1950 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Bruxelles, Belgium, at Stade du Heysel on 24 and 25 August 1950.[1]

Medalists

Gold	Fanny Blankers-Koen  Netherlands
Silver	Yevgeniya Sechenova  Soviet Union
Bronze	June Foulds  Great Britain

Results

Final

25 August Wind: 0.7 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Netherlands	11.7	CR
	Yevgeniya Sechenova	Soviet Union	12.3
	June Foulds	Great Britain	12.4
4	Zoya Dukhovich	Soviet Union	12.4
5	Elspeth Hay	Great Britain	12.5
6	Colette Aitelli	France	12.5

Heats

24 August

Heat 1

Wind: 0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Netherlands	11.7	CR Q
2	June Foulds	Great Britain	12.2	Q
3	Yvette Monginou	France	12.6
4	Gertrud Heusser	Switzerland	13.4
	Sofya Malshina	Soviet Union	DQ

Heat 2

Wind: 0.4 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Zoya Dukhovich	Soviet Union	12.3	Q
2	Elspeth Hay	Great Britain	12.5	Q
3	Grietje de Jongh	Netherlands	12.5
4	Josette Demeuter	Belgium	13.4

Heat 3

Wind: -1.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Yevgeniya Sechenova	Soviet Union	12.4	Q
2	Colette Aitelli	France	12.5	Q
3	Dorothy Hall	Great Britain	12.5
4	Xenia Stad-de Jong	Netherlands	12.6
5	Vittoria Cesarini	Italy	12.8
6	Anna Van Rossum	Belgium	13.7

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 15 athletes from 7 countries participated in the event.

Belgium (2)  France (2)

Italy (1)  Netherlands (3)

Soviet Union (3)   Switzerland (1)

Great Britain (3)

References

1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 372–377, retrieved 13 August 2014