Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres explained

Event:Women's 100 metres
Games:1948 Summer
Venue:Empire Stadium
Dates:July 31 (heats)
August 2 (semifinals and final)
Competitors:33
Nations:20
Win Value:11.9
Longnames:yes
Gold:Fanny Blankers-Koen
Goldnoc:NED
Silver:Dorothy Manley
Silvernoc:GBR
Bronze:Shirley Strickland
Bronzenoc:AUS
Prev:1936
Next:1952

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.

World record
Olympic record
11.5 sBerlin, Germany4 August 1936

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1).

DateTime
Saturday, 31 July 1948 14:45Round 1
style=background:lemonchiffonMonday, 2 August 1948 style=background:lemonchiffon15:30
16:45
style=background:lemonchiffonSemifinals
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

  1. 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 .