1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 200 m (women)
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| sport | athletics | ||||||||
| discipline | 200 meter run | ||||||||
| gender | Women | ||||||||
| Attendees | 38 athletes from 21 countries | ||||||||
| Competition location | Helsinki Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
| Competition phase | July 25, 1952 (prelims) July 26, 1952 (semi-finals / finals) |
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The women's 200-meter run at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki was held on July 25 and 26, 1952 in the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki . 38 athletes took part.
The Australian Marjorie Jackson was Olympic champion ahead of the Dutch Bertha Brouwer . Bronze went to the Soviet runner Nadeschda Chnykina .
Existing records
| World record | 23.6 s |
Stanisława Walasiewicz ( Poland )
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Warsaw , Poland | 4th August 1935 |
| Olympic record | 24.4 s |
Fanny Blankers-Koen ( Netherlands )
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London semi-finals , Great Britain | August 5, 1948 |
Conducting the competition
The runners competed in seven preliminary runs on July 25th. The two best athletes each reached the semi-finals. The two preliminary rounds and the final were held on July 21st. In the semifinals, the first three starters qualified for the final.
Note: The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue.
Time schedule
July 25, 3:20 p.m .: Preliminaries
July 26, 3 p.m .: Semi-finals
July 26, 5:40 p.m .: Final
Prelims
Date: July 25, 1952, from 3:20 p.m.
Forward 1
| space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sylvia Cheeseman |
 Great Britain
|
24.9 s | 25.03 s | |
| 2 | Ursula Knab |
 BR Germany
|
25.0 s | 25.26 s | |
| 3 | Zvetana Berkovska |
.svg){kind=small} Bulgaria
|
25.2 s | 25.49 s | |
| 4th | Gladys Erbetta |
 Argentina
|
25.6 s | 25.83 s | |
| 5 | Flora Kazantseva |
.svg){kind=small} Soviet Union
|
25.7 s | 25.92 s | |
| 5 | Maria Arndt |
Poland
|
25.9 s | 26.29 s |
Forward 2
| space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nadezhda Chnykina |
Soviet Union
|
24.3 s | 24.47 s | OR |
| 2 | Helga Klein |
BR Germany
|
24.6 s | 24.83 s | |
| 3 | Deyse de Castro |
 Brazil
|
25.0 s | 25.22 s | |
| 4th | Frances O'Halloran |
.svg){kind=small} Canada
|
25.2 s | 25.48 s | |
| 5 | Grietje de Jongh |
Netherlands
|
25.2 s | 25.48 s | |
| 6th | Emma Konrad |
.svg){kind=small} Romania
|
25.8 s | 26.04 s |
Forward 3
| space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marjorie Jackson |
 Australia
|
23.6 s | 23.73 s | WRe / OR |
| 2 | Catherine Hardy |
 United States
|
24.8 s | 24.91 s | |
| 3 | Patricia Devine |
Great Britain
|
25.1 s | 25.25 s | |
| 4th | Anne-Marie Lousteau |
 France
|
25.5 s | 25.78 s | |
| 5 | Olga Gyarmati |
.svg){kind=small} Hungary
|
25.5 s | 25.77 s | |
| 6th | Vera Martelli |
 Italy
|
26.1 s | 26.53 s | |
| 7th | Mary D'Souza |
 India
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26.3 s | 26.80 s |
Forward 4
| space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bertha Brouwer |
Netherlands
|
24.6 s | 24.81 s | |
| 2 | Marcelle Gabarrus |
France
|
25.3 s | 25.49 s | |
| 3 | Ann Johnson |
Great Britain
|
25.3 s | 25.59 s | |
| 4th | Adriana Millard |
 Chile
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25.4 s | 25.58 s | |
| 5 | Graviola Ewing |
 Guatemala
|
26.9 s | 27.02 s |
Forward 5
| space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eulalia Szwajkowska |
Poland
|
25.5 s | 25.60 s | |
| 2 | Eleanor McKenzie |
Canada
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25.5 s | 25.66 s | |
| 3 | Alexandra Sicoe |
Romania
|
25.6 s | 25.82 s | |
| 4th | Lilián Heinz |
Argentina
|
25.8 s | 26.00 s | |
| 5 | Pirkko Länsivuori |
 Finland
|
27.5 s | 27.66 s | |
| DNF | Dolores Dwyer |
United States
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Forward 6
| space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daphne Hasenjager |
.svg){kind=small} South African Union
|
24.4 s | 24.58 s | |
| 2 | Winsome Cripps |
Australia
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24.4 s | 24.54 s | |
| 3 | Mae Faggs |
United States
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24.5 s | 24.71 s | |
| 4th | Hyacinth Walters |
.svg){kind=small} Jamaica
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25.4 s | 25.59 s |
Forward 7
| space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yevgenia Sechenova |
Soviet Union
|
25.4 s | 25.46 s | |
| 2 | Luella Law |
Canada
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25.7 s | 25.82 s | |
| 3 | Klára Soós |
Hungary
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25.8 s | 26.05 s | |
| 4th | Genowefa Minicka |
Poland
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25.9 s | 26.17 s |
Semifinals
Date: July 26, 1952, from 3 p.m.
