European Athletics Championships 1954/200 m women

5th European Athletics Championships
discipline	Women's 200-meter run
city	Bern
Stadion	Neufeld Stadium
Participants	19 athletes from 11 countries
Competition phase	August 28th (preliminary / semi-finals) August 29th (final)
Medalists
gold	Marija Itkina ( URS )
silver	Irina Turowa ( URS )
bronze	Shirley Hampton ( GBR )

Grandstand of the Neufeld stadium in Bern

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	Marjorie Jackson	Olympic Games Helsinki , Finland	July 25, 1952
European record	23.6 s	Stanisława Walasiewicz	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)
1	Patricia Devine	Great Britain	24.9
2	Rimma Ulitkina	Soviet Union	24.9
3	Helga Erny	BR Germany	25.4
4th	Anna-Lise Thoresen	Norway	25.4
5	Josiane Fournet	France	25.4

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Bertha van Duyne	Netherlands	24.9
2	Charlotte Böhmer	BR Germany	25.1
3	Anne Johnson	Great Britain	25.8
4th	Grete Jenny	Austria	26.6
5	Aycan Oil	Turkey	27.4

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Shirley Hampton	Great Britain	24.5
2	Barbara Lerczak	Poland	24.5
3	Irina Turova	Soviet Union	24.6
4th	Libuše Strejčková	Czechoslovakia	25.6
5	Trudy Hanseler	Switzerland	26.5

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Marija Itkina	Soviet Union	24.6
2	Maria Jeibmann	BR Germany	25.3
3	Dicki van Dijk	Netherlands	25.5
4th	Sonja Pretot	Switzerland	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)
1	Marija Itkina	Soviet Union	24.3
2	Shirley Hampton	Great Britain	24.6
3	Rimma Ulitkina	Soviet Union	24.8
4th	Patricia Devine	Great Britain	24.8
5	Dicki van Dijk	Netherlands	25.3
6th	Helga Erny	BR Germany	25.7

The 100-meter silver medalist Bertha van Duyne did not make it to the semi-finals

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Irina Turova	Soviet Union	24.5
2	Charlotte Böhmer	BR Germany	24.9
3	Barbara Lerczak	Poland	24.9
4th	Maria Jeibmann	BR Germany	25.0
5	Anne Johnson	Great Britain	25.5
DNS	Bertha van Duyne	Netherlands

final

August 29, 1954, 3:15 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Marija Itkina	Soviet Union	24.3
2	Irina Turova	Soviet Union	24.4
3	Shirley Hampton	Great Britain	24.4
4th	Barbara Lerczak	Poland	24.4
5	Rimma Ulitkina	Soviet Union	24.7
6th	Charlotte Böhmer	BR Germany	25.0

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  Marija Itkina won her first European Championship title here in Bern over 200 meters , two more followed by 1962 over 400 meters each

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  Barbara Lerczak, later Barbara Sobotta, came in fourth

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

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 200m women , accessed April 14, 2019
2. ^ Progression of the European Outdoor Records. 200 m Women on rfea.es, p. 49 (PDF), accessed on April 14, 2019