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200 metres, Women

Date25 – 26 July 1952
StatusOlympic
LocationHelsingin Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Participants38 from 21 countries

Defending champion Fanny Blankers-Koen was favored but withdrew before the start because of illness. The world record holder was Stanisława Wałasiewicz but she was not competing either. In round one Australia’s Marjorie Jackson tied her record, running 23.6, and she broke the record in the semi-finals with 23.4. Jackson then dominated the final, winning by four metres.

PosNrAthleteNOCR1SFFinal
130Marjorie JacksonAUS23.6 (1 h3)23.4 (1 h1)23.7 (1)Gold
2131Puck BrouwerNED24.6 (1 h4)24.3 (2 h1)24.2 (2)Silver
3476Nadezhda Khnik'inaURS24.3 (1 h2)24.1 (1 h2)24.2 (3)Bronze
432Winsome CrippsAUS24.4 (2 h6)24.3 (2 h2)24.2 (4)
5755Helga KleinGER24.6 (2 h2)24.4 (3 h2)24.6 (5)
6114Daphne HasenjägerRSA24.4 (1 h6)24.4 (3 h1)24.6 (6)
4 h1 r2/3219Sylvia CheesemanGBR24.9 (1 h1)24.7 (4 h1)
4 h2 r2/31045Cathy HardyUSA24.8 (2 h3)24.7 (4 h2)
5 h1 r2/3478Yevgeniya SechenovaURS25.4 (1 h7)25.2 (5 h1)
5 h2 r2/3362Eleanor McKenzieCAN25.5 (2 h5)25.1 (5 h2)
6 h1 r2/3361Luella LawCAN25.7 (2 h7)25.3 (6 h1)
6 h2 r2/3589Eulalia SzwajkowskaPOL25.5 (1 h5)25.2 (6 h2)
7 h1 r2/3758Ursula KnabGER25.0 (2 h1)25.5 (7 h1)
7 h2 r2/3642Marcelle GabarrusFRA25.3 (2 h4)25.3 (7 h2)
3 h1 r1/372Tsvetana BerkovskaBUL25.2 (3 h1)
3 h2 r1/366Deise de CastroBRA25.0 (3 h2)
3 h3 r1/3220Patricia DevineGBR25.1 (3 h3)
3 h4 r1/3221Ann JohnsonGBR25.3 (3 h4)
3 h5 r1/3665Alexandra SicoeROU25.6 (3 h5)
3 h6 r1/31043Mae FaggsUSA24.5 (3 h6)
3 h7 r1/3964Klára SoósHUN25.8 (3 h7)
4 h1 r1/314Gladys ErbettaARG25.6 (4 h1)
4 h2 r1/3364Tiny O'HalloranCAN25.2 (4 h2)
4 h3 r1/3643Anne-Marie LousteauFRA25.5 (4 h3)
4 h4 r1/386Adriana MillardCHI25.4 (4 h4)
4 h5 r1/312Lilián HeinzARG25.8 (4 h5)
4 h6 r1/3298Hyacinth WaltersJAM25.4 (4 h6)
4 h7 r1/3588Genowefa MinickaPOL25.9 (4 h7)
5 h1 r1/3477Flora KazantsevaURS25.7 (5 h1)
5 h2 r1/3134Gré de JonghNED25.2 (5 h2)
5 h3 r1/3963Olga GyarmatiHUN25.5 (5 h3)
5 h4 r1/3125Graviola EwingGUA26.9 (5 h4)
5 h5 r1/3830Pirkko LänsivuoriFIN27.5 (5 h5)
6 h1 r1/3587Maria ArndtPOL25.9 (6 h1)
6 h2 r1/3664Emma KonradROU25.8 (6 h2)
6 h3 r1/3269Vera MartelliITA26.1 (6 h3)
7 h3 r1/3143Mary D'SouzaIND26.3 (7 h3)
AC h5 r1/31046Dolores DwyerUSA– (DNF h5)
DNS11Lilián BugliaARG– (DNS h7)
DNS31Shirley Strickland de la HuntyAUS– (DNS h5)
DNS757Maria SanderGER– (DNS h4)
DNS270Maria MussoITA– (DNS h4)
DNS132Fanny Blankers-KoenNED– (DNS h7)
DNS868Sonja PrétôtSUI– (DNS h6)
DNS522Jorun TangenNOR– (DNS h6)

