| Final Wind -0.6m/s | | time | | | 1. Fanny Blankers-Koen |  Netherlands | 24.0s | NR | | 2. Yevgeniya Sechenova |  Soviet Union | 24.8s | | | 3. Dorothy Hall |  Great Britain | 25.0s | | | 4. Sofya Malshina | Soviet Union | 25.0s | | | 5. Bertha Brouwer | Netherlands | 25.0s | | | 6. Zoya Dukhovich | Soviet Union | 25.5s | |
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| History Women 200m | | -- Competitors from -- Nations. | | Venue: Heysel Stadium. |
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Heats Saturday 26th August |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. Fanny Blankers-Koen | Netherlands | 24.5s | Q | | 2. Zoya Dukhovich | Soviet Union | 25.2s | Q | | 3. Margaret Brian | Great Britain | 25.4s | | | 4. Micaela Bora |  Italy | 26.3s | | | 5. Mira Tuce |  Yugoslavia | 26.5s | |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 1. Dorothy Hall | Great Britain | 24.6s | Q | | 2. Sofya Malshina | Soviet Union | 25.0s | Q | | 3. Grietje de Jongh | Netherlands | 25.3s | | | 4. Rosine Faugouin |  France | 25.7s | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 1. Yevgeniya Sechenova | Soviet Union | 25.0s | Q | | 2. Bertha Brouwer | Netherlands | 25.1s | Q | | 3. Elspeth Hay | Great Britain | 25.5s | | | 4. Laura Sivi | Italy | 25.6s | | | 5. Alma Butja | Yugoslavia | 26.8s | |
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