1948 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 200 m (women)
sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | 200 meter run | ||||||||
gender | Women | ||||||||
Attendees | 33 athletes from 17 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Wembley Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 5, 1948 (preliminary / semi-finals) August 6, 1948 (final) |
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The women's 200-meter run at the 1948 Olympic Games in London was held at Wembley Stadium on August 5 and 6, 1948 . 33 athletes took part in the Olympic premiere of this discipline of women's athletics.
Olympic champion was Fanny Blankers-Koen from the Netherlands, ahead of Audrey Williamson from Britain . American Audrey Patterson won bronze .
Existing records
- World record : 23.6 s - Stanisława Walasiewicz ( Poland ), Warsaw , August 4, 1935
- There was not yet an Olympic record for the 200 meters , as this competition was held in London for the first time.
Conducting the competition
The runners started the prelims on August 5th. A total of seven runs were completed. The two best runners in each case qualified for the semi-finals, which took place on the same day. In the semifinals, the first two runners qualified for the final on August 6th.
Note: The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue.
Prelims
August 5, 1948, 3:30 p.m.
Not all times have been passed down.
Forward 1
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Fanny Blankers-Koen | Netherlands | 25.7 s | OR |
2 | Liliane Sprécher | France | 26.0 s | |
3 | Mae Faggs | United States | 26.0 s | |
4th | Melânia Luz | Brazil | k. A. | |
5 | Phyliss Edness | Bermuda | k. A. |
Forward 2
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Cynthia Thompson | Jamaica | 25.6 s | OR |
2 | Sylvia Cheeseman | Great Britain | 25.7 s | |
3 | Diane Foster | Canada | 26.1 s | |
4th | Helena de Menezes | Brazil | k. A. |
Forward 3
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Joyce King | Australia | 25.9 s | |
2 | Phyllis Lightbourn-Jones | Bermuda | 27.0 s | |
3 | Lucila Pini | Brazil | 27.6 s | |
4th | Marie-Thérèse Renard | Belgium | k. A. | |
DNF | Olga Šicnerová | Czechoslovakia |
Forward 4
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Daphne Robb | South African Union | 25.3 s | OR |
2 | Shirley Strickland | Australia | 25.8 s | |
3 | Nell Jackson | United States | 25.8 s | |
4th | Donna Gilmore | Canada | k. A. | |
5 | Alma Butia | Yugoslavia | k. A. |
Forward 5
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Audrey Patterson | United States | 25.5 s | |
2 | Margaret Walker | Great Britain | 25.8 s | |
3 | Kathleen Russell | Jamaica | 26.3 s | |
4th | Ann-Britt Leyman | Sweden | k. A. | |
5 | Tilly Decker | Luxembourg | k. A. | |
6th | Beatriz Kretschmer | Chile | k. A. |
Forward 6
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Betty McKinnon | Australia | 25.9 s | |
2 | Raisin Faugouin | France | 25.9 s | |
3 | Grietje de Jongh | Netherlands | 26.2 s | |
4th | Grete Pavlousek | Austria | k. A. | |
5 | Adriana Millard Pachedo | Chile | k. A. | |
4th | Carmen Phipps | Jamaica | k. A. |
Forward 7
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Audrey Williamson | Great Britain | 25.4 s | |
2 | Neeltje Karelse | Netherlands | 26.0 s | |
3 | Millie Cheater | Canada | 26.4 s | |
DSQ | Annegret Weller-Schneider | Chile |
Semifinals
August 5, 1948, 5 p.m.
Not all times have been passed down.
Run 1
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Fanny Blankers-Koen | Netherlands | 24.3 s | OR |
2 | Audrey Patterson | United States | 25.0 s | |
3 | Margaret Walker | Great Britain | 25.3 s | |
4th | Cynthia Thompson | Jamaica | k. A. | |
5 | Raisin Faugouin | France | k. A. | |
6th | Joyce King | Australia | k. A. | |
7th | Phyllis Lightbourn-Jones | Bermuda | k. A. |
Run 2
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Shirley Strickland | Australia | 24.9 s | |
2 | Audrey Williamson | Great Britain | 24.9 s | |
3 | Daphne Robb | South African Union | 25.2 s | |
4th | Sylvia Cheeseman | Great Britain | k. A. | |
5 | Neeltje Karelse | Netherlands | k. A. | |
6th | Liliane Sprécher | France | k. A. | |
DNS | Betty McKinnon | Australia |
final
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Fanny Blankers-Koen | Netherlands | 24.4 s | |
2 | Audrey Williamson | Great Britain | 25.1 s | |
3 | Audrey Patterson | United States | 25.2 s | |
4th | Shirley Strickland | Australia | k. A. | |
5 | Margaret Walker | Great Britain | k. A. | |
6th | Daphne Robb | South African Union | k. A. |
August 6, 1948, 4:30 p.m.
In the finals, the 100 meter winner Fanny Blankers-Koen from the Netherlands was the clear favorite. But the publicity-shy athlete, who was in the media's interest as a “flying housewife” or “flying Dutchwoman”, suffered from homesickness in the semi-finals. She wanted to escape the media hype and longed for her two children. Only after a long conversation with her husband and trainer Jan Blankers did she take part in the two outstanding competitions over 200 meters and in the 4 x 100 meter relay . She won this 200 meters with a clear lead over the Briton Audrey Williamson. In the semifinals she set an Olympic record with 24.3 seconds . Third-placed American Audrey Patterson was the first African-American medalist to win the Olympics. The referees had declared the US runner a medalist after 45 minutes. Only later, after analyzing the target photo, it became clear that the Australian Shirley Strickland had actually won the bronze medal. But the arbitration tribunal's first decision was never reversed.
Fanny Blankers-Koen won her third of four gold medals at the 1948 Games after the 100 meters and the 80 meter hurdles .
literature
- Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, pp. 45f
Web links
- SportsReference 200 m , c
- Official report p. 278, engl. (PDF), accessed on August 24, 2017
- The Incredible Dominance Of Fanny Blankers-Koen | Olympic Records , published December 28, 2013 on youtube.com, accessed August 24, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009 page 640 ( Memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b c Official report "Athletic Timetable" p. 241, engl. (PDF)
- ↑ a b c Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, pp. 45f
- ↑ SportsReference (Eng.)