1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 100 m (women)

sport	athletics
discipline	100 meter run
gender	Women
Attendees	56 athletes from 27 countries
Competition location	Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	July 21, 1952 (heats / quarter-finals) July 22, 1952 (semi-finals / finals)
Medalists Marjorie Jackson ( AUS )   Daphne Hasenjager ( RSA )   Shirley Strickland ( AUS )

The women's 100-meter run at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki was held on July 21 and 22, 1952 in the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki . 56 athletes took part.

The Australian Marjorie Jackson was Olympic champion ahead of the South African Daphne Hasenjager . The Australian Shirley Strickland won bronze .

Existing records

World record	11.5 s	Fanny Blankers-Koen ( Netherlands )	Amsterdam , Netherlands	June 13, 1948
Olympic record	11.9 s	Stanisława Walasiewicz ( Poland )	Semi-finals and finals of Los Angeles , USA	August 1st and 2nd, 1932
		Helen Stephens ( USA )	Los Angeles, finals , USA	August 2, 1932
		Fanny Blankers-Koen ( Netherlands )	London, finals , UK	August 2, 1948

Conducting the competition

The runners competed in twelve preliminary runs on July 21. The two best athletes each qualified for the quarter-finals on the same day from which the three best-placed athletes reached the next round, the semi-finals. The two preliminary rounds and the final were held on July 22nd. In the semi-finals, the first three runners qualified for the final.

Note: The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue.

Time schedule

July 20, 3:30 p.m .: Preliminaries
July 20, 6:00 p.m .: Quarter-finals
July 21, 4:35 p.m .: Semi-finals
July 21, 6:35 p.m .: Final

Prelims

Date: July 20, 1952, from 3:30 p.m.

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Winsome Cripps	Australia	12.0 s	12.18 s
2	Zvetana Berkovska	Bulgaria	12.2 s	12.43 s
3	Lilián Heinz	Argentina	12.7 s	13.01 s
4th	Ulla Pokki	Finland	12.7 s	13.06 s
5	Nilima Ghose	India	13.6 s	13.80 s

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Mae Faggs	United States	12.1 s	12.44 s
2	Liliana Tagliaferri	Italy	12.6 s	12.86 s
3	Aranka Szabó-Bartha	Hungary	12.7 s	12.90 s
4th	Elżbieta Bocian	Poland	12.9 s	13.10 s

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Bertha Brouwer	Netherlands	12.0 s	12.26 s
2	Irina Turova	Soviet Union	12.0 s	12.25 s
3	Vittoria Cesarini	Italy	12.3 s	12.78 s
4th	Tang Pai Wah	Singapore	13.8 s	14.08 s

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Helga Klein	BR Germany	12.1 s	12.30 s
2	Heather Armitage	Great Britain	12.3 s	12.57 s
3	Lilián Buglia	Argentina	12.3 s	12.62 s
4th	Alexandra Sicoe	Romania	12.8 s	12.93 s
5	Leena Sipila	Finland	13.4 s	13.70 s

Forward 5

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Maria Sander	BR Germany	12.2 s	12.42 s
2	Anna-Lisa Augustsson	Sweden	12.4 s	12.67 s
3	Rosella Thorne	Canada	12.5 s	12.77 s
4th	Ilona Tolnai-Rákhely	Hungary	12.6 s	12.95 s
5	Ayako Yoshikawa	Japan	12.6 s	13.00 s

Forward 6

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Giuseppina Leone	Italy	12.2 s	12.38 s
2	Janet Moreau	United States	12.5 s	12.68 s
3	Nel Buch	Netherlands	12.6 s	12.95 s
4th	Jorun Askersrud-Tangen	Norway	13.0 s	13.18 s
5	Sonja Prétôt	Switzerland	14.7 s	14.93 s

Forward 7

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Catherine Hardy	United States	11.9 s	12.18 s	ORe
2	June Foulds	Great Britain	12.1 s	12.34 s
3	Alberte de Campou	France	12.2 s	12.44 s
4th	Helena de Menezes	Brazil	12.5 s	12.83 s
5	Ana María Fontán	Argentina	12.9 s	13.33 s

Forward 8

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Marjorie Jackson	Australia	11.6 s	11.86 s	OR
2	Yvette Monginou	France	12.3 s	12.64 s
3	Luella Law	Canada	12.4 s	12.70 s
4th	Thelma Jones	Bermuda	12.5 s	12.75 s

Forward 9

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Shirley Strickland	Australia	12.0 s	12.20 s
2	Vera Kalashnikova	Soviet Union	12.2 s	12.32 s
3	Quita Shivas	Great Britain	12.5 s	12.82 s
4th	Emma Konrad	Romania	13.0 s	13.10 s
5	Mary D'Souza	India	13.1 s	13.40 s

Forward 10

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Daphne Hasenjager	South African Union	11.9 s	12.16 s
2	Eleanor McKenzie	Canada	12.2 s	12.41 s
3	Nell Sjöström	Sweden	12.4 s	12.71 s
4th	Ibolya Tilkovszky	Hungary	12.4 s	12.75 s
5	Phyllis Lightbourn-Jones	Bermuda	13.3 s	13.55 s

Forward 11

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Netherlands	11.9 s	12.18 s
2	Marga Petersen	BR Germany	12.0 s	12.32 s
3	Denise Laborie-Guénard	France	12.6 s	12.88 s
4th	Graviola Ewing	Guatemala	13.0 s	13.05 s

Forward 12

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Edna Maskell	South African Union	11.9 s	12.26 s
2	Nadezhda Chnykina	Soviet Union	12.0 s	12.25 s
3	Hyacinth Walters	Jamaica	12.4 s	12.53 s
4th	Elfriede Steurer	Austria	12.7 s	12.86 s
5	Agneta Hannerz	Sweden	12.8 s	13.09 s

Quarter finals

Date: July 20, 1952, from 6:00 p.m.

