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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 in this event was the defending gold medalist Fanny Blankers-Koen. However, 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	Number	Competitor	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

Date	21 July 1952 — 15:30
Format	Top two in each heat advanced to the quarter-finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)	Time (hand)
1	30	Marjorie Jackson	AUS	11.86	11.6	QOR
2	114	Daphne Hasenjäger	RSA	12.16	11.9	Q
=3	32	Winsome Cripps	AUS	12.18	12.0	Q
=3	1045	Cathy Hardy	USA	12.18	11.9	Q=OR
=3	132	Fanny Blankers-Koen	NED	12.18	11.9	Q
6	31	Shirley Strickland de la Hunty	AUS	12.20	12.0	Q
=7	493	Irina Turova	URS	12.25	12.0	Q	1
=7	476	Nadezhda Khnik'ina	URS	12.25	12.0	Q	2
=9	131	Puck Brouwer	NED	12.26	12.0	Q	3
=9	115	Edna Maskell	RSA	12.26	11.9	Q	4
11	755	Helga Klein	GER	12.30	12.1	Q
=12	475	Vera Kalashnikova	URS	12.32	12.2	Q
=12	756	Marga Petersen	GER	12.32	12.0	Q
14	217	June Foulds	GBR	12.34	12.1	Q
15	268	Giuseppina Leone	ITA	12.38	12.2	Q
16	362	Eleanor McKenzie	CAN	12.41	12.2	Q
17	757	Maria Sander	GER	12.42	12.2	Q
18	72	Tsvetana Berkovska	BUL	12.43	12.2	Q
=19	1043	Mae Faggs	USA	12.44	12.1	Q
=19	639	Alberte de Campou	FRA	12.44	12.2
21	298	Hyacinth Walters	JAM	12.53	12.4
22	216	Heather Armitage	GBR	12.57	12.3	Q
23	11	Lilián Buglia	ARG	12.62	12.3
24	640	Yvette Monginou	FRA	12.64	12.3	Q
25	712	Anna-Lisa Augustsson	SWE	12.67	12.4	Q
26	1044	Janet Moreau	USA	12.68	12.5	Q
27	361	Luella Law	CAN	12.70	12.4
28	714	Nell Sjöström	SWE	12.71	12.4
=29	57	Thelma Jones	BER	12.75	12.5
=29	960	Ibolya Tilkovszky	HUN	12.75	12.4
31	363	Rosella Thorne	CAN	12.77	12.5
32	267	Vittoria Cesarini	ITA	12.78	12.3
33	218	Quita Shivas	GBR	12.82	12.5
34	65	Helena de Menezes	BRA	12.83	12.5
=35	266	Liliana Tagliaferri	ITA	12.86	12.6	Q
=35	284	Elfriede Steurer	AUT	12.86	12.7
37	641	Denise Laborie	FRA	12.88	12.6
38	961	Aranka Szabó-Bartha	HUN	12.90	12.7
39	665	Alexandra Sicoe	ROU	12.93	12.8
=40	962	Ilona Tolnai-Rákhely	HUN	12.95	12.6
=40	133	Nel Büch	NED	12.95	12.6
42	316	Ayako Yoshikawa	JPN	13.00	12.6
43	12	Lilián Heinz	ARG	13.01	12.7
44	125	Graviola Ewing	GUA	13.05	13.0
45	827	Ulla Pokki	FIN	13.06	12.7
46	713	Agneta Hannerz	SWE	13.09	12.8
=47	586	Elżbieta Bocian	POL	13.10	12.9
=47	664	Emma Konrad	ROU	13.10	13.0
49	522	Jorun Tangen	NOR	13.18	13.0
50	13	Ana María Fontán	ARG	13.33	12.9
51	143	Mary D'Souza	IND	13.40	13.1
52	56	Phyllis Jones	BER	13.55	13.3
53	828	Leena Sipilä	FIN	13.70	13.4
54	144	Nilima Ghose	IND	13.80	13.6
55	770	Tang Pui Wah	SGP	14.08	13.8
56	868	Sonja Prétôt	SUI	14.93	14.7
DNS	829	Maire Österdahl	FIN	–	–
DNS	236	Leah Horowitz	ISR	–	–
DNS	86	Adriana Millard	CHI	–	–

