European Athletics Championships 1938/100 m women

1st European Women's Athletics Championships
discipline	100-meter run for women
city	Vienna
Stadion	Prater Stadium
Attendees	21 athletes from 10 countries
Competition phase	September 17th (preliminary / semi-finals / finals)
Medalists
gold	Stanisława Walasiewicz ( POL )
silver	Käthe Krauss ( GER )
bronze	Fanny Blankers-Koen ( NED )

Prater Stadium on an aerial photo, 1932

The 100-meter run for women at the European Athletics Championships in 1938 was held on September 17, 1938 in the Vienna Prater Stadium.

European champion was Stanisława Walasiewicz from Poland . She won ahead of the German Käthe Krauss . Bronze went to Fanny Blankers-Koen from the Netherlands .

Existing records

World record	11.6 s	Helen Stephens	Kansas City , USA	June 8, 1935
		Stanisława Walasiewicz	Berlin , Germany	August 1, 1937
Championship record	There was not yet a European championship record.

execution

The entire competition took place on one day, September 17, 1938.

Preliminary round

September 17, 1938

The preliminary division was not particularly successful. There was a race with five participants, two with four, two with three, one run took place with only two runners who, due to the rules, only had to finish in order to reach the next lap. A better distribution of the sprinters on the preliminary runs would have been possible and fairer. A possible explanation would be short-term cancellations.

The preliminary round was carried out in six runs. The first two athletes of each run qualified for the semi-finals - highlighted in light blue.

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Stanisława Walasiewicz	Poland	11.9 CR
2	Betty Lock	Great Britain	12.3
3	Anna Van Rossum	Belgium	13.4
4th	Ella Undli	Norway	13.6

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Käthe Krauss	German Empire	12.4
2	Rózalia Nagy	Hungary	13.2
3	Use Uus	Estonia	13.4

Forward 3

The team from Poland with Barbara Książkiewicz ( far left ) - eliminated fourth in her preliminary run - and Otylia Kaluza ( fourth from left ) - eliminated third in her preliminary heat

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Netherlands	12.2 PB
2	Audrey Brown	Great Britain	12.3
3	Aashild Brandvold	Norway	13.2
4th	Barbara Ksiazkiewicz	Poland	NT
5	Alma Parmson	Estonia

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Ida Kühnel	German Empire	12.3
2	Dorothy Saunders	Great Britain	12.4
3	Alida Niklase	Latvia	13.2
4th	Sarolta Fehér	Hungary	13.6

Forward 5

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Martha Wretman	Sweden	12.4
2	Siegfrid Sivertsen	Norway	12.7
3	Otylia Kałuża	Poland	13.2

Forward 6

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Emmy Albus	German Empire	12.6
2	Ilona Balla	Hungary	13.0

Semifinals

September 17, 1938

In each of the two semi-finals, the first three athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.

Run 1

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Stanisława Walasiewicz	Poland	11.9 CRe
2	Emmy Albus	German Empire	12.3
3	Dorothy Saunders	Great Britain	12.3
4th	Audrey Brown	Great Britain	12.4
5	Rózalia Nagy	Hungary	13.0
6th	Siegfrid Sivertsen	Norway	13.0

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Käthe Krauss	German Empire	12.0
2	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Netherlands	12.1
3	Ida Kühnel	German Empire	12.3
4th	Betty Lock	Great Britain	12.5
5	Ilona Balla	Hungary	13.2
DNF	Martha Wretman	Sweden

final

September 17, 1938

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Stanisława Walasiewicz	Poland	11.9 CRe
2	Käthe Krauss	German Empire	12.0
3	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Netherlands	12.0
4th	Dorothy Saunders	Great Britain	12.1
5	Ida Kühnel	German Empire	12.3
6th	Emmy Albus	German Empire	12.4

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  Stanisława Walasiewicz - European champion over 100 and 200 meters

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  Vice European champion over both sprint courses Käthe Krauss

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  Bronze medalist Fanny Blankers-Koen - by far the most successful athlete at the 1948 Olympic Games and the 1950 European Championships

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  Emmy Albus came in sixth

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Vienna 1938 from the European Athletics homepage , accessed on March 13, 2019
• Women 100m European Championship 1938 Vienna on todor66.com, accessed on March 13, 2019
• II European Championship, Vienna 1938 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on March 13, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1938, 100 m women on sportschau.de, accessed on March 13, 2019
• 1st European Women's Athletics Championships 1938 in Vienna, Austria on ifosta.de, accessed on March 13, 2019

References and comments

1. ↑ After the annexation of Austria by Germany at the time of these European championships, the German flag from that time must be used as a symbol. For a limited period of time, the Republic of Austria did not exist and was part of the German Empire. In Vienna itself, the corresponding flag was waved everywhere, and it is now being used here - even if, as in all other cases, with a certain degree of discomfort.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Note on the event date: Two different dates are mentioned in the sources:
   • The official EAA homepage names September 17th ( European Athletics Championships - Vienna 1938 on the EAA homepage, accessed on March 13, 2019)
   • September 18 is shown on todor66.com ( Women 100m European Championship 1938 Vienna on todor66.com, accessed on March 13, 2019)
   The date of the EAA's official homepage is listed throughout this article.
3. ↑ IAAF world records. 100m women , accessed March 13, 2019