Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres
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{{Infobox Olympic event
|event = Women's 100 metres
|games = 1948 Summer
|image =Women's 100m final (1948 Summer Olympics).jpg
|caption =100m final
|venue =Empire Stadium
|dates = July 31, 1948 (heats)
August 2, 1948 (semifinals and final)
|competitors =33
|nations =20
|win_value = 11.9
|longnames = yes
|gold = Fanny Blankers-Koen
|goldNOC = NED
|silver = Dorothy Manley
|silverNOC = GBR
|bronze = Shirley Strickland
|bronzeNOC = AUS
|prev=1936
|next=1952
}}
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The women's 100 metres sprint event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place July 31 and August 2. The final was won by Dutchwoman Fanny Blankers-Koen.{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Athletics at the 1948 London Summer Games: Women's 100 metres |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1948/ATH/womens-100-metres.html |access-date=7 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173349/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1948/ATH/womens-100-metres.html |archive-date=17 April 2020 |url-status=dead }}
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Records
Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
| class="wikitable" |
| World record Olympic record |{{flagathlete|Helen Stephens|USA}} |11.5 s |4 August 1936 |
Schedule
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1).
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| Date
! Time ! | ||
|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 31 July 1948 | 14:45 | Round 1 |
| style=background:lemonchiffon|Monday, 2 August 1948 | style=background:lemonchiffon| 15:30 16:45 | style=background:lemonchiffon|Semifinals Finals |
Results
=Round 1=
The fastest two runners in each heat advanced to the semifinals.
==Heat 1==
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" | ||||
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time (hand) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=#bbf3bb
| 1 | align=left|Fanny Blankers-Koen | align=left| {{FlagIOC|NED|1948 Summer}} | 12.0 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}} |
| bgcolor=#bbf3bb
| 2 | align=left|Viola Myers | align=left| {{FlagIOC|CAN|1948 Summer}} | 12.5 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}} |
| 3 | align=left|Betty McKinnon | align=left| {{FlagIOC|AUS|1948 Summer}} | 12.7 | |
| 4 | align=left| Maria Oberbreyer | align=left| {{FlagIOC|AUT|1948 Summer}} |
==Heat 2==
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" | ||||
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time (hand) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=#bbf3bb
| 1 | align=left|Shirley Strickland | align=left| {{FlagIOC|AUS|1948 Summer}} | 12.4 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}} |
| bgcolor=#bbf3bb
| 2 | align=left|Birthe Nielsen | align=left| {{FlagIOC|DEN|1948 Summer}} | 12.9 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}} |
| 3 | align=left|Noemí Simonetto de Portela | align=left| {{FlagIOC|ARG|1948 Summer}} | 13.1 | |
| 4 | align=left| Benedicta de Oliveira | align=left| {{FlagIOC|BRA|1948 Summer}} | 13.2 | |
| 5 | align=left| Tilly Decker | align=left| {{FlagIOC|LUX|1948 Summer}} |
==Heat 3==
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" | ||||
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time (hand) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=#bbf3bb
| 1 | align=left|Grethe Lovsø Nielsen | align=left| {{FlagIOC|DEN|1948 Summer}} | 12.6 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}} |
| bgcolor=#bbf3bb
| 2 | align=left|Winifred Jordan | align=left| {{FlagIOC|GBR|1948 Summer}} | 12.7 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}} |
| 3 | align=left|Audrey Patterson | align=left| {{FlagIOC|USA|1948 Summer}} | 12.8 | |
| 4 | align=left| Joyce King | align=left| {{FlagIOC|AUS|1948 Summer}} | 13.1 | |
| 5 | align=left| Betty Kretschmer | align=left| {{FlagIOC|CHI|1948 Summer}} |
==Heat 4==
