Women 200m Athletics XIV Olympic Games London, Great Britain 1948 - Friday 06.08 - Fanny Blankers-Koen, Netherlands
Final 16:30time+timeLt.a.Y
1. Fanny Blankers-KoenNED Netherlands24.4s OR 224.430
2. Audrey WilliamsonGBR Great Britain25.1s+0.80525.221
4. Mickey PattersonUSA United States25.2s+0.86625.321
3. Shirley StricklandAUS Australia25.3e+0.85325.323
5. Margaret WalkerGBR Great Britain25.6e+1.194 23
6. Daphne Robb-HasenjägerZAF South Africa25.7e+1.251 19

world Women 200m History

Venue: Empire Stadium, London.
33 competitors from 17 nations.
First time this event was held!
World Record: 23.6sStanisława Walasiewicz , Poland Warsaw, Poland 4 August 1935

Semi-Finals - Thursday 05.08 17:00

First 2 from each 2 semi-finals progress to Final.
Semi 1time+timet.a.Y
1. Fanny Blankers-KoenNED Netherlands24.3s OR 24.430
2. Mickey PattersonUSA United States25.0s+0.62 21
3. Margaret WalkerGBR Great Britain25.3s+1.02 23
4. Cynthia ThompsonJAM Jamaica +1.27 25
5. Rosine FaugouinFRA France +1.33 18
6. Joyce KingAUS Australia +1.38 27
7. Phyllis Lightbourn-JonesBER Bermuda 19
Semi 2time+timet.a.Y
1. Shirley StricklandAUS Australia24.9ws 25.1w23
1. Audrey WilliamsonGBR Great Britain24.9ws+0.01 21
3. Daphne Robb-HasenjägerZAF South Africa25.1ws+0.12 19
4. Sylvia CheesemanGBR Great Britain +0.38 19
5. Nel KarelseNED Netherlands +0.58 22
6. Liliane SprécherFRA France +0.62 22
7. Betty McKinnonAUS Australia +0.75 23
Although Blankers-Koen had not bettered 25 seconds until 1947, she was the favourite after her 100m triumph, and two runs of 24.2 before London. Daphne Robb was the fastest in the heats with 25.3, but Blankers-Koen depleted the opposition’s hopes with 24.3 in the semi- finals. Drawn in the tight inside lane in the final, Blankers-Koen overpow- ered the field, cruising past them on the bend to take a 3m lead at halfway and flowing away over the rain-soaked track to win by 7m from Williamson. To put Blankers-Koen’s effort in perspective, her winning margin was more than twice that of Griffith Joyner in her 1988 win, and easily the largest margin of victory in the history of the event within an Olympics. Patterson was officially placed third, but in 1975 an examination of the photo-finish by ATFS President Bob Sparks showed that Strickland had finished in the bronze medal position. In 2015 Athletics Australia appealed again to the IAAF and IOC for Strickland to be awarded an additional bronze medal.

Heats - Thursday 05.08 15:30

First 2 from each 7 heats progress to Semi-Finals.
Heat 1timet.a.Y
1. Fanny Blankers-KoenNED Netherlands25.7s OR25.930
2. Liliane SprécherFRA France26.0s 22
3. Mae FaggsUSA United States26.0s 16
4. Melânia LuzBRA Brazil26.6?s 20
5. Phyllis EdnessBER Bermuda 18
Heat 2timet.a.Y
1. Cynthia ThompsonJAM Jamaica25.6s OR25.725
2. Sylvia CheesemanGBR Great Britain25.7s 19
3. Diane FosterCAn Canada26.1s 19
4. Helena de MenezesBRA Brazil27.7?s 21
Heat 3timet.a.Y
1. Joyce KingAUS Australia25.9s26.127
2. Phyllis Lightbourn-JonesBER Bermuda27.0s 19
3. Lucila PiniBRA Brazil27.6s 17
4. Marie-Thérèse RenardBEL Belgium28.5?s 23
-. Olga ŠicnerováTCH CzechoslovakiaDNF 20
Heat 4timet.a.Y
1. Daphne Robb-HasenjägerZAF South Africa25.3s OR25.519
2. Shirley StricklandAUS Australia25.8s 23
3. Nell JacksonUSA United States25.8s 19
4. Donna GilmoreCAn Canada
5. Alma ButiaYUG Yugoslavia 19
Heat 5timet.a.Y
1. Mickey PattersonUSA United States25.5ws25.9w21
2. Margaret WalkerGBR Great Britain25.8ws 23
3. Kathleen RussellJAM Jamaica26.3ws 20
4. Ann-Britt LeymanSWE Sweden26.3?s 26
5. Tilly DeckerLUX Luxembourg 18
6. Betty KretschmerCHI Chile 20
Heat 6timet.a.Y
1. Betty McKinnonAUS Australia25.9s26.123
2. Rosine FaugouinFRA France25.9s 18
3. Gré de JonghNED Netherlands26.2s 23
4. Grete PavlousekAUT Austria 24
Heat 7timet.a.Y
1. Audrey WilliamsonGBR Great Britain25.4s25.621
2. Nel KarelseNED Netherlands26.0s 22
3. Millie CheaterCAn Canada26.4s 20
-. Annegret Weller-SchneiderCHI ChileDQ 18
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Men 400m
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Men 10km Track Walk
Men 50km Walk
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Men Decathlon
Men 100m Decathlon
Men Long Jump Decathlon
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Men High Jump Decathlon
Men 400m Decathlon
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Men Discus Throw Decathlon
Men Pole Vault Decathlon
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Men 1500m Decathlon
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