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Athletics At The 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's 80 Metres Hurdles
The Women's 80 metres hurdles at the 1952 Summer Olympics took place on July 24 and July 25 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Australian athlete Shirley Strickland de la Hunty earned the gold medal, setting new World and Olympic records. Summary Suffering from skin boils, defending champion Fanny Blankers-Koen was dropping out of other events to save herself for this event. In the first heat, Shirley Strickland set the Olympic record at 11.0. Strickland improved upon that with a 10.8 in the semi final round, joined by Maria Sander and Jean Desforges also running 10.9. It would have been a world record race but instead was wind aided. In the final, Blankers-Koen blasted out to a clear early lead over the first hurdle. Still leading she hit the second hurdle hard and was knocked off stride. She quit after jumping the third hurdle, this was the last race of her career. Meanwhile Strickland was left with a metre lead on the closest chaser Sander. At the sixth hurdle, Sander l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helsinki Olympic Stadium
The Helsinki Olympic Stadium ( fi, Helsingin Olympiastadion; sv, Helsingfors Olympiastadion), located in the Töölö district about from the centre of the Finnish capital Helsinki, is the largest stadium in the country, nowadays mainly used for hosting sports events and big concerts. The stadium is best known for being the centre of activities in the 1952 Summer Olympics. During those games, it hosted athletics, equestrian show jumping, and the football finals. The stadium was also the venue for the first Bandy World Championship in 1957, the first and 10th World Athletics Championships, in 1983 and 2005. It hosted the European Athletics Championships in 1971, 1994 and 2012. It is also the home stadium of the Finland national football team. The stadium reopened in August 2020 after 4 years of renovation. History The Olympic Stadium was designed by the architects Yrjö Lindegren and Toivo Jäntti. The Olympic stadium, known as an icon of functionalist style of architect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colette Elloy
Colette Elloy (born 5 July 1931) is a French hurdler. She competed in the women's 80 metres hurdles at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin .... References 1931 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics French female hurdlers Olympic athletes for France Place of birth missing (living people) {{France-hurdles-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvi Keskinen
Sylvi Keskinen Weintraub (8 July 1933 – 4 May 2013) was a Finnish hurdler. She competed in the women's 80 metres hurdles at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin .... She worked as a X-ray nurse. References External links * 1933 births 2013 deaths People from Ylöjärvi Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Finnish female hurdlers Olympic athletes for Finland Sportspeople from Pirkanmaa {{Finland-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helene Bielansky
Helene Bielansky (born 19 March 1931) is an Austrian hurdler. She competed in the women's 80 metres hurdles at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin .... References External links * 1931 births Possibly living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Austrian female hurdlers Olympic athletes for Austria Place of birth missing {{Austria-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luella Law
Luella May Law (born 17 March 1934) is a Canadian sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Law was eliminated in the heats of the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fi ... 80 metres hurdles. References 1934 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Canadian female sprinters Canadian female hurdlers Olympic track and field athletes for Canada Athletes (track and field) at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada Track and field athletes from Vancouver {{Canada-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pui Wah Tang
Tang Pui Wah (, born 11 October 1933) is a Singaporean former sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres and women's 80 metres hurdles at the 1952 Summer Olympics. She is the first Singaporean female athlete to compete in the Olympic Games. She retired from athletics in 1955, at 22 years of age. Tang was admitted after the Second World War to Nanyang Girls’ High School and later Raffles Girls’ School. Tang was inducted into the Singapore Women's Hall of Fame The Singapore Women's Hall of Fame is a virtual hall of fame that honors and documents the lives of historically significant women in Singapore. The hall is the creation of the Singapore Council of Women's Organisations (SCWO), and grew out of an ea ... in 2014 in the category of "Sports". References External links * 1933 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Singaporean female sprinters Olympic athletes of Singapore Place of birth missing (living people) Ath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seija Pöntinen
Seija Pöntinen (30 March 1934 – 2 June 1998) was a Finnish hurdler. She competed in the women's 80 metres hurdles at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin .... References 1934 births 1998 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Finnish female hurdlers Finnish female high jumpers Olympic athletes for Finland Place of birth missing {{Finland-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelmina Lust
Wilhelmina Maria "Willy" "Wil" Lust (later Postma, born 19 June 1932) is a retired Dutch track-and-field athlete. She won a silver medal in the long jump at the 1950 European Athletics Championships. Two years later she competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics, in the 80 m hurdles, long jump and 4 × 100 m relay; she finished in fifth place in the long jump and in sixth place in the relay. She was also successful in the pentathlon, holding national records and winning two national titles in 1950 and 1951. In 1954, together with her husband Jan Postma she immigrated to Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ... and retired from her career. She has a son, Reinout Postma and daughter, Ingrid Postma. References 1932 births Living people Athletes (track and field) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pam Seaborne
Pamela Georgina Seaborne (née Elliott; 16 August 1935 – 26 April 2021) was a British hurdler. She competed in the women's 80 metres hurdles at the 1952 Summer Olympics. She was the bronze medallist at the 1954 European Athletics Championships. She also represented England in the 80 metres hurdles at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada. At national level, she was the under-17 winner of the 80-yard hurdles at the 1951 WAAA Intermediate and Junior Championships before going on to win the senior 80 metres hurdles title at the WAAA Championships in 1956. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-12-13. She later married decathlete |
Elene Gokieli
Elene Gok'ieli (; 25 August 1918 – 31 December 1992) was a Soviet Georgian hurdler. She competed in the women's 80 metres hurdles at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ..., setting a national record in the event. Gok'ieli was affiliated with Dynamo Tbilisi. In 1946, she was the national long jump champion, and was recognized as an Honoured Master of Sport of the USSR. References 1918 births 1992 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Female hurdlers from Georgia (country) Soviet female hurdlers Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union Sportspeople from Tbilisi Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Dynamo Sports Club sportspeople Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nilima Ghose
Nilima Ghose (born 15 June 1935) was the first female track athlete from India to compete at the Summer Olympics, when she took part in two events at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland. Ghose was just 17 years old when she competed in her two events at the 1952 Summer Olympics, in the 100 metres she ran in the first heat (teammate Mary D'Souza ran in heat 9, so Ghose was first Indian female track athlete at the Olympics), she ran a time of 13.80 seconds and came last in the heat and so did not qualify for the next round. A couple of days later Ghose was back on the track competing in the 80 metres hurdles, she finished fifth nearly two seconds behind the winner of her heat 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, earn .... References Extern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilde Antes
Hilda Antes (12 June 1929 – 12 January 2016) was a German sprinter. She competed in the women's 4 × 100 metres relay and women's 80 metres hurdles at the 1952 Summer Olympics representing Saar. See also * Saar at the 1952 Summer Olympics The National Olympic Committee (NOC) of the Saarland was founded in the spring of 1950 in the ''Saar Protectorate'', which existed from 1947 to 1956 ( German state of Saarland since), a region of Western Germany that was occupied in 1945 by France. ... References 1929 births 2016 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics German female sprinters German female hurdlers Olympic athletes for the Saar Protectorate Place of birth missing Saar athletes {{Germany-sprint-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