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" | ||||
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time (hand) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=#bbf3bb
| 1 | align=left|Cynthia Thompson | align=left| {{FlagIOC|JAM|1948 Summer}} | 12.4 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}} |
| bgcolor=#bbf3bb
| 2 | align=left|Daphne Robb-Hasenjager | align=left| {{FlagIOC|RSA|1948 Summer}} | 12.4 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}} |
| 3 | align=left|Mabel Walker | align=left| {{FlagIOC|USA|1948 Summer}} | 12.2 | |
| 4 | align=left| Millie Cheater | align=left| {{FlagIOC|CAN|1948 Summer}} | 12.3 |
==Heat 5==
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" | ||||
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time (hand) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=#bbf3bb
| 1 | align=left|Doris Batter | align=left| {{FlagIOC|GBR|1948 Summer}} | 12.6 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}} |
| bgcolor=#bbf3bb
| 2 | align=left|Kathleen Russell | align=left| {{FlagIOC|JAM|1948 Summer}} | 12.9 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}} |
| 3 | align=left|Lillian Young | align=left| {{FlagIOC|USA|1948 Summer}} | 13.0 | |
| 4 | align=left| Elizabeth Müller | align=left| {{FlagIOC|BRA|1948 Summer}} | 13.2 | {{abbr|Est|Estimated}} |
==Heat 6==
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" | ||||
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time (hand) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=#bbf3bb
| 1 | align=left|Dorothy Manley | align=left| {{FlagIOC|GBR|1948 Summer}} | 12.1 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}} |
| bgcolor=#bbf3bb
| 2 | align=left|Phyllis Lightbourn-Jones | align=left| {{FlagIOC|BER|1948 Summer}} | 13.0 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}} |
| 3 | align=left|Marie-Thérèse Renard | align=left| {{FlagIOC|BEL|1948 Summer}} | 13.6 |
==Heat 7==
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" | ||||
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time (hand) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=#bbf3bb
| 1 | align=left|Olga Šicnerová | align=left| {{FlagIOC|TCH|1948 Summer}} | 12.4 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}} |
| bgcolor=#bbf3bb
| 2 | align=left|Bente Bergendorff | align=left| {{FlagIOC|DEN|1948 Summer}} | 12.6 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}} |
| 3 | align=left|Helena de Menezes | align=left| {{FlagIOC|BRA|1948 Summer}} | 13.2 | |
| 4 | align=left| Üner Teoman | align=left| {{FlagIOC|TUR|1948 Summer}} | 13.6 |
==Heat 8==
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" | ||||
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time (hand) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=#bbf3bb
| 1 | align=left|Liliana Tagliaferri | align=left| {{FlagIOC|ITA|1948 Summer}} | 12.8 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}} |
| bgcolor=#bbf3bb
| 2 | align=left|Xenia Stad-de Jong | align=left| {{FlagIOC|NED|1948 Summer}} | 12.9 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}} |
| 3 | align=left|Phyllis Edness | align=left| {{FlagIOC|BER|1948 Summer}} | 13.6 | |
| 4 | align=left| Grete Pavlousek | align=left| {{FlagIOC|AUT|1948 Summer}} | 13.6 | |
| 5 | align=left| Alma Butia | align=left| {{FlagIOC|YUG|1948 Summer}} | 13.6 |
==Heat 9==
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" | ||||
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time (hand) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=#bbf3bb
| 1 | align=left|Patricia Jones | align=left| {{FlagIOC|CAN|1948 Summer}} | 12.7 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}} |
| bgcolor=#bbf3bb
| 2 | align=left|Grietje de Jongh | align=left| {{FlagIOC|NED|1948 Summer}} | 12.9 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}} |
| 3 | align=left|Jeanine Moussier | align=left| {{FlagIOC|FRA|1948 Summer}} | 12.9 | |
| 4 | align=left| Liv Paulsen | align=left| {{FlagIOC|NOR|1948 Summer}} | 12.9 |
=Semifinals=
The fastest two runners in each heat advanced to the final.