Round One (25 July 1952 — 15:20)

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

Heat One

PosLaneAthleteNOCTime (H)Time (A)
16Sylvia CheesemanGBR24.925.03Q
23Ursula KnabGER25.025.26Q
32Tsvetana BerkovskaBUL25.225.49
44Gladys ErbettaARG25.625.83
55Flora KazantsevaURS25.725.92
61Maria ArndtPOL25.926.29

Heat Two

PosLaneAthleteNOCTime (H)Time (A)
12Nadezhda Khnik'inaURS24.324.47QOR
25Helga KleinGER24.624.83Q
31Deise de CastroBRA25.025.22
46Tiny O'HalloranCAN25.225.45
54Gré de JonghNED25.225.48
63Emma KonradROU25.826.04

Heat Three

PosLaneAthleteNOCTime (H)Time (A)
15Marjorie JacksonAUS23.623.73QWR
24Cathy HardyUSA24.824.91Q
33Patricia DevineGBR25.125.25
47Anne-Marie LousteauFRA25.525.781
56Olga GyarmatiHUN25.525.772
62Vera MartelliITA26.126.53
71Mary D'SouzaIND26.326.80

Heat Four

PosLaneAthleteNOCTime (H)Time (A)
12Puck BrouwerNED24.624.81Q
23Marcelle GabarrusFRA25.325.49Q
31Ann JohnsonGBR25.325.593
47Adriana MillardCHI25.425.584
54Graviola EwingGUA26.927.02
DNS5Maria SanderGER
DNS6Maria MussoITA

Heat Five

PosLaneAthleteNOCTime (H)Time (A)
12Eulalia SzwajkowskaPOL25.525.60Q
26Eleanor McKenzieCAN25.525.66Q
33Alexandra SicoeROU25.625.82
47Lilián HeinzARG25.826.00
51Pirkko LänsivuoriFIN27.527.66
DNF5Dolores DwyerUSA
DNS4Shirley Strickland de la HuntyAUS

Heat Six

PosLaneAthleteNOCTime (H)Time (A)
16Daphne HasenjägerRSA24.424.58Q5
21Winsome CrippsAUS24.424.54Q6
35Mae FaggsUSA24.524.71
44Hyacinth WaltersJAM25.425.59
DNS2Sonja PrétôtSUI
DNS3Jorun TangenNOR

Heat Seven

PosLaneAthleteNOCTime (H)Time (A)
15Yevgeniya SechenovaURS25.425.46Q
22Luella LawCAN25.725.82Q
31Klára SoósHUN25.826.05
46Genowefa MinickaPOL25.926.17
DNS4Lilián BugliaARG
DNS3Fanny Blankers-KoenNED

Semi-Finals (26 July 1952 — 15:00)

Top three in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One

PosNrAthleteNOCTime (H)Time (A)
130Marjorie JacksonAUS23.423.59QWR
2131Puck BrouwerNED24.324.41Q
3114Daphne HasenjägerRSA24.424.60Q
4219Sylvia CheesemanGBR24.724.97
5478Yevgeniya SechenovaURS25.225.32
6361Luella LawCAN25.325.63
7758Ursula KnabGER25.525.76

Heat Two

PosNrAthleteNOCTime (H)Time (A)
1476Nadezhda Khnik'inaURS24.124.16Q
232Winsome CrippsAUS24.324.47Q
3755Helga KleinGER24.424.65Q
41045Cathy HardyUSA24.724.93
5362Eleanor McKenzieCAN25.125.30
6589Eulalia SzwajkowskaPOL25.225.45
7642Marcelle GabarrusFRA25.325.46

Final (26 July 1952 — 17:40)

PosLaneAthleteNOCTime (H)Time (A)
11Marjorie JacksonAUS23.723.89
22Puck BrouwerNED24.224.25
35Nadezhda Khnik'inaURS24.224.37
44Winsome CrippsAUS24.224.40
56Helga KleinGER24.624.72
63Daphne HasenjägerRSA24.624.72