Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres explained

Event:	Women's 100 metres
Games:	1952 Summer
Venue:	Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Dates:	July 21 (round one and quarterfinals) July 22 (semifinals and final)
Competitors:	56
Longnames:	yes
Win Value:	11.6 =
Gold:	Marjorie Jackson
Goldnoc:	AUS
Silver:	Daphne Robb-Hasenjäger
Silvernoc:	RSA
Bronze:	Shirley Strickland
Bronzenoc:	AUS
Prev:	1948
Next:	1956

The women's 100 metres sprint event at the 1952 Olympic Games took place on July 21 and July 22. The final was won by Australian Marjorie Jackson, who equalled the world record set in 1936 by Helen Stephens.^[1]

Results

First round

The first round was held on July 21. The first two runners of each heat qualified for the second round.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			12.0
2			12.2
3			12.7
4			12.7
5			13.6

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			12.1
2			12.6
3			12.7
4			12.9

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			12.0
2			12.0
3			12.3
4			13.8

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			12.1
2			12.3
3			12.3
4			12.8
5			13.4

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			12.2
2			12.4
3			12.5
4			12.6
5			12.6

Heat 6

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			12.2
2			12.5
3			12.6
4			13.0
5			14.7

Heat 7

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			11.9
2			12.1
3			12.2
4			12.5
5			12.9

Heat 8

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			11.6
2			12.3
3			12.4
4			12.5

Heat 9

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			12.0
2			12.2
3			12.5
4			13.0
5			13.1

Heat 10

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			11.9
2			12.2
3			12.4
4			12.4
5			13.3

Heat 11

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			11.9
2			12.0
3			12.6
4			13.0

Heat 12

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			11.9
2			12.0
3			12.4
4			12.7
5			12.8

Quarterfinals

The first three runners from each heat qualified to the semifinals.

Quarterfinal 1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			11.6
2			12.0
3			12.0
4			12.2
5			12.3
6			12.3

Quarterfinal 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			12.0
2			12.0
3			12.0
4			12.1
5			12.1
6			12.4

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			12.0
2			12.1
3			12.1
4			12.3
5			12.5
6			12.5

Quarterfinal 4

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			12.0
2			12.0
3			12.0
4			12.1
5			12.2
6			12.9

Semifinals

The first three runners from each heat qualified for the final. Fanny Blankers-Koen withdrew from the competition at this stage.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			11.5	,
2			12.0
3			12.1
4			12.1
5			12.1
data-sort-value=6	—

Semifinal 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			11.9
2			11.9
3			12.0
4			12.1
5			12.1
6			12.3

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time (hand)	Notes
			11.5
			11.8
			11.9
4			11.9
5			12.0
6			12.1

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Women's 100 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173405/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/ATH/womens-100-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 11 June 2017 . Sports Reference.