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100 metres, Women

Date	21 – 22 July 1952
Status	Olympic
Location	Helsingin Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Participants	56 from 27 countries

The world record holder and 1950 European Champion was the defending gold medalist Fanny Blankers-Koen. But she was ill in Helsinki and withdrew from the semi-finals, which left the way open for Australian Marjorie Jackson, who had won the 1950 Commonwealth Games. In the semi-final she equaled the world record of 11.5. She again posted that mark in the final to win by almost three metres.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	QF	SF	Final
1	30	Marjorie Jackson	AUS	11.6 (1 h8)	11.6 (1 h1)	11.5 (1 h1)	11.5 (1)	Gold
2	114	Daphne Hasenjäger	RSA	11.9 (1 h10)	12.0 (1 h3)	11.9 (1 h2)	11.8 (2)	Silver
3	31	Shirley Strickland de la Hunty	AUS	12.0 (1 h9)	12.0 (3 h4)	11.9 (2 h2)	11.9 (3)	Bronze
4	32	Winsome Cripps	AUS	12.0 (1 h1)	12.1 (3 h3)	12.0 (2 h1)	11.9 (4)
5	757	Maria Sander	GER	12.2 (1 h5)	12.0 (1 h2)	12.0 (3 h2)	12.0 (5)
6	1043	Mae Faggs	USA	12.1 (1 h2)	12.0 (3 h2)	12.1 (3 h1)	12.1 (6)
4 h1 r3/4	476	Nadezhda Khnik'ina	URS	12.0 (2 h12)	12.0 (1 h4)	12.1 (4 h1)	–
4 h2 r3/4	131	Puck Brouwer	NED	12.0 (1 h3)	12.0 (3 h1)	12.1 (4 h2)	–
5 h1 r3/4	756	Marga Petersen	GER	12.0 (2 h11)	12.0 (2 h1)	12.1 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r3/4	475	Vera Kalashnikova	URS	12.2 (2 h9)	12.1 (2 h3)	12.1 (5 h2)	–
6 h2 r3/4	755	Helga Klein	GER	12.1 (1 h4)	12.0 (2 h4)	12.3 (6 h2)	–
2 h2 r2/4	132	Fanny Blankers-Koen	NED	11.9 (1 h11)	12.0 (2 h2)	– (DNS h1)	–
4 h1 r2/4	268	Giuseppina Leone	ITA	12.2 (1 h6)	12.2 (4 h1)	–	–
4 h2 r2/4	493	Irina Turova	URS	12.0 (2 h3)	12.1 (4 h2)	–	–
4 h3 r2/4	217	June Foulds	GBR	12.1 (2 h7)	12.3 (4 h3)	–	–
4 h4 r2/4	1045	Cathy Hardy	USA	11.9 (1 h7)	12.1 (4 h4)	–	–
5 h1 r2/4	216	Heather Armitage	GBR	12.3 (2 h4)	12.3 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r2/4	362	Eleanor McKenzie	CAN	12.2 (2 h10)	12.1 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r2/4	1044	Janet Moreau	USA	12.5 (2 h6)	12.5 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r2/4	115	Edna Maskell	RSA	11.9 (1 h12)	12.2 (5 h4)	–	–
6 h1 r2/4	72	Tsvetana Berkovska	BUL	12.2 (2 h1)	12.3 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r2/4	640	Yvette Monginou	FRA	12.3 (2 h8)	12.4 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r2/4	712	Anna-Lisa Augustsson	SWE	12.4 (2 h5)	12.5 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r2/4	266	Liliana Tagliaferri	ITA	12.6 (2 h2)	12.9 (6 h4)	–	–
3 h1 r1/4	12	Lilián Heinz	ARG	12.7 (3 h1)	–	–	–
3 h2 r1/4	961	Aranka Szabó-Bartha	HUN	12.7 (3 h2)	–	–	–
3 h3 r1/4	267	Vittoria Cesarini	ITA	12.3 (3 h3)	–	–	–
3 h4 r1/4	11	Lilián Buglia	ARG	12.3 (3 h4)	–	–	–
3 h5 r1/4	363	Rosella Thorne	CAN	12.5 (3 h5)	–	–	–
3 h6 r1/4	133	Nel Büch	NED	12.6 (3 h6)	–	–	–
3 h7 r1/4	639	Alberte de Campou	FRA	12.2 (3 h7)	–	–	–
3 h8 r1/4	361	Luella Law	CAN	12.4 (3 h8)	–	–	–
3 h9 r1/4	218	Quita Shivas	GBR	12.5 (3 h9)	–	–	–
3 h10 r1/4	714	Nell Sjöström	SWE	12.4 (3 h10)	–	–	–
3 h11 r1/4	641	Denise Laborie	FRA	12.6 (3 h11)	–	–	–
3 h12 r1/4	298	Hyacinth Walters	JAM	12.4 (3 h12)	–	–	–
4 h1 r1/4	827	Ulla Pokki	FIN	12.7 (4 h1)	–	–	–
4 h2 r1/4	586	Elżbieta Bocian	POL	12.9 (4 h2)	–	–	–
4 h3 r1/4	770	Tang Pui Wah	SGP	13.8 (4 h3)	–	–	–
4 h4 r1/4	665	Alexandra Sicoe	ROU	12.8 (4 h4)	–	–	–
4 h5 r1/4	962	Ilona Tolnai-Rákhely	HUN	12.6 (4 h5)	–	–	–
4 h6 r1/4	522	Jorun Tangen	NOR	13.0 (4 h6)	–	–	–
4 h7 r1/4	65	Helena de Menezes	BRA	12.5 (4 h7)	–	–	–
4 h8 r1/4	57	Thelma Jones	BER	12.5 (4 h8)	–	–	–
4 h9 r1/4	664	Emma Konrad	ROU	13.0 (4 h9)	–	–	–
4 h10 r1/4	960	Ibolya Tilkovszky	HUN	12.4 (4 h10)	–	–	–
4 h11 r1/4	125	Graviola Ewing	GUA	13.0 (4 h11)	–	–	–
4 h12 r1/4	284	Elfriede Steurer	AUT	12.7 (4 h12)	–	–	–
5 h1 r1/4	144	Nilima Ghose	IND	13.6 (5 h1)	–	–	–
5 h4 r1/4	828	Leena Sipilä	FIN	13.4 (5 h4)	–	–	–
5 h5 r1/4	316	Ayako Yoshikawa	JPN	12.6 (5 h5)	–	–	–
5 h6 r1/4	868	Sonja Prétôt	SUI	14.7 (5 h6)	–	–	–
5 h7 r1/4	13	Ana María Fontán	ARG	12.9 (5 h7)	–	–	–
5 h9 r1/4	143	Mary D'Souza	IND	13.1 (5 h9)	–	–	–
5 h10 r1/4	56	Phyllis Jones	BER	13.3 (5 h10)	–	–	–
5 h12 r1/4	713	Agneta Hannerz	SWE	12.8 (5 h12)	–	–	–
DNS	86	Adriana Millard	CHI	– (DNS h11)	–	–	–
DNS	829	Maire Österdahl	FIN	– (DNS h2)	–	–	–
DNS	236	Leah Horowitz	ISR	– (DNS h3)	–	–	–

