Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres

Women's 200 metres at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Venue	Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Dates	July 25 (heats) July 26 (semifinal and final)
Competitors	38 from 21 nations
Medalists
Marjorie Jackson   Australia   Bertha Brouwer   Netherlands   Nadezhda Khnykina   Soviet Union

Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
10 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Decathlon		men

The Women's 200 metres at the 1952 Summer Olympics took place on July 25 (heats) and July 26 (final) at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Australian athlete Marjorie Jackson, who had already won the final in the 100 metres event, earned a second gold medal while setting two world records along the way.

Results

Heats

The first round was held on July 25. The first two runners from each heat qualified for the semifinal.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Sylvia Cheeseman	Great Britain	24.9
2	Ursula Knab	Germany	25.0
3	Tzvetana Berkovska	Bulgaria	25.2
4	Gladys Erbetta	Argentina	25.6
5	Flora Kazantseva	Soviet Union	25.7
6	Maria Arndt	Poland	25.9

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Nadezhda Khnykina	Soviet Union	24.3	WR
2	Helga Klein	Germany	24.6
3	Deise Jurdelina de Castro	Brazil	25.0
4	Frances O'Halloran	Canada	25.2
5	Grietje de Jongh	Netherlands	25.2
6	Ema Konrad	Romania	25.8

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Marjorie Jackson	Australia	23.6	WR
2	Catherine Hardy	United States	24.8
3	Patricia Devine	Great Britain	25.1
4	Anne-Marie Lousteau	France	25.5
5	Olga Gyarmati	Hungary	25.5
6	Vera Martelli	Italy	26.1
7	Mary D'Souza	India	26.3

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Bertha Brouwer	Netherlands	24.6
2	Marcelle Gabarrus	France	25.3
3	Ann Johnson	Great Britain	25.3
4	Adriana Millard	Chile	25.4
5	Graviola Ewing	Guatemala	26.9

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Eulalia Szwajkowska	Poland	25.5
2	Eleanor McKenzie	Canada	25.5
3	Alexandria Sicoe	Romania	25.6
4	Lilian Heinz	Argentina	25.8
5	Pirkko Länsivuori	Finland	27.5
	Dolores Dwyer	United States	DNF

Heat 6

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Daphne Hasenjager	South Africa	24.4
2	Winsome Cripps	Australia	24.4
3	Mae Faggs	United States	24.5
4	Hyacinth Walters	Jamaica	25.4

Heat 7

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Yevgeniya Sechenova	Soviet Union	25.4
2	Luella Law	Canada	25.7
3	Klára Soós	Hungary	25.8
4	Genowefa Minicka	Poland	25.9

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on July 26. The first three runners from each heat qualified to the final.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Marjorie Jackson	Australia	23.4	WR
2	Bertha Brouwer	Netherlands	24.3
3	Daphne Hasenjager	South Africa	24.4
4	Sylvia Cheeseman	Great Britain	24.7
5	Yevgeniya Sechenova	Soviet Union	25.2
6	Luella Law	Canada	25.3
7	Ursula Knab	Germany	25.5

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Nadezhda Khnykina	Soviet Union	24.1
2	Winsome Cripps	Australia	24.3
3	Helga Klein	Germany	24.4
4	Catherine Hardy	United States	24.7
5	Eleanor McKenzie	Canada	25.1
6	Eulalia Szwajkowska	Poland	25.2
7	Marcelle Gabarrus	France	25.3

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Marjorie Jackson	Australia	23.7
	Bertha Brouwer	Netherlands	24.2
	Nadezhda Khnykina	Soviet Union	24.2
4	Winsome Cripps	Australia	24.2
5	Helga Klein	Germany	24.6
6	Daphne Hasenjager	South Africa	24.6

References

• Official Olympic Report.