Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres explained
The women's 100 metres sprint event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place July 31 and August 2. The final was won by Dutchwoman Fanny Blankers-Koen.[1]
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
Schedule
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1).
| Date | Time | |
|---|
| Saturday, 31 July 1948 | 14:45 | Round 1 |
| style=background:lemonchiffon | Monday, 2 August 1948 | style=background:lemonchiffon | 15:30
16:45 | style=background:lemonchiffon | Semifinals
Finals | |
Results
Round 1
The fastest two runners in each heat advanced to the semifinals.
Heat 1
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time (hand) | Notes |
|---|
| 1 | | | 12.0 | |
| 2 | | | 12.5 | |
| 3 | | | 12.7 | |
| 4 | | | | | |
Heat 2
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time (hand) | Notes |
|---|
| 1 | | | 12.4 | |
| 2 | | | 12.9 | |
| 3 | | | 13.1 | |
| 4 | | | 13.2 | |
| 5 | | | | | |
Heat 3
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time (hand) | Notes |
|---|
| 1 | | | 12.6 | |
| 2 | | | 12.7 | |
| 3 | | | 12.8 | |
| 4 | | | 13.1 | |
| 5 | | | | | |
Heat 4
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time (hand) | Notes |
|---|
| 1 | | | 12.4 | |
| 2 | | | 12.4 | |
| 3 | | | 12.2 | |
| 4 | | | 12.3 | | |
Heat 5
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time (hand) | Notes |
|---|
| 1 | | | 12.6 | |
| 2 | | | 12.9 | |
| 3 | | | 13.0 | |
| 4 | | | 13.2 | | |
Heat 6
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time (hand) | Notes |
|---|
| 1 | | | 12.1 | |
| 2 | | | 13.0 | |
| 3 | | | 13.6 | | |
Heat 7
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time (hand) | Notes |
|---|
| 1 | | | 12.4 | |
| 2 | | | 12.6 | |
| 3 | | | 13.2 | |
| 4 | | | 13.6 | | |
Heat 8
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time (hand) | Notes |
|---|
| 1 | | | 12.8 | |
| 2 | | | 12.9 | |
| 3 | | | 13.6 | |
| 4 | | | 13.6 | |
| 5 | | | 13.6 | | |
Heat 9
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time (hand) | Notes |
|---|
| 1 | | | 12.7 | |
| 2 | | | 12.9 | |
| 3 | | | 12.9 | |
| 4 | | | 12.9 | | |
Semifinals
The fastest two runners in each heat advanced to the final.
Semifinal 1
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time (hand) | Notes |
|---|
| 1 | | | 12.0 | |
| 2 | | | 12.4 | |
| 3 | | | 12.7 | |
| 4 | | | | |
| 5 | | | | |
| 6 | | | | | |
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time (hand) | Notes |
|---|
| 1 | | | 12.4 | |
| 2 | | | 12.6 | |
| 3 | | | 12.7 | |
| 4 | | | | |
| 5 | | | | |
| 6 | | | | | |
Semifinal 3
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time (hand) | Notes |
|---|
| 1 | | | 12.4 | |
| 2 | | | 12.5 | |
| 3 | | | 12.5 | |
| | 12.5 | |
| 5 | | | | |
| 6 | | | | | |
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time (hand) | Notes |
|---|
| | | 11.9 | |
| | | 12.2 | |
| | | 12.2 | |
| 4 | | | 12.3 | |
| 5 | | | 12.4 | |
| 6 | | | 12.6 | | |
External links
Notes and References
- Athletics at the 1948 London Summer Games: Women's 100 metres . 7 June 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173349/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1948/ATH/womens-100-metres.html . 17 April 2020 . dead .
