Women's 100 metres at the Games of the XV Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Helsinki Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
Dates | July 21 (round one and quarterfinals) July 22 (semifinals and final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 56 | |||||||||
Winning time | 11.6 = WR | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | |
800 m | men | |
1500 m | men | |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
80 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
4 × 400 m relay | men | |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | |
10 km walk | men | |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Combined events | ||
Decathlon | men | |
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]
The first round was held on July 21. The first two runners of each heat qualified for the second round.
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Winsome Cripps | Australia | 12.0 | Q |
2 | Tzvetana Berkovska | Bulgaria | 12.2 | Q |
3 | Lilian Heinz | Argentina | 12.7 | |
4 | Ulla Pokki | Finland | 12.7 | |
5 | Nilima Ghose | India | 13.6 |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Mae Faggs | United States | 12.1 | Q |
2 | Liliana Tagliaferri | Italy | 12.6 | Q |
3 | Aranka Szabó-Bartha | Hungary | 12.7 | |
4 | Elżbieta Bocian | Poland | 12.9 |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Bertha Brouwer | Netherlands | 12.0 | Q |
2 | Irina Turova | Soviet Union | 12.0 | Q |
3 | Vittoria Cesarini | Italy | 12.3 | |
4 | Tang Pai Wah | Singapore | 13.8 |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Helga Klein | Germany | 12.1 | Q |
2 | Heather Armitage | Great Britain | 12.3 | Q |
3 | Lilián Buglia | Argentina | 12.3 | |
4 | Alexandra Sicoe | Romania | 12.8 | |
5 | Leena Sipilä | Finland | 13.4 |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Maria Sander | Germany | 12.2 | Q |
2 | Anna-Lisa Augustsson | Sweden | 12.4 | Q |
3 | Rosella Thorne | Canada | 12.5 | |
4 | Ilona Tolnai-Rákhely | Hungary | 12.6 | |
5 | Ayako Yoshikawa | Japan | 12.6 |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Giuseppina Leone | Italy | 12.2 | Q |
2 | Janet Moreau | United States | 12.5 | Q |
3 | Neeltje Büch | Netherlands | 12.6 | |
4 | Jorun Askersrud Tangen | Norway | 13.0 | |
5 | Sonja Prétôt | Switzerland | 14.7 |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Catherine Hardy | United States | 11.9 | Q |
2 | June Foulds | Great Britain | 12.1 | Q |
3 | Alberte de Campou | France | 12.2 | |
4 | Helena de Menezes | Brazil | 12.5 | |
5 | Ana María Fontán | Argentina | 12.9 |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Marjorie Jackson | Australia | 11.6 | Q |
2 | Yvette Monginou | France | 12.3 | Q |
3 | Luella Law | Canada | 12.4 | |
4 | Thelma Jones | Bermuda | 12.5 |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Shirley Strickland de la Hunty | Australia | 12.0 | Q |
2 | Vera Kalashnikova | Soviet Union | 12.2 | Q |
3 | Quita Shivas | Great Britain | 12.5 | |
4 | Emma Konrad | Romania | 13.0 | |
5 | Mary D'Souza | India | 13.1 |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Daphne Hasenjager | South Africa | 11.9 | Q |
2 | Eleanor McKenzie | Canada | 12.2 | Q |
3 | Nell Sjöström | Sweden | 12.4 | |
4 | Ibolya Tilkovszky | Hungary | 12.4 | |
5 | Phyllis Jones | Bermuda | 13.3 |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Francina Blankers-Koen | Netherlands | 11.9 | Q |
2 | Marga Petersen | Germany | 12.0 | Q |
3 | Denise Laborie | France | 12.6 | |
4 | Graviola Ewing | Guatemala | 13.0 |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Edna Maskell | South Africa | 11.9 | Q |
2 | Nadezhda Khnykina | Soviet Union | 12.0 | Q |
3 | Hyacinth Walters | Jamaica | 12.4 | |
4 | Elfriede Steurer | Austria | 12.7 | |
5 | Agneta Hannerz | Sweden | 12.8 |
The first three runners from each heat qualified to the semifinals.
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Marjorie Jackson | Australia | 11.6 | Q |
2 | Marga Petersen | Germany | 12.0 | Q |
3 | Bertha Brouwer | Netherlands | 12.0 | Q |
4 | Giuseppina Leone | Italy | 12.2 | |
5 | Heather Armitage | Great Britain | 12.3 | |
6 | Tzvetana Berkovska | Bulgaria | 12.3 |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Maria Sander | Germany | 12.0 | Q |
2 | Francina Blankers-Koen | Netherlands | 12.0 | Q |
3 | Mae Faggs | United States | 12.0 | Q |
4 | Irina Turova | Soviet Union | 12.1 | |
5 | Eleanor McKenzie | Canada | 12.1 | |
6 | Yvette Monginou | France | 12.4 |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Daphne Hasenjager | South Africa | 12.0 | Q |
2 | Vera Kalashnikova | Soviet Union | 12.1 | Q |
3 | Winsome Cripps | Australia | 12.1 | Q |
4 | June Foulds | Great Britain | 12.3 | |
5 | Janet Moreau | United States | 12.5 | |
6 | Anna-Lisa Augustsson | Sweden | 12.5 |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Nadezhda Khnykina | Soviet Union | 12.0 | Q |
2 | Helga Klein | Germany | 12.0 | Q |
3 | Shirley Strickland de la Hunty | Australia | 12.0 | Q |
4 | Catherine Hardy | United States | 12.1 | |
5 | Edna Maskell | South Africa | 12.2 | |
6 | Liliana Tagliaferri | Italy | 12.9 |
The first three runners from each heat qualified for the final. Fanny Blankers-Koen withdrew from the competition at this stage.
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Marjorie Jackson | Australia | 11.5 | Q, =WR |
2 | Winsome Cripps | Australia | 12.0 | Q |
3 | Mae Faggs | United States | 12.1 | Q |
4 | Nadezhda Khnykina | Soviet Union | 12.1 | |
5 | Marga Petersen | Germany | 12.1 | |
— | Fanny Blankers-Koen | Netherlands | DNS |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Daphne Hasenjager | South Africa | 11.9 | Q |
2 | Shirley Strickland de la Hunty | Australia | 11.9 | Q |
3 | Maria Sander | Germany | 12.0 | Q |
4 | Bertha Brouwer | Netherlands | 12.1 | |
5 | Vera Kalashnikova | Soviet Union | 12.1 | |
6 | Helga Klein | Germany | 12.3 |
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time (hand) | Notes |
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Marjorie Jackson | Australia | 11.5 | =WR | |
Daphne Robb-Hasenjäger | South Africa | 11.8 | ||
Shirley Strickland | Australia | 11.9 | ||
4 | Winsome Cripps | Australia | 11.9 | |
5 | Maria Sander | Germany | 12.0 | |
6 | Mae Faggs | United States | 12.1 |
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