Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres sprint event at the 1952 Olympic Games took place on July 21 and July 22. The final was won by Australian Marjorie Jackson, who equalled the world record set in 1936 by Helen Stephens.[1]

Women's 100 metres
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
VenueHelsinki Olympic Stadium
DatesJuly 21 (round one and quarterfinals)
July 22 (semifinals and final)
Competitors56
Medalists
Marjorie Jackson
 Australia
Daphne Robb-Hasenjäger
 South Africa
Shirley Strickland
 Australia

Results

First round

The first round was held on July 21. The first two runners of each heat qualified for the second round.

Heat 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Winsome Cripps Australia12.0Q
2Tzvetana Berkovska Bulgaria12.2Q
3Lilian Heinz Argentina12.7
4Ulla Pokki Finland12.7
5Nilima Ghose India13.6

Heat 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Mae Faggs United States12.1Q
2Liliana Tagliaferri Italy12.6Q
3Aranka Szabó-Bartha Hungary12.7
4Elżbieta Bocian Poland12.9

Heat 3

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Bertha Brouwer Netherlands12.0Q
2Irina Turova Soviet Union12.0Q
3Vittoria Cesarini Italy12.3
4Tang Pai Wah Singapore13.8

Heat 4

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Helga Klein Germany12.1Q
2Heather Armitage Great Britain12.3Q
3Lilián Buglia Argentina12.3
4Alexandra Sicoe Romania12.8
5Leena Sipilä Finland13.4

Heat 5

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Maria Sander Germany12.2Q
2Anna-Lisa Augustsson Sweden12.4Q
3Rosella Thorne Canada12.5
4Ilona Tolnai-Rákhely Hungary12.6
5Ayako Yoshikawa Japan12.6

Heat 6

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Giuseppina Leone Italy12.2Q
2Janet Moreau United States12.5Q
3Neeltje Büch Netherlands12.6
4Jorun Askersrud Tangen Norway13.0
5Sonja Prétôt Switzerland14.7

Heat 7

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Catherine Hardy United States11.9Q
2June Foulds Great Britain12.1Q
3Alberte de Campou France12.2
4Helena de Menezes Brazil12.5
5Ana María Fontán Argentina12.9

Heat 8

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Marjorie Jackson Australia11.6Q
2Yvette Monginou France12.3Q
3Luella Law Canada12.4
4Thelma Jones Bermuda12.5

Heat 9

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Shirley Strickland de la Hunty Australia12.0Q
2Vera Kalashnikova Soviet Union12.2Q
3Quita Shivas Great Britain12.5
4Emma Konrad Romania13.0
5Mary D'Souza India13.1

Heat 10

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Daphne Hasenjager South Africa11.9Q
2Eleanor McKenzie Canada12.2Q
3Nell Sjöström Sweden12.4
4Ibolya Tilkovszky Hungary12.4
5Phyllis Jones Bermuda13.3

Heat 11

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Francina Blankers-Koen Netherlands11.9Q
2Marga Petersen Germany12.0Q
3Denise Laborie France12.6
4Graviola Ewing Guatemala13.0

Heat 12

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Edna Maskell South Africa11.9Q
2Nadezhda Khnykina Soviet Union12.0Q
3Hyacinth Walters Jamaica12.4
4Elfriede Steurer Austria12.7
5Agneta Hannerz Sweden12.8

Quarterfinals

The first three runners from each heat qualified to the semifinals.

Quarterfinal 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Marjorie Jackson Australia11.6Q
2Marga Petersen Germany12.0Q
3Bertha Brouwer Netherlands12.0Q
4Giuseppina Leone Italy12.2
5Heather Armitage Great Britain12.3
6Tzvetana Berkovska Bulgaria12.3

Quarterfinal 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Maria Sander Germany12.0Q
2Francina Blankers-Koen Netherlands12.0Q
3Mae Faggs United States12.0Q
4Irina Turova Soviet Union12.1
5Eleanor McKenzie Canada12.1
6Yvette Monginou France12.4

Quarterfinal 3

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Daphne Hasenjager South Africa12.0Q
2Vera Kalashnikova Soviet Union12.1Q
3Winsome Cripps Australia12.1Q
4June Foulds Great Britain12.3
5Janet Moreau United States12.5
6Anna-Lisa Augustsson Sweden12.5

Quarterfinal 4

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Nadezhda Khnykina Soviet Union12.0Q
2Helga Klein Germany12.0Q
3Shirley Strickland de la Hunty Australia12.0Q
4Catherine Hardy United States12.1
5Edna Maskell South Africa12.2
6Liliana Tagliaferri Italy12.9

Semifinals

The first three runners from each heat qualified for the final. Fanny Blankers-Koen withdrew from the competition at this stage.

Semifinal 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Marjorie Jackson Australia11.5Q, =WR
2Winsome Cripps Australia12.0Q
3Mae Faggs United States12.1Q
4Nadezhda Khnykina Soviet Union12.1
5Marga Petersen Germany12.1
Fanny Blankers-Koen NetherlandsDNS

Semifinal 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Daphne Hasenjager South Africa11.9Q
2Shirley Strickland de la Hunty Australia11.9Q
3Maria Sander Germany12.0Q
4Bertha Brouwer Netherlands12.1
5Vera Kalashnikova Soviet Union12.1
6Helga Klein Germany12.3

Final

RankAthleteNationTime (hand)Notes
Marjorie Jackson Australia11.5=WR
Daphne Robb-Hasenjäger South Africa11.8
Shirley Strickland Australia11.9
4Winsome Cripps Australia11.9
5Maria Sander Germany12.0
6Mae Faggs United States12.1

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Women's 100 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
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