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200 metres, Women

Date	25 – 26 July 1952
Status	Olympic
Location	Helsingin Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Participants	38 from 21 countries

Defending champion Fanny Blankers-Koen was favored but withdrew before the start because of illness. The world record holder was Stanisława Wałasiewicz but she was not competing either. In round one Australia’s Marjorie Jackson tied her record, running 23.6, and she broke the record in the semi-finals with 23.4. Jackson then dominated the final, winning by four metres.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	30	Marjorie Jackson	AUS	23.6 (1 h3)	23.4 (1 h1)	23.7 (1)	Gold
2	131	Puck Brouwer	NED	24.6 (1 h4)	24.3 (2 h1)	24.2 (2)	Silver
3	476	Nadezhda Khnik'ina	URS	24.3 (1 h2)	24.1 (1 h2)	24.2 (3)	Bronze
4	32	Winsome Cripps	AUS	24.4 (2 h6)	24.3 (2 h2)	24.2 (4)
5	755	Helga Klein	GER	24.6 (2 h2)	24.4 (3 h2)	24.6 (5)
6	114	Daphne Hasenjäger	RSA	24.4 (1 h6)	24.4 (3 h1)	24.6 (6)
4 h1 r2/3	219	Sylvia Cheeseman	GBR	24.9 (1 h1)	24.7 (4 h1)	–
4 h2 r2/3	1045	Cathy Hardy	USA	24.8 (2 h3)	24.7 (4 h2)	–
5 h1 r2/3	478	Yevgeniya Sechenova	URS	25.4 (1 h7)	25.2 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r2/3	362	Eleanor McKenzie	CAN	25.5 (2 h5)	25.1 (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r2/3	361	Luella Law	CAN	25.7 (2 h7)	25.3 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r2/3	589	Eulalia Szwajkowska	POL	25.5 (1 h5)	25.2 (6 h2)	–
7 h1 r2/3	758	Ursula Knab	GER	25.0 (2 h1)	25.5 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r2/3	642	Marcelle Gabarrus	FRA	25.3 (2 h4)	25.3 (7 h2)	–
3 h1 r1/3	72	Tsvetana Berkovska	BUL	25.2 (3 h1)	–	–
3 h2 r1/3	66	Deise de Castro	BRA	25.0 (3 h2)	–	–
3 h3 r1/3	220	Patricia Devine	GBR	25.1 (3 h3)	–	–
3 h4 r1/3	221	Ann Johnson	GBR	25.3 (3 h4)	–	–
3 h5 r1/3	665	Alexandra Sicoe	ROU	25.6 (3 h5)	–	–
3 h6 r1/3	1043	Mae Faggs	USA	24.5 (3 h6)	–	–
3 h7 r1/3	964	Klára Soós	HUN	25.8 (3 h7)	–	–
4 h1 r1/3	14	Gladys Erbetta	ARG	25.6 (4 h1)	–	–
4 h2 r1/3	364	Tiny O'Halloran	CAN	25.2 (4 h2)	–	–
4 h3 r1/3	643	Anne-Marie Lousteau	FRA	25.5 (4 h3)	–	–
4 h4 r1/3	86	Adriana Millard	CHI	25.4 (4 h4)	–	–
4 h5 r1/3	12	Lilián Heinz	ARG	25.8 (4 h5)	–	–
4 h6 r1/3	298	Hyacinth Walters	JAM	25.4 (4 h6)	–	–
4 h7 r1/3	588	Genowefa Minicka	POL	25.9 (4 h7)	–	–
5 h1 r1/3	477	Flora Kazantseva	URS	25.7 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r1/3	134	Gré de Jongh	NED	25.2 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r1/3	963	Olga Gyarmati	HUN	25.5 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r1/3	125	Graviola Ewing	GUA	26.9 (5 h4)	–	–
5 h5 r1/3	830	Pirkko Länsivuori	FIN	27.5 (5 h5)	–	–
6 h1 r1/3	587	Maria Arndt	POL	25.9 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r1/3	664	Emma Konrad	ROU	25.8 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r1/3	269	Vera Martelli	ITA	26.1 (6 h3)	–	–
7 h3 r1/3	143	Mary D'Souza	IND	26.3 (7 h3)	–	–
AC h5 r1/3	1046	Dolores Dwyer	USA	– (DNF h5)	–	–
DNS	11	Lilián Buglia	ARG	– (DNS h7)	–	–
DNS	31	Shirley Strickland de la Hunty	AUS	– (DNS h5)	–	–
DNS	757	Maria Sander	GER	– (DNS h4)	–	–
DNS	270	Maria Musso	ITA	– (DNS h4)	–	–
DNS	132	Fanny Blankers-Koen	NED	– (DNS h7)	–	–
DNS	868	Sonja Prétôt	SUI	– (DNS h6)	–	–
DNS	522	Jorun Tangen	NOR	– (DNS h6)	–	–

