Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres sprint event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place July 31 and August 2. The final was won by Dutch Fanny Blankers-Koen.[1]

Women's 100 metres
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
VenueEmpire Stadium
DatesJuly 31 (heats)
August 2 (semifinals and final)
Competitors33 from 20 nations
Medalists
Fanny Blankers-Koen
 Netherlands
Dorothy Manley
 Great Britain
Shirley Strickland
 Australia
Video on YouTube Official Video
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Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record
Olympic record
 Helen Stephens (USA) 11.5 s Berlin, Germany 4 August 1936

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1).

Date Time
Saturday, 31 July 194814:45Round 1
Monday, 2 August 194815:30
16:45
Semifinals
Finals

Results

Round 1

The fastest two runners in each heat advanced to the semifinals.

Heat 1

RankAthleteNationTime (hand)Notes
1Fanny Blankers-Koen Netherlands12.0Q
2Viola Myers Canada12.5Q
3Betty McKinnon Australia12.7
4Maria Oberbreyer Austria

Heat 2

RankAthleteNationTime (hand)Notes
1Shirley Strickland Australia12.4Q
2Birthe Nielsen Denmark12.9Q
3Noemí Simonetto de Portela Argentina13.1
4Benedicta de Oliveira Brazil13.2
5Tilly Decker Luxembourg

Heat 3

RankAthleteNationTime (hand)Notes
1Grethe Lovsø Nielsen Denmark12.6Q
2Winifred Jordan Great Britain12.7Q
3Audrey Patterson United States12.8
4Joyce King Australia13.1
5Betty Kretschmer Chile

Heat 4

RankAthleteNationTime (hand)Notes
1Cynthia Thompson Jamaica12.4Q
2Daphne Robb-Hasenjager South Africa12.4Q
3Mabel Walker United States12.2
4Millie Cheater Canada12.3

Heat 5

RankAthleteNationTime (hand)Notes
1Doris Batter Great Britain12.6Q
2Kathleen Russell Jamaica12.9Q
3Lillian Young United States13.0
4Elizabeth Müller Brazil13.2Est

Heat 6

RankAthleteNationTime (hand)Notes
1Dorothy Manley Great Britain12.1Q
2Phyllis Lightbourn-Jones Bermuda13.0Q
3Marie-Thérèse Renard Belgium13.6

Heat 7

RankAthleteNationTime (hand)Notes
1Olga Šicnerová Czechoslovakia12.4Q
2Bente Bergendorff Denmark12.6Q
3Helena de Menezes Brazil13.2
4Üner Teoman Turkey13.6

Heat 8

RankAthleteNationTime (hand)Notes
1Liliana Tagliaferri Italy12.8Q
2Xenia Stad-de Jong Netherlands12.9Q
3Phyllis Edness Bermuda13.6
4Grete Pavlousek Austria13.6
5Alma Butia Yugoslavia13.6

Heat 9

RankAthleteNationTime (hand)Notes
1Patricia Jones Canada12.7Q
2Grietje de Jongh Netherlands12.9Q
3Jeanine Moussier France12.9
4Liv Paulsen Norway12.9

Semifinals

The fastest two runners in each heat advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

RankAthleteNationTime (hand)Notes
1Fanny Blankers-Koen Netherlands12.0Q
2Shirley Strickland Australia12.4Q
3Grete Lovso Nielsen Denmark12.7Q
4Doris Batter Great Britain
5Liliana Tagliaferri Italy
6Phyllis Lightbourn-Jones Bermuda

Semifinal 2

RankAthleteNationTime (hand)Notes
1Dorothy Manley Great Britain12.4Q
2Patricia Jones Canada12.6Q
3Daphne Robb-Hasenjager South Africa12.7
4Bente Bergendorff Denmark
5Xenia Stad-de Jong Netherlands
6Kathleen Russell Jamaica

Semifinal 3

RankAthleteNationTime (hand)Notes
1Viola Myers Canada12.4Q
2Cynthia Thompson Jamaica12.5Q
3Olga Sicnerova Czechoslovakia12.5
Birthe Nielsen Denmark12.5
5Winifred Jordan Great Britain
6Grietje de Jongh Netherlands

Final

RankAthleteNationTime (hand)Notes
Fanny Blankers-Koen Netherlands11.9
Dorothy Manley Great Britain12.2
Shirley Strickland Australia12.2
4Viola Myers Canada12.3Est
5Patricia Jones Canada12.4Est
6Cynthia Thompson Jamaica12.6Est

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Athletics at the 1948 London Summer Games: Women's 100 metres". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
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