Round One (21 July 1952 — 15:30)

Top two in each heat advanced to the quarter-finals.

Heat One

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	5	Winsome Cripps	AUS	12.0	12.18	Q
2	4	Tsvetana Berkovska	BUL	12.2	12.43	Q
3	3	Lilián Heinz	ARG	12.7	13.01
4	1	Ulla Pokki	FIN	12.7	13.06
5	2	Nilima Ghose	IND	13.6	13.80

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	5	Mae Faggs	USA	12.1	12.44	Q
2	4	Liliana Tagliaferri	ITA	12.6	12.86	Q
3	3	Aranka Szabó-Bartha	HUN	12.7	12.90
4	2	Elżbieta Bocian	POL	12.9	13.10
DNS	1	Maire Österdahl	FIN	–	–

Heat Three

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	4	Puck Brouwer	NED	12.0	12.26	Q	1
2	1	Irina Turova	URS	12.0	12.25	Q	2
3	2	Vittoria Cesarini	ITA	12.3	12.78
4	3	Tang Pui Wah	SGP	13.8	14.08
DNS	5	Leah Horowitz	ISR	–	–

Heat Four

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	4	Helga Klein	GER	12.1	12.30	Q
2	3	Heather Armitage	GBR	12.3	12.57	Q
3	5	Lilián Buglia	ARG	12.3	12.62
4	1	Alexandra Sicoe	ROU	12.8	12.93
5	2	Leena Sipilä	FIN	13.4	13.70

Heat Five

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	5	Maria Sander	GER	12.2	12.42	Q
2	3	Anna-Lisa Augustsson	SWE	12.4	12.67	Q
3	1	Rosella Thorne	CAN	12.5	12.77
4	4	Ilona Tolnai-Rákhely	HUN	12.6	12.95
5	2	Ayako Yoshikawa	JPN	12.6	13.00

Heat Six

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	1	Giuseppina Leone	ITA	12.2	12.38	Q
2	4	Janet Moreau	USA	12.5	12.68	Q
3	2	Nel Büch	NED	12.6	12.95
4	5	Jorun Tangen	NOR	13.0	13.18
5	3	Sonja Prétôt	SUI	14.7	14.93

Heat Seven

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	4	Cathy Hardy	USA	11.9	12.18	Q=OR
2	2	June Foulds	GBR	12.1	12.34	Q
3	3	Alberte de Campou	FRA	12.2	12.44
4	5	Helena de Menezes	BRA	12.5	12.83
5	1	Ana María Fontán	ARG	12.9	13.33