==Semifinal 1==
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" | ||||
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time (hand) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=#bbf3bb
| 1 | align=left|Fanny Blankers-Koen | align=left| {{FlagIOC|NED|1948 Summer}} | 12.0 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for final}} |
| bgcolor=#bbf3bb
| 2 | align=left|Shirley Strickland | align=left| {{FlagIOC|AUS|1948 Summer}} | 12.4 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for final}} |
| 3 | align=left|Grete Lovso Nielsen | align=left| {{FlagIOC|DEN|1948 Summer}} | 12.7 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for final}} |
| 4 | align=left|Doris Batter | align=left| {{FlagIOC|GBR|1948 Summer}} | ||
| 5 | align=left|Liliana Tagliaferri | align=left| {{FlagIOC|ITA|1948 Summer}} | ||
| 6 | align=left|Phyllis Lightbourn-Jones | align=left| {{FlagIOC|BER|1948 Summer}} |
==Semifinal 2==
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" | ||||
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time (hand) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=#bbf3bb
| 1 | align=left|Dorothy Manley | align=left| {{FlagIOC|GBR|1948 Summer}} | 12.4 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for final}} |
| bgcolor=#bbf3bb
| 2 | align=left| Patricia Jones | align=left| {{FlagIOC|CAN|1948 Summer}} | 12.6 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for final}} |
| 3 | align=left|Daphne Robb-Hasenjager | align=left| {{FlagIOC|RSA|1948 Summer}} | 12.7 | |
| 4 | align=left|Bente Bergendorff | align=left| {{FlagIOC|DEN|1948 Summer}} | ||
| 5 | align=left|Xenia Stad-de Jong | align=left| {{FlagIOC|NED|1948 Summer}} | ||
| 6 | align=left|Kathleen Russell | align=left| {{FlagIOC|JAM|1948 Summer}} |
==Semifinal 3==
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" | ||||
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time (hand) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=#bbf3bb
| 1 | align=left|Viola Myers | align=left| {{FlagIOC|CAN|1948 Summer}} | 12.4 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for final}} |
| bgcolor=#bbf3bb
| 2 | align=left| Cynthia Thompson | align=left| {{FlagIOC|JAM|1948 Summer}} | 12.5 | {{abbr|Q|Qualified for final}} |
| rowspan=2| 3 | align=left|Olga Sicnerova | align=left| {{FlagIOC|TCH|1948 Summer}} | 12.5 | |
| align=left|Birthe Nielsen | align=left| {{FlagIOC|DEN|1948 Summer}} | 12.5 | ||
| 5 | align=left|Winifred Jordan | align=left| {{FlagIOC|GBR|1948 Summer}} | ||
| 6 | align=left|Grietje de Jongh | align=left| {{FlagIOC|NED|1948 Summer}} |
=Final=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" | ||||
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time (hand) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{gold1}} | align=left|Fanny Blankers-Koen | align=left| {{FlagIOC|NED|1948 Summer}} | 11.9 | |
| {{silver2}} | align=left|Dorothy Manley | align=left| {{FlagIOC|GBR|1948 Summer}} | 12.2 | |
| {{Bronze3}} | align=left|Shirley Strickland | align=left| {{FlagIOC|AUS|1948 Summer}} | 12.2 | |
| 4 | align=left| Viola Myers | align=left| {{FlagIOC|CAN|1948 Summer}} | 12.3 | {{abbr|Est|Estimated}} |
| 5 | align=left| Patricia Jones | align=left| {{FlagIOC|CAN|1948 Summer}} | 12.4 | {{abbr|Est|Estimated}} |
| 6 | align=left| Cynthia Thompson | align=left| {{FlagIOC|JAM|1948 Summer}} | 12.6 | {{abbr|Est|Estimated}} |
References
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External links
- Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad, The (1948). [http://library.la84.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1948/OR1948.pdf The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad]. LA84 Foundation. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
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