1948 Women's Track & Field Medalists
Updated August 28, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
| Event | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 100m | Fanny Blankers-Koen, NED | 11.9 | |
| Dorothy Manley, GBR | 12.2 | ||
| Shirley Strickland, AUS | 12.2 | ||
| 200m | Fanny Blankers-Koen, NED | 24.4 | |
| Audrey Williamson, GBR | 25.1 | ||
| Audrey Patterson, USA | 25.2 | ||
| 80m H | Fanny Blankers-Koen, NED | 11.2 | OR |
| Maureen Gardner, GBR | 11.2 | ||
| Shirley Strickland, AUS | 11.4 | ||
| 4x100m | NED (Xenia Stad-de Jong, Jeanette Witziers-Timmer, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, Fanny Blankers-Koen) |
47.5 | |
| Australia | 47.6 | ||
| Canada | 47.8 |
| Event | Mark | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| High Jump | Alice Coachman, USA | 5- 6 | OR |
| Dorothy Tyler-Odam, GBR | 5-6 | ||
| Micheline Ostermeyer, FRA | 5-31/4 | ||
| Long Jump | Olga Gyarmati, HUN | 18- 81/4 | |
| Noëmi Simonetto De Portela, ARG | 18-41/4 | ||
| Ann-Britt Leyman, SWE | 18-31/4 | ||
| Shot Put | Micheline Ostermeyer, FRA | 45- 11/2 | |
| Amelia Piccinini, ITA | 42-111/2 | ||
| Ine Schäffer, AUT | 42-103/4 | ||
| Discus | Micheline Ostermeyer, FRA | 137- 6 | |
| Edera Gentile-Cordiale, ITA | 135-01/2 | ||
| Jacqueline Mazeas, FRA | 132-9 | ||
| Javelin | Herma Bauma, AUT | 149- 6 | |
| Kaisa Parviainen, FIN | 143-8 | ||
| Lily Carlstedt, DEN | 140-61/2 |
Note: Coachman and Dorothy Odam of Britain tied for 1st place, but Coachman was awarded gold medal for making height on first try.
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