Round One (25 July 1952 — 15:20)

Top two in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	6	Sylvia Cheeseman	GBR	24.9	25.03	Q
2	3	Ursula Knab	GER	25.0	25.26	Q
3	2	Tsvetana Berkovska	BUL	25.2	25.49
4	4	Gladys Erbetta	ARG	25.6	25.83
5	5	Flora Kazantseva	URS	25.7	25.92
6	1	Maria Arndt	POL	25.9	26.29

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	2	Nadezhda Khnik'ina	URS	24.3	24.47	QOR
2	5	Helga Klein	GER	24.6	24.83	Q
3	1	Deise de Castro	BRA	25.0	25.22
4	6	Tiny O'Halloran	CAN	25.2	25.45
5	4	Gré de Jongh	NED	25.2	25.48
6	3	Emma Konrad	ROU	25.8	26.04

Heat Three

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	5	Marjorie Jackson	AUS	23.6	23.73	QWR
2	4	Cathy Hardy	USA	24.8	24.91	Q
3	3	Patricia Devine	GBR	25.1	25.25
4	7	Anne-Marie Lousteau	FRA	25.5	25.78		1
5	6	Olga Gyarmati	HUN	25.5	25.77		2
6	2	Vera Martelli	ITA	26.1	26.53
7	1	Mary D'Souza	IND	26.3	26.80

Heat Four

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	2	Puck Brouwer	NED	24.6	24.81	Q
2	3	Marcelle Gabarrus	FRA	25.3	25.49	Q
3	1	Ann Johnson	GBR	25.3	25.59		3
4	7	Adriana Millard	CHI	25.4	25.58		4
5	4	Graviola Ewing	GUA	26.9	27.02
DNS	5	Maria Sander	GER	–	–
DNS	6	Maria Musso	ITA	–	–

Heat Five

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	2	Eulalia Szwajkowska	POL	25.5	25.60	Q
2	6	Eleanor McKenzie	CAN	25.5	25.66	Q
3	3	Alexandra Sicoe	ROU	25.6	25.82
4	7	Lilián Heinz	ARG	25.8	26.00
5	1	Pirkko Länsivuori	FIN	27.5	27.66
DNF	5	Dolores Dwyer	USA	–	–
DNS	4	Shirley Strickland de la Hunty	AUS	–	–

Heat Six

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	6	Daphne Hasenjäger	RSA	24.4	24.58	Q	5
2	1	Winsome Cripps	AUS	24.4	24.54	Q	6
3	5	Mae Faggs	USA	24.5	24.71
4	4	Hyacinth Walters	JAM	25.4	25.59
DNS	2	Sonja Prétôt	SUI	–	–
DNS	3	Jorun Tangen	NOR	–	–

Heat Seven

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	5	Yevgeniya Sechenova	URS	25.4	25.46	Q
2	2	Luella Law	CAN	25.7	25.82	Q
3	1	Klára Soós	HUN	25.8	26.05
4	6	Genowefa Minicka	POL	25.9	26.17
DNS	4	Lilián Buglia	ARG	–	–
DNS	3	Fanny Blankers-Koen	NED	–	–

Semi-Finals (26 July 1952 — 15:00)

Top three in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	30	Marjorie Jackson	AUS	23.4	23.59	QWR
2	131	Puck Brouwer	NED	24.3	24.41	Q
3	114	Daphne Hasenjäger	RSA	24.4	24.60	Q
4	219	Sylvia Cheeseman	GBR	24.7	24.97
5	478	Yevgeniya Sechenova	URS	25.2	25.32
6	361	Luella Law	CAN	25.3	25.63
7	758	Ursula Knab	GER	25.5	25.76

Heat Two

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	476	Nadezhda Khnik'ina	URS	24.1	24.16	Q
2	32	Winsome Cripps	AUS	24.3	24.47	Q
3	755	Helga Klein	GER	24.4	24.65	Q
4	1045	Cathy Hardy	USA	24.7	24.93
5	362	Eleanor McKenzie	CAN	25.1	25.30
6	589	Eulalia Szwajkowska	POL	25.2	25.45
7	642	Marcelle Gabarrus	FRA	25.3	25.46

Final (26 July 1952 — 17:40)

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	1	Marjorie Jackson	AUS	23.7	23.89
2	2	Puck Brouwer	NED	24.2	24.25
3	5	Nadezhda Khnik'ina	URS	24.2	24.37
4	4	Winsome Cripps	AUS	24.2	24.40
5	6	Helga Klein	GER	24.6	24.72
6	3	Daphne Hasenjäger	RSA	24.6	24.72