European Athletics Championships 1946/100 m women

3. European Athletics Championships
discipline	100-meter run for women
city	Oslo
Stadion	Bislett Stadium
Participants	20 athletes from 9 countries
Competition phase	August 22nd (preliminary / semi-finals / finals)
Medalists
gold	Yevgenia Setschenowa ( URS )
silver	Winifred Jordan ( GBR )
bronze	Claire Brésolles ( FRA )

The Bislett Stadium in Oslo shortly after the European Championships

The 100-meter run for women at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held on August 22, 1946 in the Bislett Stadium in the Norwegian capital, Oslo .

European champion was Yevgenia Setschenowa from the Soviet Union. She won ahead of the British Winifred Jordan . Bronze went to Claire Brésolles from France .

Records

Existing records

World record	11.6 s	Helen Stephens	Kansas City , USA	June 8, 1935
		Stanisława Walasiewicz	Berlin , Germany	August 1, 1937
European record	11.6 s	Stanisława Walasiewicz	Berlin , Germany	August 1, 1937
EM record	11.9 s		EM in Vienna , then Germany (now Austria )	September 17, 1938

Record improvement

In the final, European champion Yevgenia Setschenowa equalized the existing EM record of 11.9 seconds.

execution

The entire competition took place in one day. The prelims (from 5:35 p.m.), semi-finals and the final took place on August 22, 1946.

Preliminary round

August 22, 1946, 5:35 p.m.

The preliminary round was held in four runs. The first three athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the semi-finals.

Forward 1

Greta Magnusson ( center ) - in the long jump in seventh place - was eliminated as fourth in her preliminary run in the qualification

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Netherlands	12.4
2	Sylvia Cheeseman	Great Britain	12.8
3	Monique Drilhon	France	12.9
4th	Mieczyslawa Moder	Poland	13.0
5	Kerstin Josefsson	Sweden	13.0
6th	Liv Paulsen	Norway	13.2

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Yevgenia Sechenova	Soviet Union	12.0
2	Nettie Timmer	Netherlands	12.4
3	Maureen Dyson	Great Britain	12.4
4th	Greta Magnusson	Sweden	12.5
5	Dana Hiklová	Czechoslovakia	12.7

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Winifred Jordan	Great Britain	12.2
2	Stanisława Walasiewicz	Poland	12.5
3	Vera Bemová	Czechoslovakia	12.5
4th	Solveig Toms	Norway	12.6

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Claire Brésolles	France	12.2
2	Gerda Koudijs	Netherlands	12.3
3	Ann-Britt Leyman	Sweden	12.4
4th	Hilde Nissen	Denmark	12.5 NO
5	Irena Hejducka	Poland	13.2

Semifinals

August 22, 1946

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

Run 1

Nettie Timmer was eliminated in fourth of her semi-final run

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Yevgenia Sechenova	URS	12.0
2	Winifred Jordan	Great Britain	12.4
3	Gerda Koudijs	Netherlands	12.5
4th	Nettie Timmer	Netherlands	12.6
5	Sylvia Cheeseman	Great Britain	12.7
6th	Vera Bemová	Czechoslovakia	12.7

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Maureen Dyson	Great Britain	12.2
2	Claire Brésolles	France	12.3
3	Ann-Britt Leyman	Sweden	12.3
4th	Stanisława Walasiewicz	Poland	12.6
5	Monique Drilhon	France	12.7
DNF	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Netherlands

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  Fifth in her semi-final race, Sylvia Cheeseman did not reach the final

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  Defending champion Stanisława Walasiewicz clearly missed the final in the semi-finals

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  Monique Drilhorn reached the semi-finals and then retired

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  For Fanny Blankers-Koen, the semi-finals were the final destination after she had not reached the goal

final

European champion Yevgenia Setschenowa

August 22, 1946

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Yevgenia Sechenova	Soviet Union	11.9 CRe
2	Winifred Jordan	Great Britain	12.2
3	Claire Brésolles	France	12.2
4th	Ann-Britt Leyman	Sweden	12.2
5	Maureen Dyson	Great Britain	12.2
6th	Gerda Koudijs	Netherlands	12.4

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  Ann-Britt Leyman - here in the long jump - came fourth

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  Maureen Dysan, later Maureen Gardner (here as a hurdle sprinter), took fifth place

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  Gerda Koudijs, later Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, reached sixth place in the final

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Oslo 1946 from the European Athletics homepage , accessed March 23, 2019
• Women 100m European Championship 1946 Oslo on todor66.com, accessed March 23, 2019
• III European Championship, Oslo 1946 from trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on March 23, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1946, 100 m women on sportschau.de, accessed on March 23, 2019
• 3rd European Athletics Championships 1946 in Oslo, Norway from ifosta.de, accessed on March 23, 2019

References and comments

1. ↑ ^{a b} IAAF world records. 100m women , accessed March 13, 2019