European Athletics Championships 1954/100 m women

5th European Athletics Championships
discipline	100-meter run for women
city	Bern
Stadion	Neufeld Stadium
Participants	31 athletes from 15 countries
Competition phase	August 26th (preliminary / semi-finals) August 27th (final)
Medalists
gold	Irina Turowa ( URS )
silver	Bertha van Duyne ( NED )
bronze	Anne Pashley ( GBR )

Grandstand of the Neufeld stadium in Bern

The women's 100-meter run at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held on August 26 and 27, 1954 in the Neufeld stadium in Bern .

The European champion was the Soviet sprinter Irina Turowa . She won ahead of the Dutch Bertha van Duyne . Bronze went to Anne Pashley from Great Britain .

Existing records

World record	11.4 s	Marjorie Jackson	Gifu , Japan	4th October 1952
European record	11.5 s	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Amsterdam , Netherlands	June 13, 1948
			Frechen , Germany	September 28, 1952
Championship record	11.7 s		EM Brussels , Belgium	August 24, 1952 (preliminary)
				August 25, 1952 (final)

The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.

Preliminary round

August 26, 1954, 4 p.m.

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

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Irina Turova	Soviet Union	11.9
2	Elfriede Butz	BR Germany	12.3
3	Anna Kovaříková	Czechoslovakia	12.4
4th	Monique Jacquet	France	12.5
5	Doris Kunz	Switzerland	13.0

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Anne Pashley	Great Britain	11.9
2	Irmgard Egert	BR Germany	12.1
3	Ibolya Greminger	Hungary	12.3
4th	Yvette Monginou	France	12.4
5	Sonja Pretot	Switzerland	12.7
6th	Aycan Oil	Turkey	12.9

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Giuseppina Leone	Italy	12.2
2	Vera Neszmélyi	Hungary	12.3
3	Patricia Devine	Great Britain	12.5
4th	Anna-Lise Thoresen	Norway	12.5
5	Milka Babović	Yugoslavia	12.7

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Heather Armitage	Great Britain	12.1 PB
2	Barbara Lerczak	Poland	12.3
3	Henriette Robert	France	12.5
4th	Els Witkamp	Netherlands	12.7
5	Edith Jakob	Switzerland	12.9

Over 100 meters , the later 200-meter European champion Marija Itkina was eliminated as fourth in her semi-final run

Her sixth place in the first semifinals was not enough for Celina Jesionowska to take part in the final

Barbara Lerczak, who would later be fourth in 200 meters, missed the finals by one place

Forward 5

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Bertha van Duyne	Netherlands	11.9
2	Celina Jesionowska	Poland	12.3
3	Inge Eckel	Saarland	12.5
4th	Friedrike Harasek	Austria	12.7
5	Olga Koscheleva	Soviet Union	12.7

Forward 6

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Marija Itkina	Soviet Union	12.1
2	Charlotte Böhmer	BR Germany	12.3
3	Hilde Veth	Netherlands	12.4
4th	Elfriede Geist	Austria	12.6
5	Trudi Schaller	Saarland	12.8

Semifinals

August 27, 1954, 3:50 p.m.

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	Giuseppina Leone	Italy	11.9
2	Bertha van Duyne	Netherlands	11.9
3	Heather Armitage	Great Britain	12.0
4th	Marija Itkina	Soviet Union	12.1
5	Charlotte Böhmer	BR Germany	12.2
6th	Celina Jesionowska	Poland	12.4

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Irina Turova	Soviet Union	12.1
2	Anne Pashley	Great Britain	12.1
3	Vera Neszmélyi	Hungary	12.2
4th	Barbara Lerczak	Poland	12.2
5	Irmgard Egert	BR Germany	12.6
6th	Elfriede Butz	BR Germany	12.6

final

August 27, 1954, 6:10 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Irina Turova	Soviet Union	11.8
2	Bertha van Duyne	Netherlands	11.9
3	Anne Pashley	Great Britain	11.9
4th	Giuseppina Leone	Italy	12.0
5	Vera Neszmélyi	Hungary	12.1
6th	Heather Armitage	Great Britain	12.1

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  Vice European Champion Bertha van Duyne (former Bertha Brouwer) - 1950 had finished fifth over 200 meters  occupied

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  Giuseppina Leone reached fourth place and still had a long, successful career ahead of her

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  Heather Armitage came in sixth

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Bern 1954 at european-athletics.org, accessed on April 13, 2019
• Women 100m European Championship 1954 Bern on todor66.com, accessed on April 13, 2019
• V European Championship, Bern 1954 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on April 13, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1954, 100 m women on sportschau.de, accessed on April 13, 2019
• 5th European Athletics Championships 1954 in Bern, Switzerland from ifosta.de, accessed on April 13, 2019

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 100m women , accessed April 13, 2019
2. ^ Progression of the European Outdoor Records. 100 m Women on rfea.es, p. 46f (PDF), accessed on April 13, 2019