1938 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres

Women's 100 metres at the 1938 European Athletics Championships
Venue	Praterstadion
Location	Vienna
Dates	17 September
Competitors	21 from 10 nations
Winning time	11.9
Medalists
Stanisława Walasiewicz     Käthe Krauß    Germany   Fanny Blankers-Koen    Netherlands
1946 →

1938 European Athletics Championships
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
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Decathlon	men
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The women's 100 metres at the 1938 European Athletics Championships was held in Vienna, at the time part of German Reich, at Praterstadion on 17 September 1938.^[1]

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

Results

Heats

17 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Stanisława Walasiewicz	Poland	11.9	CR, Q
2	Betty Lock	Great Britain	12.3	Q
3	Anna Van Rossum	Belgium	13.4
4	Ella Undli	Norway	13.6

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Käthe Krauß	Germany	12.4	Q
2	Rózalia Nagy	Hungary	13.2	Q
3	Ilse Uus	Estonia	13.4

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Netherlands	12.2	Q
2	Audrey Brown	Great Britain	12.3	Q
3	Aashild Brandvold	Norway	13.2
4	Barbara Książkiewicz	Poland	99.9
5	Alma Parmson	Estonia	99.9

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ida Ehrl	Germany	12.3	Q
2	Dorothy Saunders	Great Britain	12.4	Q
3	Alida Niklase	Latvia	13.2
4	Sarolta Fehér	Hungary	13.6

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Martha Wretman	Sweden	12.4	Q
2	Siegfrid Sivertsen	Norway	12.7	Q
3	Otylia Kałuża	Poland	13.2

Heat 6

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Emmy Albus	Germany	12.6	Q
2	Ilona Balla	Hungary	13.0	Q

Semi-finals

17 September

Semi-final 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Stanisława Walasiewicz	Poland	11.9	CR, Q
2	Emmy Albus	Germany	12.3	Q
3	Dorothy Saunders	Great Britain	12.3	Q
4	Audrey Brown	Great Britain	12.4
5	Rózalia Nagy	Hungary	13.0
6	Siegfrid Sivertsen	Norway	13.0

Semi-final 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Käthe Krauß	Germany	12.0	Q
2	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Netherlands	12.1	Q
3	Ida Ehrl	Germany	12.3	Q
4	Betty Lock	Great Britain	12.5
5	Ilona Balla	Hungary	13.2
	Martha Wretman	Sweden	DNF

Final

17 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Stanisława Walasiewicz	Poland	11.9	CR
	Käthe Krauß	Germany	12.0
	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Netherlands	12.0
4	Dorothy Saunders	Great Britain	12.3
5	Ida Ehrl	Germany	12.3
6	Emmy Albus	Germany	12.4

References