European Athletics Championships 1950/80 m hurdles for women

4. European Athletics Championships
discipline	80-meter hurdles for women
city	Brussels
Stadion	Heysel Stadium
Participants	15 athletes from 8 countries
Competition phase	August 25th (preliminary) August 26th (final)
Medalists
gold	Fanny Blankers-Koen ( NED )
silver	Maureen Dyson ( GBR )
bronze	Micheline Ostermeyer ( FRA )

The Heysel Stadium in Brussels in an aerial photo from 1935

The women's 80-meter hurdles at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held on August 25 and 26, 1950 in the Heysel Stadium in the Belgian capital, Brussels .

The European champion was Fanny Blankers-Koen from the Netherlands . She won ahead of the British Maureen Dyson . Bronze went to Micheline Ostermeyer from France .

Records

Existing records

World record	11.0 s	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Amsterdam , Netherlands	June 20, 1948
European record
Championship record	11.6 s	Claudia Testoni	EM in Vienna , then Germany (now Austria )	September 17, 1938

Record improvement

The existing EM record was improved three times at these European championships:

• Maureen Dyson - 11.5s, 1st lead, August 25th
•  Fanny Blankers-Koen - 11.3 s, 2nd preliminary, August 25th
•  Fanny Blankers-Koen - 11.1s, final, August 26th

Preliminary round

August 25, 1950, 4:55 p.m.

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

Forward 1

Wilhelmina Lust missed the final by two places in her preliminary run

Wind: ± 0.0 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Maureen Dyson	Great Britain	11.5 CR
2	Elene Gokieli	Soviet Union	11.8
3	Claudie Flament	France	12.1
4th	Wilhelmina Lust	Netherlands	12.2
5	Maria Musso	Italy	12.3

Forward 2

Wind: −0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Netherlands	11.3 CR
2	Micheline Ostermeyer	France	11.5
3	Sheila Pratt	Great Britain	12.0
4th	Elfriede Steurer	Austria	12.2

Forward 3

Wind: −0.3 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Jean Desforges	Great Britain	11.7
2	Alexandra Jakuschewa	Soviet Union	11.8
3	Yvette Monginou	France	12.0
4th	Nel de Vos	Netherlands	12.6
5	Gertrud Heusser	Switzerland	13.3
6th	Jenny van Gerdinge	Belgium	13.5

final

The medal winners in the 80 meter hurdles ( from left to right ): Maureen Dyson, Fanny Blankers-Koen, Micheline Ostermeyer

August 26, 1950

Wind: +0.9 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Netherlands	11.1 CR
2	Maureen Dyson	Great Britain	11.6
3	Micheline Ostermeyer	France	11.7
4th	Alexandra Jakuschewa	Soviet Union	11.7
5	Jean Desforges	Great Britain	11.8
6th	Elene Gokieli	Soviet Union	11.8

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Brussels 1950 from the European Athletics homepage , accessed on April 1, 2019
• Women 80m Hurdles European Championship 1950 Brussels on todor66.com, accessed on April 1, 2019
• IV European Championship, Brussels 1950 from trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed April 1, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1950, 80 m hurdles women on sportschau.de, accessed on April 1, 2019
• 4th European Athletics Championships 1950 in Brussels, Belgium from ifosta.de, accessed on April 1, 2019

References and comments

1. ↑ ^{a b} World Records Progression 80 m Hurdles Women , accessed April 1, 2019