Heat Eight

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	2	Marjorie Jackson	AUS	11.6	11.86	QOR
2	4	Yvette Monginou	FRA	12.3	12.64	Q
3	1	Luella Law	CAN	12.4	12.70
4	3	Thelma Jones	BER	12.5	12.75

Heat Nine

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	4	Shirley Strickland de la Hunty	AUS	12.0	12.20	Q
2	2	Vera Kalashnikova	URS	12.2	12.32	Q
3	5	Quita Shivas	GBR	12.5	12.82
4	3	Emma Konrad	ROU	13.0	13.10
5	1	Mary D'Souza	IND	13.1	13.40

Heat Ten

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	4	Daphne Hasenjäger	RSA	11.9	12.16	Q
2	5	Eleanor McKenzie	CAN	12.2	12.41	Q
3	3	Nell Sjöström	SWE	12.4	12.71
4	1	Ibolya Tilkovszky	HUN	12.4	12.75
5	2	Phyllis Jones	BER	13.3	13.55

Heat Eleven

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	5	Fanny Blankers-Koen	NED	11.9	12.18	Q
2	4	Marga Petersen	GER	12.0	12.32	Q
3	1	Denise Laborie	FRA	12.6	12.88
4	3	Graviola Ewing	GUA	13.0	13.05
DNS	2	Adriana Millard	CHI	–	–

Heat Twelve

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	4	Edna Maskell	RSA	11.9	12.26	Q	3
2	1	Nadezhda Khnik'ina	URS	12.0	12.25	Q	4
3	2	Hyacinth Walters	JAM	12.4	12.53
4	5	Elfriede Steurer	AUT	12.7	12.86
5	3	Agneta Hannerz	SWE	12.8	13.09

Quarter-Finals (21 July 1952 — 18:00)

Top three in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	30	Marjorie Jackson	AUS	11.6	11.84	Q=OR
2	756	Marga Petersen	GER	12.0	12.30	Q
3	131	Puck Brouwer	NED	12.0	12.33	Q
4	268	Giuseppina Leone	ITA	12.2	12.42
5	216	Heather Armitage	GBR	12.3	12.58
6	72	Tsvetana Berkovska	BUL	12.3	12.60

Heat Two

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	757	Maria Sander	GER	12.0	12.20	Q
2	132	Fanny Blankers-Koen	NED	12.0	12.22	Q
3	1043	Mae Faggs	USA	12.0	12.22	Q
4	493	Irina Turova	URS	12.1	12.28
5	362	Eleanor McKenzie	CAN	12.1	12.44
6	640	Yvette Monginou	FRA	12.4	12.66

Heat Three

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	114	Daphne Hasenjäger	RSA	12.0	12.19	Q
2	475	Vera Kalashnikova	URS	12.1	12.26	Q
3	32	Winsome Cripps	AUS	12.1	12.30	Q
4	217	June Foulds	GBR	12.3	12.45
5	1044	Janet Moreau	USA	12.5	12.67		5
6	712	Anna-Lisa Augustsson	SWE	12.5	12.66		6

Heat Four

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	476	Nadezhda Khnik'ina	URS	12.0	12.29	Q	7
2	755	Helga Klein	GER	12.0	12.27	Q	8
3	31	Shirley Strickland de la Hunty	AUS	12.0	12.28	Q	9
4	1045	Cathy Hardy	USA	12.1	12.31
5	115	Edna Maskell	RSA	12.2	12.38
6	266	Liliana Tagliaferri	ITA	12.9	13.14

Semi-Finals (22 July 1952 — 16:35)

Top three in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	3	Marjorie Jackson	AUS	11.5	11.75	Q=WR
2	5	Winsome Cripps	AUS	12.0	12.16	Q
3	6	Mae Faggs	USA	12.1	12.16	Q
4	4	Nadezhda Khnik'ina	URS	12.1	12.17
5	2	Marga Petersen	GER	12.1	12.19
DNS	1	Fanny Blankers-Koen	NED	–	–

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	4	Daphne Hasenjäger	RSA	11.9	12.13	Q
2	3	Shirley Strickland de la Hunty	AUS	11.9	12.17	Q
3	6	Maria Sander	GER	12.0	12.24	Q
4	1	Puck Brouwer	NED	12.1	12.32
5	2	Vera Kalashnikova	URS	12.1	12.41
6	5	Helga Klein	GER	12.3	12.53

Final (22 July 1952 — 18:35)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	5	Marjorie Jackson	AUS	11.5	11.67	=WR
2	2	Daphne Hasenjäger	RSA	11.8	12.05
3	4	Shirley Strickland de la Hunty	AUS	11.9	12.12
4	6	Winsome Cripps	AUS	11.9	12.16
5	3	Maria Sander	GER	12.0	12.27
6	1	Mae Faggs	USA	12.1	12.27