Run 1
| space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marjorie Jackson |
Australia
|
23.4 s | 23.59 s | WR |
| 2 | Bertha Brouwer |
Netherlands
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24.3 s | 24.41 s | |
| 3 | Daphne Hasenjager |
South African Union
|
24.4 s | 24.60 s | |
| 4th | Sylvia Cheeseman |
Great Britain
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24.7 s | 24.97 s | |
| 5 | Yevgenia Sechenova |
Soviet Union
|
25.2 s | 25.32 s | |
| 6th | Luella Law |
Canada
|
25.3 s | 25.63 s | |
| 7th | Ursula Knab |
BR Germany
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25.5 s | 25.76 s |
Run 2
| space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nadezhda Chnykina |
Soviet Union
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24.1 s | 24.16 s | |
| 2 | Winsome Cripps |
Australia
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24.3 s | 24.47 s | |
| 3 | Helga Klein |
BR Germany
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24.4 s | 24.65 s | |
| 4th | Catherine Hardy |
United States
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24.7 s | 24.93 s | |
| 5 | Eleanor McKenzie |
Canada
|
25.1 s | 25.30 s | |
| 6th | Eulalia Szwajkowska |
Poland
|
25.2 s | 25.45 s | |
| 7th | Marcelle Gabarrus |
France
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25.3 s | 25.46 s |
final
| space | Surname | nation | Official time hand-stopped |
Unofficial time electronically |
annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marjorie Jackson |
Australia
|
23.7 s | 23.89 s | |
| 2 | Bertha Brouwer |
Netherlands
|
24.2 s | 24.25 s | |
| 3 | Nadezhda Chnykina |
Soviet Union
|
24.2 s | 24.37 s | |
| 4th | Winsome Cripps |
Australia
|
24.2 s | 24.40 s | |
| 5 | Helga Klein |
BR Germany
|
24.6 s | 24.72 s | |
| 6th | Daphne Hasenjager |
South African Union
|
24.6 s | 24.72 s |
Date: July 26, 1952, 5:40 p.m.
The 1948 Olympic champion Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED), also European champion and world record holder, had canceled the competition due to illness. She wanted to concentrate completely on the 80-meter hurdles . The Australian Marjorie Jackson was the clear favorite for the Olympic victory after her superior performance over 100 meters .
In the preliminary round she set the world record and improved it in the semifinals by two tenths of a second to 23.4 seconds. In the final, she dominated the race from the start and won by almost four meters. The silver medal went to the Dutch Bertha Brouwer ahead of Nadezhda Chnykina from the USSR, which took place after the official hand stop.
literature
- Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, p. 104
Web links
- SportsReference 200m , accessed September 29, 2017
- Official report p. 335, engl. (PDF), accessed on September 29, 2017
- Marjorie Jackson - "The Lithgow Flash" , range 2:08 min to 2:57 min, published on November 14, 2016 on youtube.com, accessed on September 29, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009 page 640 ( Memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b c d Official report p. 266, engl. (PDF)
- ↑ SportsReference (Eng.)
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