European Athletics Championships 1954/200 m women
5th European Athletics Championships | |
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discipline | Women's 200-meter run |
city |
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Stadion | Neufeld Stadium |
Participants | 19 athletes from 11 countries |
Competition phase | August 28th (preliminary / semi-finals) August 29th (final) |
Medalists | |
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Marija Itkina ( URS )
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Irina Turowa ( URS )
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Shirley Hampton ( GBR )
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The 200-meter run for women at the European Athletics Championships in 1954 was held on August 28 and 29, 1954 in the Neufeld Stadium in Bern .
In this competition there was a double victory for the sprinters from the USSR. The European champion was Marija Itkina ahead of the 100 meter European champion Irina Turowa . Bronze went to the Briton Shirley Hampton .
Existing records
World record | 23.4 s |
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Olympic Games Helsinki , Finland | July 25, 1952 |
European record | 23.6 s |
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Warsaw , Poland | 4th August 1935 |
Championship record | 23.8 s | EM in Vienna , then Germany (now Austria ) | September 18, 1938 |
The EM record that has existed since the first European championships for women remained unchanged this year.
Preliminary round
August 28, 1954, 10:30 a.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
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Patricia Devine |
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24.9 |
2 | Rimma Ulitkina |
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24.9 |
3 | Helga Erny |
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25.4 |
4th | Anna-Lise Thoresen |
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25.4 |
5 | Josiane Fournet |
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25.4 |
Forward 2
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Bertha van Duyne |
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24.9 |
2 | Charlotte Böhmer |
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25.1 |
3 | Anne Johnson |
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25.8 |
4th | Grete Jenny |
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26.6 |
5 | Aycan Oil |
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27.4 |
Forward 3
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Shirley Hampton |
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24.5 |
2 | Barbara Lerczak |
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24.5 |
3 | Irina Turova |
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24.6 |
4th | Libuše Strejčková |
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25.6 |
5 | Trudy Hanseler |
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26.5 |
Forward 4
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Marija Itkina |
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24.6 |
2 | Maria Jeibmann |
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25.3 |
3 | Dicki van Dijk |
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25.5 |
4th | Sonja Pretot |
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26.3 |
Semifinals
August 28, 1954, 4 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) |
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1 | Marija Itkina |
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24.3 |
2 | Shirley Hampton |
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24.6 |
3 | Rimma Ulitkina |
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24.8 |
4th | Patricia Devine |
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24.8 |
5 | Dicki van Dijk |
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25.3 |
6th | Helga Erny |
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25.7 |
Run 2
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Irina Turova |
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24.5 |
2 | Charlotte Böhmer |
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24.9 |
3 | Barbara Lerczak |
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24.9 |
4th | Maria Jeibmann |
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25.0 |
5 | Anne Johnson |
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25.5 |
DNS | Bertha van Duyne |
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final
August 29, 1954, 3:15 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Marija Itkina |
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24.3 |
2 | Irina Turova |
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24.4 |
3 | Shirley Hampton |
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24.4 |
4th | Barbara Lerczak |
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24.4 |
5 | Rimma Ulitkina |
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24.7 |
6th | Charlotte Böhmer |
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25.0 |
Marija Itkina won her first European Championship title here in Bern over 200 meters , two more followed by 1962 over 400 meters each
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Bern 1954 at european-athletics.org, accessed on April 14, 2019
- Women 200m European Championship 1954 Bern on todor66.com, accessed on April 14, 2019
- V European Championship, Bern 1954 from trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on April 14, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1954, 200 m women on sportschau.de, accessed on April 14, 2019
- 5th European Athletics Championships 1954 in Bern, Switzerland from ifosta.de, accessed on April 14, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 200m women , accessed April 14, 2019
- ^ Progression of the European Outdoor Records. 200 m Women on rfea.es, p. 49 (PDF), accessed on April 14, 2019