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Athletics At The 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 Metres
The women's 200 metres sprint event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place on August 5 and August 6. The final was won by Dutch athlete Fanny Blankers-Koen. It was the first time this event was included in the Summer Olympics. Records Prior to the competition, the existing World record was as follows. Since it was the first time this event took place, the following new Olympic record was set during this competition: Schedule All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1) Results Round 1 Round 1 took place on 5 August. The first two runners from each heat advanced to the semifinals. Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Heat 4 Heat 5 Heat 6 Heat 7 Semifinals The semifinals took place on 5 August. The top three runners from each heat advanced to the final. Heat 1 Heat 2 Final Key: Est = Time is an estimate, OR = Olympic record References External links *Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad, The (1948)The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fanny Blankers-Koen
Francina "Fanny" Elsje Blankers-Koen (26 April 1918 – 25 January 2004) was a Dutch track and field athlete, best known for winning four gold medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. She competed there as a 30-year-old mother of two, earning her the nickname "the Flying Housewife", and was the most successful athlete at the event. Having started competing in athletics in 1935, she took part in the 1936 Summer Olympics a year later. Although international competition was stopped by World War II, Blankers-Koen set several world records during that period, in events as diverse as the long jump, the high jump, and sprint and hurdling events. Apart from her four Olympic titles, she won five European titles and 58 Dutch championships, and set or tied 12 world records – the last, pentathlon, in 1951 aged 33. She retired from athletics in 1955, after which she became captain of the Dutch female track and field team. In 1999, she was voted "Female Athlete of the Century" by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melânia Luz
Melânia Luz (1 June 1928 – 22 June 2016) was a Brazilian sprinter. She competed in the women's 200 metres at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca .... References External links * 1928 births 2016 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics Brazilian female sprinters Olympic athletes for Brazil Place of birth missing Olympic female sprinters São Paulo FC {{Brazil-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nell Jackson
Nell Jackson (July 1, 1929 – April 1, 1988) was an Olympic sprinter and track coach. In 1956, she was the first African-American be named head coach of the U.S. Olympic Women's Track and Field Team. She also served as the head coach in the 1972 Olympic Games. Early life Nell Jackson was born in Athens, Georgia, to Burnette L. Jackson and Wilhemina G. Jackson, and was the only daughter of three children. Education Jackson earned her college degree from Tuskegee Institute in 1951, a master's degree from Springfield College in 1953, and a Ph.D. at the University of Iowa in 1962. Athletics In 1944, at the age of 15, Jackson competed in the US national championships. In 1945, she competed in the AAU indoor and outdoor championships, placing second each time to Stella Walsh in the 200 meters. While she attended Tuskegee Institute, she was a member of the 1948 US Olympic team. Lead by Tuskegee's Hall of Fame head football coach Cleveland Abbott, Jackson won two national collegiate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirley Strickland
Shirley Barbara de la Hunty AO, MBE (née Strickland; 18 July 1925 – 11 February 2004), known as Shirley Strickland during her early career, was an Australian athlete. She won more Olympic medals than any other Australian in running sports. Family Strickland was the only daughter, the second of five children. She grew up on the family farm east of the wheatbelt town of Pithara, Western Australia. Her father, Dave Strickland, while working at Menzies in the goldfields of Western Australia, was also an athlete. He was unable to compete in the 1900 Summer Olympics because he lacked the money for a trip to Paris. Instead, in 1900, he directed his efforts to the Stawell Gift 130-yard (120-m) foot-race, winning in 12 seconds off a handicap of 10 yards. His performance was considered to be as good as those of Stan Rowley, who won the Australian amateur sprint titles that season. (Rowley went on to win three bronze medals in the sprints at the 1900 Paris Olympics). Dave Strickl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daphne Robb-Hasenjager