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	32	Winsome Cripps	AUS	12.0	12.18	Q
2	72	Tsvetana Berkovska	BUL	12.2	12.43	Q
3	12	Lilián Heinz	ARG	12.7	13.01
4	827	Ulla Pokki	FIN	12.7	13.06
5	144	Nilima Ghose	IND	13.6	13.80

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	1043	Mae Faggs	USA	12.1	12.44	Q
2	266	Liliana Tagliaferri	ITA	12.6	12.86	Q
3	961	Aranka Szabó-Bartha	HUN	12.7	12.90
4	586	Elżbieta Bocian	POL	12.9	13.10
DNS	829	Maire Österdahl	FIN	–	–

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	131	Puck Brouwer	NED	12.0	12.26	Q	5
2	493	Irina Turova	URS	12.0	12.25	Q	6
3	267	Vittoria Cesarini	ITA	12.3	12.78
4	770	Tang Pui Wah	SGP	13.8	14.08
DNS	236	Leah Horowitz	ISR	–	–

Heat #4

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	755	Helga Klein	GER	12.1	12.30	Q
2	216	Heather Armitage	GBR	12.3	12.57	Q
3	11	Lilián Buglia	ARG	12.3	12.62
4	665	Alexandra Sicoe	ROU	12.8	12.93
5	828	Leena Sipilä	FIN	13.4	13.70

Heat #5

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	757	Maria Sander	GER	12.2	12.42	Q
2	712	Anna-Lisa Augustsson	SWE	12.4	12.67	Q
3	363	Rosella Thorne	CAN	12.5	12.77
4	962	Ilona Tolnai-Rákhely	HUN	12.6	12.95
5	316	Ayako Yoshikawa	JPN	12.6	13.00

Heat #6

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	268	Giuseppina Leone	ITA	12.2	12.38	Q
2	1044	Janet Moreau	USA	12.5	12.68	Q
3	133	Nel Büch	NED	12.6	12.95
4	522	Jorun Tangen	NOR	13.0	13.18
5	868	Sonja Prétôt	SUI	14.7	14.93

Heat #7

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	1045	Cathy Hardy	USA	11.9	12.18	Q=OR
2	217	June Foulds	GBR	12.1	12.34	Q
3	639	Alberte de Campou	FRA	12.2	12.44
4	65	Helena de Menezes	BRA	12.5	12.83
5	13	Ana María Fontán	ARG	12.9	13.33

Heat #8

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	30	Marjorie Jackson	AUS	11.6	11.86	QOR
2	640	Yvette Monginou	FRA	12.3	12.64	Q
3	361	Luella Law	CAN	12.4	12.70
4	57	Thelma Jones	BER	12.5	12.75

Heat #9

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	31	Shirley Strickland de la Hunty	AUS	12.0	12.20	Q
2	475	Vera Kalashnikova	URS	12.2	12.32	Q
3	218	Quita Shivas	GBR	12.5	12.82
4	664	Emma Konrad	ROU	13.0	13.10
5	143	Mary D'Souza	IND	13.1	13.40

Heat #10

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	114	Daphne Hasenjäger	RSA	11.9	12.16	Q
2	362	Eleanor McKenzie	CAN	12.2	12.41	Q
3	714	Nell Sjöström	SWE	12.4	12.71
4	960	Ibolya Tilkovszky	HUN	12.4	12.75
5	56	Phyllis Jones	BER	13.3	13.55

Heat #11

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	132	Fanny Blankers-Koen	NED	11.9	12.18	Q
2	756	Marga Petersen	GER	12.0	12.32	Q
3	641	Denise Laborie	FRA	12.6	12.88
4	125	Graviola Ewing	GUA	13.0	13.05
DNS	86	Adriana Millard	CHI	–	–

Heat #12

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	115	Edna Maskell	RSA	11.9	12.26	Q	7
2	476	Nadezhda Khnik'ina	URS	12.0	12.25	Q	8
3	298	Hyacinth Walters	JAM	12.4	12.53
4	284	Elfriede Steurer	AUT	12.7	12.86
5	713	Agneta Hannerz	SWE	12.8	13.09