Run 1

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Marjorie Jackson	Australia	11.6 s	11.84 s	ORe
2	Marga Petersen	BR Germany	12.0 s	12.30 s
3	Bertha Brouwer	Netherlands	12.0 s	12.33 s
4th	Giuseppina Leone	Italy	12.2 s	12.42 s
5	Heather Armitage	Great Britain	12.3 s	12.58 s
6th	Zvetana Berkovska	Bulgaria	12.3 s	12.60 s

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Maria Sander	BR Germany	12.0 s	12.20 s
2	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Netherlands	12.0 s	12.22 s
3	Mae Faggs	United States	12.0 s	12.22 s
4th	Irina Turova	Soviet Union	12.1 s	12.28 s
5	Eleanor McKenzie	Canada	12.1 s	12.44 s
6th	Yvette Monginou	France	12.4 s	12.66 s

Run 3

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Daphne Hasenjager	South African Union	12.0 s	12.19 s
2	Vera Kalashnikova	Soviet Union	12.1 s	12.26 s
3	Winsome Cripps	Australia	12.1 s	12.30 s
4th	June Foulds	Great Britain	12.3 s	12.45 s
5	Janet Moreau	United States	12.5 s	12.67 s
6th	Anna-Lisa Augustsson	Sweden	12.5 s	12.66 s

Run 4

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Nadezhda Chnykina	Soviet Union	12.0 s	12.29 s
2	Helga Klein	BR Germany	12.0 s	12.27 s
3	Shirley Strickland	Australia	12.0 s	12.28 s
4th	Catherine Hardy	United States	12.1 s	12.31 s
5	Edna Maskell	South African Union	12.2 s	12.38 s
6th	Liliana Tagliaferri	Italy	12.9 s	13.14 s

Bertha Brouwer (NED) was eliminated in the semi-finals.

Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED) did not appear in the semi-finals.

Olympic Champion Marjorie Jackson (AUS)

Semifinals

Date: July 21, 1952, from 4.35 p.m.

Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED) did not start in the semi-finals due to illness.

Run 1

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Marjorie Jackson	Australia	11.5 s	11.75 s	WRe / OR
2	Winsome Cripps	Australia	12.0 s	12.16 s
3	Mae Faggs	United States	12.1 s	12.16 s
4th	Nadezhda Chnykina	Soviet Union	12.1 s	12.17 s
5	Marga Petersen	BR Germany	12.1 s	12.17 s

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Daphne Hasenjager	South African Union	11.9 s	12.13 s
2	Shirley Strickland	Australia	11.9 s	12.17 s
3	Maria Sander	BR Germany	12.0 s	12.24 s
4th	Bertha Brouwer	Netherlands	12.1 s	12.32 s
5	Vera Kalashnikova	Soviet Union	12.1 s	12.41 s
6th	Helga Klein	BR Germany	12.3 s	12.53 s

final

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Marjorie Jackson	Australia	11.5 s	11.67 s	WRe / ORe
2	Daphne Hasenjager	South African Union	11.8 s	12.05 s
3	Shirley Strickland	Australia	11.9 s	12.12 s
4th	Winsome Cripps	Australia	11.9 s	12.16 s
5	Maria Sander	BR Germany	12.0 s	12.27 s
6th	Mae Faggs	United States	12.1 s	12.27 s

Date: July 21, 1952, 6:35 p.m.

The 1948 Olympic champion , Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED), who was also European champion and world record holder, did not take part in the semifinals due to illness in order to concentrate fully on the 80-meter hurdles .

The Australian Marjorie Jackson, winner of the British Empire Games 1950 , was now the favorite for the Olympic victory. In both the semifinals and the finals, she set the world record . She won the race as superior as no other 100-meter Olympic champion before with three tenths of a second ahead of the South African Daphne Hasenjager and her compatriot Shirley Strickland, later Shirley de la Hunty.

Daphne Hasenjager won South Africa's first Olympic medal in the women's 100 meters.

literature

• Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, p. 102f

Web links

• SportsReference 100 m , accessed September 28, 2017
• Official report pp. 332–334, engl. (PDF), accessed on September 28, 2017
• Marjorie Jackson Wins 100m - Australia's First Athletics Gold | Helsinki 1952 Olympics , published June 25, 2013 on youtube.com, accessed September 28, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009 page 640 ( Memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Official report p. 266, engl. (PDF)
3. ↑ SportsReference (Eng.)