austria | 26.2 |
Heat 7
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time (hand) | Notes |
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1 | Audrey Williamson | Great Britain | 25.4 | |
2 | Neeltje Karelse | Netherlands | 26.0 | |
3 | Millie Cheater | Canada | 26.4 | |
4 | Annegret Weller-Schneider | Chile | 26.4 |
Semifinals
The semifinals took place on 5 August. The top three runners from each heat advanced to the final.
Heat 1
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time (hand) | Notes |
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1 | Fanny Blankers-Koen | Netherlands | 24.3 | |
2 | Audrey Patterson | United States | 25.0 | |
3 | Margaret Walker | Great Britain | 25.3 | |
4 | Cynthia Thompson | Jamaica | 25.3 | |
5 | Rosine Faugouin | France | 25.3 | |
6 | Joyce King | Australia | 25.3 | |
7 | Phyllis Lightbourne-Jones | Bermuda | 25.3 |
Heat 2
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time (hand) | Notes |
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1 | Shirley Strickland | Australia | 24.9 | |
2 | Audrey Williamson | Great Britain | 24.9 | |
3 | Daphne Robb-Hasenjager | South Africa | 25.1 | |
4 | Sylvia Cheeseman | Great Britain | 25.1 | |
5 | Neeltje Karelse | Netherlands | 25.1 | |
6 | Liliane Sprécher | France | 25.1 | |
7 | Betty McKinnon | Australia | 25.1 |
Final
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time (hand) | Notes |
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Fanny Blankers-Koen | Netherlands | 24.4 | OR | |
Audrey Williamson | Great Britain | 25.1 | ||
Audrey Patterson | United States | 25.2 | ||
4 | Shirley Strickland | Australia | 25.3 | Est |
5 | Margaret Walker | Great Britain | 25.6 | Est |
6 | Daphne Robb-Hasenjäger | South Africa | 25.7 | Est |
Key: Est = Time is an estimate, OR = Olympic record
References
- ^ "Athletics at the 1948 London Summer Games: Women's 200 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
External links
- Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad, The (1948). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad. LA84 Foundation. Retrieved 5 September 2016.