Quarter-Finals

Date	21 July 1952 — 18:00
Format	Top three in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)	Time (hand)
1	30	Marjorie Jackson	AUS	11.84	11.6	Q=OR
2	114	Daphne Hasenjäger	RSA	12.19	12.0	Q
3	757	Maria Sander	GER	12.20	12.0	Q
4	132	Fanny Blankers-Koen	NED	12.22	12.0	Q
5	1043	Mae Faggs	USA	12.22	12.0	Q
6	475	Vera Kalashnikova	URS	12.26	12.1	Q
7	755	Helga Klein	GER	12.27	12.0	Q	9
=8	493	Irina Turova	URS	12.28	12.1
=8	31	Shirley Strickland de la Hunty	AUS	12.28	12.0	Q	10
10	476	Nadezhda Khnik'ina	URS	12.29	12.0	Q	11
=11	756	Marga Petersen	GER	12.30	12.0	Q
=11	32	Winsome Cripps	AUS	12.30	12.1	Q
13	1045	Cathy Hardy	USA	12.31	12.1
14	131	Puck Brouwer	NED	12.33	12.0	Q
15	115	Edna Maskell	RSA	12.38	12.2
16	268	Giuseppina Leone	ITA	12.42	12.2
17	362	Eleanor McKenzie	CAN	12.44	12.1
18	217	June Foulds	GBR	12.45	12.3
19	216	Heather Armitage	GBR	12.58	12.3
20	72	Tsvetana Berkovska	BUL	12.60	12.3
=21	640	Yvette Monginou	FRA	12.66	12.4
=21	712	Anna-Lisa Augustsson	SWE	12.66	12.5		12
23	1044	Janet Moreau	USA	12.67	12.5		13
24	266	Liliana Tagliaferri	ITA	13.14	12.9

Heat #1

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
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 #2

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
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 #3

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
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		14
6	712	Anna-Lisa Augustsson	SWE	12.5	12.66		15

Heat #4

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	476	Nadezhda Khnik'ina	URS	12.0	12.29	Q	16
2	755	Helga Klein	GER	12.0	12.27	Q	17
3	31	Shirley Strickland de la Hunty	AUS	12.0	12.28	Q	18
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

Date	22 July 1952 — 16:35
Format	Top three in each heat advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)	Time (hand)
1	30	Marjorie Jackson	AUS	11.75	11.5	Q=WR
2	114	Daphne Hasenjäger	RSA	12.13	11.9	Q
3	32	Winsome Cripps	AUS	12.16	12.0	Q
4	1043	Mae Faggs	USA	12.16	12.1	Q
=5	476	Nadezhda Khnik'ina	URS	12.17	12.1
=5	31	Shirley Strickland de la Hunty	AUS	12.17	11.9	Q
7	756	Marga Petersen	GER	12.19	12.1
8	757	Maria Sander	GER	12.24	12.0	Q
9	131	Puck Brouwer	NED	12.32	12.1
10	475	Vera Kalashnikova	URS	12.41	12.1
11	755	Helga Klein	GER	12.53	12.3
DNS	132	Fanny Blankers-Koen	NED	–	–

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	30	Marjorie Jackson	AUS	11.5	11.75	Q=WR
2	32	Winsome Cripps	AUS	12.0	12.16	Q
3	1043	Mae Faggs	USA	12.1	12.16	Q
4	476	Nadezhda Khnik'ina	URS	12.1	12.17
5	756	Marga Petersen	GER	12.1	12.19
DNS	132	Fanny Blankers-Koen	NED	–	–

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	114	Daphne Hasenjäger	RSA	11.9	12.13	Q
2	31	Shirley Strickland de la Hunty	AUS	11.9	12.17	Q
3	757	Maria Sander	GER	12.0	12.24	Q
4	131	Puck Brouwer	NED	12.1	12.32
5	475	Vera Kalashnikova	URS	12.1	12.41
6	755	Helga Klein	GER	12.3	12.53

Final Round

Date	22 July 1952 — 18:35

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	30	Marjorie Jackson	AUS	11.5	11.67	=WR
2	114	Daphne Hasenjäger	RSA	11.8	12.05
3	31	Shirley Strickland de la Hunty	AUS	11.9	12.12
4	32	Winsome Cripps	AUS	11.9	12.16
5	757	Maria Sander	GER	12.0	12.27
6	1043	Mae Faggs	USA	12.1	12.27