Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres sprint event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place on August 5 and August 6. The final was won by Dutch athlete Fanny Blankers-Koen. It was the first time this event was included in the Summer Olympics.[1]

Women's 200 metres at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Dates	August 5 (heats and semifinals) August 6 (final)
Medalists
Fanny Blankers-Koen  Netherlands Audrey Williamson  Great Britain Audrey Patterson  United States

Video on YouTube Official Video
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Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World record was as follows.

World Record

Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL)

23.6

Warsaw, Poland

4 August 1935

Since it was the first time this event took place, the following new Olympic record was set during this competition:

Date	Event	Athlete	Time	Notes
6 August	Final	Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED)	24.4	OR

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
Thursday, 5 August 1948	15:30 17:00	Round 1 Semifinals
Friday, 6 August 1948	16:30	Final

Results

Round 1

Round 1 took place on 5 August. The first two runners from each heat advanced to the semifinals.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time (hand)	Notes
1	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Netherlands	25.7
2	Liliane Sprécher	France	26.0
3	Mae Faggs	United States	26.0
4	Melânia Luz	Brazil	26.6	EST
5	Phyllis Edness	Bermuda	26.6

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time (hand)	Notes
1	Cynthia Thompson	Jamaica	25.6
2	Sylvia Cheeseman	Great Britain	25.7
3	Diane Foster	Canada	26.1
4	Helena de Menezes	Brazil	27.7

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time (hand)	Notes
1	Joyce King	Australia	25.9
2	Phyllis Lightbourne-Jones	Bermuda	27.0
3	Lucila Pini	Brazil	27.6
4	Maria-Therese Renard	Belgium	28.5
5	Olga Sicnerova	Czechoslovakia	28.5

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time (hand)	Notes
1	Daphne Robb-Hasenjager	South Africa	24.4
2	Shirley Strickland	Australia	25.1
3	Nell Jackson	United States	25.8
4	Donna Gilmore	Canada	25.8
5	Alma Butia	Yugoslavia	25.8

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time (hand)	Notes
1	Audrey Patterson	United States	25.5
2	Margaret Walker	Great Britain	25.8
3	Kathleen Russell	Jamaica	26.3
4	Ann-Britt Leyman	Sweden	26.3
5	Tilly Decker	Luxembourg	26.3
6	Betty Kretschmer	Chile	26.3

Heat 6

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time (hand)	Notes
1	Betty McKinnon	Australia	25.9
2	Rosine Faugouin	France	25.9
3	Grietje de Jongh	Netherlands	26.2
4	Grete Pavlousek	Austria	26.2

Heat 7

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time (hand)	Notes
1	Audrey Williamson	Great Britain	25.4
2	Neeltje Karelse	Netherlands	26.0
3	Millie Cheater	Canada	26.4
4	Annegret Weller-Schneider	Chile	26.4

Semifinals

The semifinals took place on 5 August. The top three runners from each heat advanced to the final.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time (hand)	Notes
1	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Netherlands	24.3
2	Audrey Patterson	United States	25.0
3	Margaret Walker	Great Britain	25.3
4	Cynthia Thompson	Jamaica	25.3
5	Rosine Faugouin	France	25.3
6	Joyce King	Australia	25.3
7	Phyllis Lightbourne-Jones	Bermuda	25.3

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time (hand)	Notes
1	Shirley Strickland	Australia	24.9
2	Audrey Williamson	Great Britain	24.9
3	Daphne Robb-Hasenjager	South Africa	25.1
4	Sylvia Cheeseman	Great Britain	25.1
5	Neeltje Karelse	Netherlands	25.1
6	Liliane Sprécher	France	25.1
7	Betty McKinnon	Australia	25.1

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time (hand)	Notes
	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Netherlands	24.4	OR
	Audrey Williamson	Great Britain	25.1
	Audrey Patterson	United States	25.2
4	Shirley Strickland	Australia	25.3	Est
5	Margaret Walker	Great Britain	25.6	Est
6	Daphne Robb-Hasenjäger	South Africa	25.7	Est

Key: Est = Time is an estimate, OR = Olympic record

References

1. "Athletics at the 1948 London Summer Games: Women's 200 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2017.

External links

• Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad, The (1948). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad. LA84 Foundation. Retrieved 5 September 2016.