1938 European Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres at the 1938 European Athletics Championships was held in Vienna, at the time part of German Reich, at Praterstadion on 18 September 1938.[1]

Medalists[edit]

Gold Stanisława Walasiewicz
 Poland
Silver Käthe Krauß
 Germany
Bronze Fanny Blankers-Koen
 Netherlands

Results[edit]

Final[edit]

18 September

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Stanisława Walasiewicz  Poland 23.8 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Käthe Krauß  Germany 24.4 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Fanny Blankers-Koen  Netherlands 24.9
4 Ida Ehrl  Germany 25.0
5 Dorothy Saunders  Great Britain 25.0
6 Leonard Chalmers  Great Britain 25.0

Semi-finals[edit]

18 September

Semi-final 1[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Stanisława Walasiewicz  Poland 24.2 CR, Q
2 Ida Ehrl  Germany 24.7 Q
3 Audrey Brown  Great Britain 25.6
4 Alida Niklase  Latvia 26.2
5 Rózalia Nagy  Hungary 27.0 NR
6 Solveig Toms  Norway 99.9

Semi-final 2[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Fanny Blankers-Koen  Netherlands 25.0 Q
2 Leonard Chalmers  Great Britain 25.1 Q
3 Dorle Voigt  Germany 25.2
4 Otylia Kałuża  Poland 26.4
5 Anna Van Rossum  Belgium 28.1

Semi-final 3[edit]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Dorothy Saunders  Great Britain 25.3 Q
2 Käthe Krauß  Germany 25.4 Q
3 Martha Wretman  Sweden 26.0
4 Jadwiga Gawrońska  Poland 27.2
5 Jeanne Pousset  Belgium 27.5

Participation[edit]

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

References[edit]

  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 363–367, retrieved 13 August 2014