Women 200m Athletics XVI Olympic Games Melbourne, Australia 1956 - Friday, 30th November - Gold Medal: Elizabeth Cuthbert, Australia
Final 17:15timeautomL
1. Elizabeth CuthbertAUS Australia23.4s23.55s5
2. Christina StubnickGER Germany23.7s23.89s6
3. Marlene MathewsAUS Australia23.8s24.10s1
4. Norma CrokerAUS Australia24.0s24.22s4
5. June PaulGBR Great Britain24.3s24.30s2
6. Gisela KohlerGER Germany24.3s24.68s3

world Women 200m History

Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground 120,000. 27 competitors from 13 nations.
RounddateHAth
Semi-Finals29.11212
Heats29.11627
World Record: 23.2s Elizabeth Cuthbert, Australia Sydney, Australia, September 16, 1956
Olympic Record: 23.4s Marjorie Jackson, Australia Helsinki, Finland. July 26,1952

Semi-Finals - Thursday, 29th November 17:50

Semi 1time
1. Elizabeth CuthbertAUS Australia23.6s
2. Christina StubnickGER Germany23.9s
3. Norma CrokerAUS Australia24.3s
4. Maria ItkinaURS Soviet Union24.3s
5. Jean Eileen ScrivensGBR Great Britain24.4s
6. Barbara LerczakPOL Poland25.2s
Semi 2time
1. June PaulGBR Great Britain24.2s
2. Marlene MathewsAUS Australia24.3s
3. Gisela KohlerGER Germany24.3s
4. Heather ArmitageGBR Great Britain24.7s
5. Mae FaggsUSA United States24.8s
6. Vera IougovaURS Soviet Union24.9s
Cuthbert emerged as a world beater two months before the Games, improving her best by 0.7 to set a world record of 23.2. The only runner to duck below 24 seconds in the preliminaries, Cuthbert set herself up as favourite with times of 23.5 (23.60) and 23.6 (23.75), with June Paul next fastest at 23.8 (24.00). In the final Cuthbert led by a metre off the curve and won by three times that margin from Stubnick and Mathews to equal the Olympic record, though the time was actually 0.04 seconds quicker than Jackson’s 23.4/23.59 from the Helsinki semis.

Heats - Thursday, 29th November 15:20

Heat 1time
1. Elizabeth CuthbertAUS Australia23.5s
2. Mae FaggsUSA United States24.9s
3. Diane Elaine MathessonCAn Canada25.7s
4. Mary Beatrice KlassSIN Singapore26.3s
5. Maeve KyleIRL Ireland26.4s
Heat 2time
1. Maria ItkinaURS Soviet Union24.1s
2. Gisela KohlerGER Germany24.4s
3. Wilma RudolfUSA United States24.6s
4. Genowefa MinickaPOL Poland25.0s
Heat 3time
1. Christina StubnickGER Germany24.5s
2. Norma CrokerAUS Australia24.9s
3. Giuseppina LeoneITA Italy25.6s
4. Meredith Lorraine EllisUSA United States26.3s
Heat 4time
1. June PaulGBR Great Britain23.8s
2. Vera IougovaURS Soviet Union24.9s
3. Letizia BertoniITA Italy25.2s
4. Claudette MasdammerGUY Guyana25.4s
Heat 5time
1. Heather ArmitageGBR Great Britain24.8s
2. Barbara LerczakPOL Poland24.8s
3. Simone HenryFRA France25.0s
4. Eleanor HaslamCAN Canada25.3s
5. Olga KochelevaURS Soviet Union25.3s
Heat 6time
1. Marlene MathewsAUS Australia24.0s
2. Jean Eileen ScrivensGBR Great Britain24.3s
3. Inge FuhrmannGER Germany24.7s
4. Micheline FluchotFRA France24.9s
5. Maureen ReverCAN Canada26.1s
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