The women's 100 metres sprint event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place July 31 and August 2. The final was won by Dutchwoman Fanny Blankers-Koen.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World recordOlympic record11.5 sBerlin, Germany4 August 1936

Schedule All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1). Date TimeSaturday, 31 July 1948 14:45Round 1Monday, 2 August 1948 15:3016:45SemifinalsFinals

Results

Round 1

The fastest two runners in each heat advanced to the semifinals.

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Notes 1 Fanny Blankers-Koen 12.0 2 Viola Myers 12.5 3 Betty McKinnon 12.7 4 Maria Oberbreyer

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Notes 1 Shirley Strickland 12.4 2 Birthe Nielsen 12.9 3 Noemí Simonetto de Portela 13.1 4 Benedicta de Oliveira 13.2 5 Tilly Decker

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Notes 1 Grethe Lovsø Nielsen 12.6 2 Winifred Jordan 12.7 3 Audrey Patterson 12.8 4 Joyce King 13.1 5 Betty Kretschmer

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Notes 1 Cynthia Thompson 12.4 2 Daphne Robb-Hasenjager 12.4 3 Mabel Walker 12.2 4 Millie Cheater 12.3

Heat 5

Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Notes 1 Doris Batter 12.6 2 Kathleen Russell 12.9 3 Lillian Young 13.0 4 Elizabeth Müller 13.2

Heat 6

Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Notes 1 Dorothy Manley 12.1 2 Phyllis Lightbourn-Jones 13.0 3 Marie-Thérèse Renard 13.6

Heat 7

Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Notes 1 Olga Šicnerová 12.4 2 Bente Bergendorff 12.6 3 Helena de Menezes 13.2 4 Üner Teoman 13.6

Heat 8

Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Notes 1 Liliana Tagliaferri 12.8 2 Xenia Stad-de Jong 12.9 3 Phyllis Edness 13.6 4 Grete Pavlousek 13.6 5 Alma Butia 13.6

Heat 9

Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Notes 1 Patricia Jones 12.7 2 Grietje de Jongh 12.9 3 Jeanine Moussier 12.9 4 Liv Paulsen 12.9

Semifinals

The fastest two runners in each heat advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Notes 1 Fanny Blankers-Koen 12.0 2 Shirley Strickland 12.4 3 Grete Lovso Nielsen 12.7 4 Doris Batter 5 Liliana Tagliaferri 6 Phyllis Lightbourn-Jones

Semifinal 2

Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Notes 1 Dorothy Manley 12.4 2 Patricia Jones 12.6 3 Daphne Robb-Hasenjager 12.7 4 Bente Bergendorff 5 Xenia Stad-de Jong 6 Kathleen Russell

Semifinal 3

Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Notes 1 Viola Myers 12.4 2 Cynthia Thompson 12.5 3 Olga Sicnerova 12.5 Birthe Nielsen 12.5 5 Winifred Jordan 6 Grietje de Jongh

Final

Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Notes Fanny Blankers-Koen 11.9 Dorothy Manley 12.2 Shirley Strickland 12.2 4 Viola Myers 12.3 5 Patricia Jones 12.4 6 Cynthia Thompson 12.6

References

External links Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad, The (1948). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad. LA84 Foundation. Retrieved 4 September 2016.