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100 metres, Women

Date	31 July – 2 August 1948
Status	Olympic
Location	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London
Participants	38 from 21 countries

The 100 metres was the first of four events in which Fanny Blankers-Koen was entered at the London Olympics. While she was the World Record holder in the 100 yards, many observers considered her to be past her prime. But the Dutchwoman soon silenced her critics, winning the heats and semi-finals with ease. The only contestant who could think of threatening her was home-runner Dorothy Manley. She was originally a high jumper, but was discovered to have more talent for sprinting. Manley had a good start in the final and briefly led until Blankers-Koen took over and won easily. Her time of 11.9 was decent considering the poor track conditions due to the wet weather.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	692	Fanny Blankers-Koen	NED	12.0 (1 h1)	12.0 (1 h1)	11.9 (1)	Gold
2	691	Dorothy Manley	GBR	12.1 (1 h6)	12.4 (1 h2)	12.2 (2)	Silver
3	668	Shirley Strickland	AUS	12.4 (1 h2)	12.4 (2 h1)	12.2 (3)	Bronze
4	680	Viola Myers	CAN	12.5 (2 h1)	12.4 (1 h3)	12.3est (4)
5	679	Pat Jones	CAN	12.7 (1 h9)	12.6 (2 h2)	12.4est (5)
6	702	Cynthia Thompson	JAM	12.4 (1 h4)	12.5 (2 h3)	12.6est (6)		1
3 h1 r2/3	685	Grethe Lovsø Nielsen	DEN	12.6 (1 h3)	12.7 (3 h1)	–
3 h2 r2/3	705	Daphne Robb	RSA	12.4 (2 h4)	12.7 (3 h2)	–
=3 h3 r2/3	684	Birthe Nielsen	DEN	12.9 (2 h2)	12.5 (=3 h3)	–
=3 h3 r2/3	682	Olga Šicnerová	TCH	12.4 (1 h7)	12.5 (=3 h3)	–
4 h1 r2/3	689	Doris Batter	GBR	12.6 (1 h5)	– (4 h1)	–
4 h2 r2/3	683	Bente Bergendorff	DEN	12.6 (2 h7)	– (4 h2)	–
5 h1 r2/3	698	Liliana Tagliaferri	ITA	12.8 (1 h8)	– (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r2/3	694	Xenia Stad-de Jong	NED	12.9 (2 h8)	– (5 h2)	–
5 h3 r2/3	690	Winnie Jordan	GBR	12.7 (2 h3)	– (5 h3)	–
6 h1 r2/3	674	Phyllis Lightbourn	BER	13.0 (2 h6)	– (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r2/3	701	Kathleen Russell	JAM	12.9 (2 h5)	– (6 h2)	–
6 h3 r2/3	693	Gré de Jongh	NED	12.9 (2 h9)	– (6 h3)	–
3 h1 r1/3	667	Betty McKinnon	AUS	12.7 (3 h1)	–	–
3 h2 r1/3	665	Noemí Simonetto de Portela	ARG	13.1 (3 h2)	–	–
3 h3 r1/3	707	Mickey Patterson	USA	12.8 (3 h3)	–	–
3 h4 r1/3	708	Mabel Walker	USA	12.8 (3 h4)	–	–
3 h5 r1/3	709	Lillian Young	USA	13.0 (3 h5)	–	–
3 h6 r1/3	672	Marie-Thérèse Renard	BEL	13.6 (3 h6)	–	–
3 h7 r1/3	675	Helena de Menezes	BRA	13.2 (3 h7)	–	–
3 h8 r1/3	673	Phyllis Edness	BER	13.6 (3 h8)	–	–
3 h9 r1/3	687	Jeannine Moussier	FRA	12.9 (3 h9)	–	–
4 h1 r1/3	669	Maria Oberbreyer-Trösch	AUT	– (4 h1)	–	–
4 h2 r1/3	677	Benedicta Oliveira	BRA	13.2est (4 h2)	–	–
4 h3 r1/3	666	Joyce King	AUS	13.1est (4 h3)	–	–
4 h4 r1/3	678	Millie Cheater	CAN	– (4 h4)	–	–
4 h5 r1/3	676	Elizabeth Müller	BRA	13.2est (4 h5)	–	–
4 h7 r1/3	706	Üner Teoman	TUR	13.6est (4 h7)	–	–
4 h8 r1/3	670	Grete Pavlousek	AUT	– (4 h8)	–	–
4 h9 r1/3	704	Liv Paulsen	NOR	– (4 h9)	–	–
5 h2 r1/3	703	Tilly Decker	LUX	– (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r1/3	681	Betty Kretschmer	CHI	– (5 h3)	–	–
5 h8 r1/3	710	Alma Butia	YUG	– (5 h8)	–	–
DNS	696	Jolán Mertin	HUN	– (DNS h1)	–	–
DNS	686	Léa Caurla	FRA	– (DNS h4)	–	–
DNS	699	Mavis Evelyn	JAM	– (DNS h4)	–	–
DNS	695	Lenke Eirandt	HUN	– (DNS h5)	–	–
DNS	697	Zsuzsa Szigeti-Varga	HUN	– (DNS h6)	–	–
DNS	671	Elfriede Steurer	AUT	– (DNS h9)	–	–
DNS	688	Liliane Sprécher	FRA	– (DNS h7)	–	–
DNS	700	Carmen Phipps	JAM	– (DNS h6)	–	–