Daphne (; ; el, Δάφνη, , ), a minor figure in Greek mythology, is a naiad, a variety of female nymph associated with fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of freshwater. There are several versions of the myth in which she appears, but the general narrative, found in Greco-Roman mythology, is that due to a curse made by the fierce wrath of the god Cupid, son of Venus, on the god Apollo (Phoebus), she became the unwilling object of the infatuation of Apollo, who chased her against her wishes. Just before being kissed by him, Daphne invoked her river god father, who transformed her into a laurel tree, thus foiling Apollo. Thenceforth Apollo developed a special reverence for laurel. At the Pythian Games, which were held every four years in Delphi in honour of Apollo, a wreath of laurel gathered from the Vale of Tempe in Thessaly was given as a prize. Hence it later became customary to award prizes in the form of laurel wreaths to victorious generals, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olga Sicnerova
Olga may refer to: People and fictional characters * Olga (name), a given name, including a list of people and fictional characters named Olga or Olha * Michael Algar (born 1962), English singer also known as "Olga" Places Russia * Olga, Russia, an urban-type settlement in Primorsky Krai * Olga Bay, a bay of the Sea of Japan in Primorsky Krai * Olga (river), Primorsky Krai United States * Olga, Florida, an unincorporated community and census-designated place * Olga, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Olga, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Olga, Washington, an unincorporated community * Olga Bay, Alaska, a bay on the south end of Kodiak Island * Olga, a neighborhood of South Pasadena, California Elsewhere * Kata Tjuta, Northern Territory, Australia, also known as the Olgas, a group of domed rock formations ** Mount Olga, the tallest of these rock formations * Olga, Greece, a settlement * 304 Olga, a main belt asteroid Arts and entertainment * ''Olga'' (opera), a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucila Pini
Lucila Pini (30 October 1930 – 1974) was a Brazilian sprinter. She competed as part of Brazil's 4 x 100 metre relay team and in the women's 200 metres at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca .... References External links * 1930 births 1974 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics Brazilian female sprinters Olympic athletes of Brazil Place of birth missing Olympic female sprinters {{Brazil-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phyllis Lightbourne-Jones
Phyllis Lightbourn-Jones (born 8 August 1928) is a Bermudian former sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres, 200 metres and long jump at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca .... She was the first woman to represent Bermuda at the Olympics. References External links * 1928 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Bermudian female sprinters Bermudian female long jumpers Olympic athletes for Bermuda Place of birth missing (living people) {{Bermuda-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joyce King
Joyce A. King (1 September 1920 – 10 June 2001) was an Australian sprinter. She was born in Sydney. In 1948, she won the Australian national championships over 100 yards and 220 yards. At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London the same year she won a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay with teammates Shirley Strickland, June Maston June Elaine Rita Maston (later Ferguson; 14 March 1928 – 3 December 2004) was an Australian sprinter and athletics coach from New South Wales. In 1948 she placed fourth in the Australian national championships over 100 yards. At the 194 ... and Elizabeth McKinnon. References * * * Source: Family of her twin brother, Bruce King 1920 births 2001 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics Australian female sprinters Olympic athletes for Australia Olympic silver medalists for Australia Athletes from Sydney Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena De Menezes
Helena Cardoso de Menezes (22 January 1927 – 13 December 2020) was a Brazilian sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca .... References External links * 1927 births 2020 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1951 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Brazilian female sprinters Brazilian female long jumpers Olympic athletes for Brazil Place of birth missing Pan American Games athletes for Brazil 20th-century Brazilian sportswomen {{Brazil-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diane Foster
Patricia Diane Foster (3 March 1928 – 4 January 1999) was a Canadian track and field athlete, who mainly competed in the 100 metres. Foster was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. She competed for Canada at the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, United Kingdom, where she won the bronze medal in the women's 4 × 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners must begin in the same stagger as for the individu ... with her teammates Viola Myers, Nancy MacKay and Patricia Jones. References Sports Reference 1928 births 1999 deaths Track and field athletes from Vancouver Canadian female sprinters Olympic track and field athletes for Canada Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics Medalists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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