Round One

Date	31 July 1948 — 14:45
Format	Top two in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat #1

Wind	<0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	692	Fanny Blankers-Koen	NED	12.0	12.1	Q
2	680	Viola Myers	CAN	12.5	–	Q
3	667	Betty McKinnon	AUS	12.7	–
4	669	Maria Oberbreyer-Trösch	AUT	–	–
DNS	696	Jolán Mertin	HUN	–	–

Heat #2

Wind	<0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	668	Shirley Strickland	AUS	12.4	12.6	Q
2	684	Birthe Nielsen	DEN	12.9	–	Q
3	665	Noemí Simonetto de Portela	ARG	13.1	–
4	677	Benedicta Oliveira	BRA	13.2est	–
5	703	Tilly Decker	LUX	–	–

Heat #3

Wind	<0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	685	Grethe Lovsø Nielsen	DEN	12.6	12.7	Q
2	690	Winnie Jordan	GBR	12.7	–	Q
3	707	Mickey Patterson	USA	12.8	–
4	666	Joyce King	AUS	13.1est	–
5	681	Betty Kretschmer	CHI	–	–

Heat #4

Wind	1.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	702	Cynthia Thompson	JAM	12.4	12.6	Q
2	705	Daphne Robb	RSA	12.4	–	Q
3	708	Mabel Walker	USA	12.8	–
4	678	Millie Cheater	CAN	–	–
DNS	686	Léa Caurla	FRA	–	–
DNS	699	Mavis Evelyn	JAM	–	–

Heat #5

Wind	<0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	689	Doris Batter	GBR	12.6	12.7	Q
2	701	Kathleen Russell	JAM	12.9	–	Q
3	709	Lillian Young	USA	13.0	–
4	676	Elizabeth Müller	BRA	13.2est	–
DNS	695	Lenke Eirandt	HUN	–	–

Heat #6

Wind	0.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	691	Dorothy Manley	GBR	12.1	12.3	Q
2	674	Phyllis Lightbourn	BER	13.0	–	Q
3	672	Marie-Thérèse Renard	BEL	13.6	–
DNS	697	Zsuzsa Szigeti-Varga	HUN	–	–
DNS	700	Carmen Phipps	JAM	–	–

Heat #7

Wind	<0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	682	Olga Šicnerová	TCH	12.4	–	Q
2	683	Bente Bergendorff	DEN	12.6	–	Q
3	675	Helena de Menezes	BRA	13.2	–
4	706	Üner Teoman	TUR	13.6est	–
DNS	688	Liliane Sprécher	FRA	–	–

Heat #8

Wind	<0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	698	Liliana Tagliaferri	ITA	12.8	13.0	Q
2	694	Xenia Stad-de Jong	NED	12.9	–	Q
3	673	Phyllis Edness	BER	13.6	–
4	670	Grete Pavlousek	AUT	–	–
5	710	Alma Butia	YUG	–	–

Heat #9

Wind	<0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	679	Pat Jones	CAN	12.7	–	Q
2	693	Gré de Jongh	NED	12.9	–	Q
3	687	Jeannine Moussier	FRA	12.9	–
4	704	Liv Paulsen	NOR	–	–
DNS	671	Elfriede Steurer	AUT	–	–

Semi-Finals

Date	2 August 1948 — 15:30
Format	Top two in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat #1

Wind	<0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	692	Fanny Blankers-Koen	NED	12.0	12.3	Q
2	668	Shirley Strickland	AUS	12.4	12.63	Q
3	685	Grethe Lovsø Nielsen	DEN	12.7	12.94
4	689	Doris Batter	GBR	–	12.96
5	698	Liliana Tagliaferri	ITA	–	12.99
6	674	Phyllis Lightbourn	BER	–	13.65

Heat #2

Wind	<0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	691	Dorothy Manley	GBR	12.4	12.5	Q
2	679	Pat Jones	CAN	12.6	12.61	Q
3	705	Daphne Robb	RSA	12.7	12.66
4	683	Bente Bergendorff	DEN	–	12.82
5	694	Xenia Stad-de Jong	NED	–	12.83
6	701	Kathleen Russell	JAM	–	13.08

Heat #3

Wind	<0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	680	Viola Myers	CAN	12.4	12.7	Q
2	702	Cynthia Thompson	JAM	12.5	12.73	Q
=3	682	Olga Šicnerová	TCH	12.5	12.78
=3	684	Birthe Nielsen	DEN	12.5	12.79
5	690	Winnie Jordan	GBR	–	13.52
6	693	Gré de Jongh	NED	–	13.70

Final Round

Date	2 August 1948 — 16:45
Wind	<0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	692	Fanny Blankers-Koen	NED	11.9	12.2	=OR
2	691	Dorothy Manley	GBR	12.2	12.40
3	668	Shirley Strickland	AUS	12.2	12.59
4	680	Viola Myers	CAN	12.3est	12.63
5	679	Pat Jones	CAN	12.4est	12.69
6	702	Cynthia Thompson	JAM	12.6est	12.87