The women's 100 metres sprint event at the 1952 Olympic Games took place on July 21 and July 22. The final was won by Australian Marjorie Jackson, who equalled the world record set in 1936 by Helen Stephens.

Results

First round The first round was held on July 21. The first two runners of each heat qualified for the second round.

Heat 1 Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes 1 Winsome Cripps 12.0 12.18 2 Tzvetana Berkovska 12.2 12.43 3 Lilian Heinz 12.7 13.01 4 Ulla Pokki 12.7 13.06 5 Nilima Ghose 13.6 13.80

Heat 2 Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes 1 Mae Faggs 12.1 12.44 2 Liliana Tagliaferri 12.6 12.86 3 Aranka Szabó-Bartha 12.7 12.90 4 Elżbieta Bocian 12.9 13.10 – Maire Österdahl –

Heat 3 Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes 1 Bertha Brouwer 12.0 12.26 2 Irina Turova 12.0 12.25 3 Vittoria Cesarini 12.3 12.78 4 Tang Pai Wah 13.8 14.08 – Leah Horowitz –

Heat 4 Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes 1 Helga Klein 12.1 12.30 2 Heather Armitage 12.3 12.57 3 Lilián Buglia 12.3 12.62 4 Alexandra Sicoe 12.8 12.93 5 Leena Sipilä 13.4 13.70

Heat 5 Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes 1 Maria Sander 12.2 12.42 2 Anna-Lisa Augustsson 12.4 12.67 3 Rosella Thorne 12.5 12.77 4 Ilona Tolnai-Rákhely 12.6 12.95 5 Ayako Yoshikawa 12.6 13.00

Heat 6 Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes 1 Giuseppina Leone 12.2 12.38 2 Janet Moreau 12.5 12.68 3 Neeltje Büch 12.6 12.95 4 Jorun Askersrud Tangen 13.0 13.18 5 Sonja Prétôt 14.7 14.93

Heat 7 Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes 1 Catherine Hardy 11.9 12.18 2 June Foulds 12.1 12.34 3 Alberte de Campou 12.2 12.44 4 Helena de Menezes 12.5 12.83 5 Ana María Fontán 12.9 13.33

Heat 8 Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes 1 Marjorie Jackson 11.6 11.86 2 Yvette Monginou 12.3 12.64 3 Luella Law 12.4 12.70 4 Thelma Jones 12.5 12.75

Heat 9 Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes 1 Shirley Strickland de la Hunty 12.0 12.20 2 Vera Kalashnikova 12.2 12.32 3 Quita Shivas 12.5 12.82 4 Emma Konrad 13.0 13.10 5 Mary D'Souza 13.1 13.40

Heat 10 Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes 1 Daphne Hasenjager 11.9 12.16 2 Eleanor McKenzie 12.2 12.41 3 Nell Sjöström 12.4 12.71 4 Ibolya Tilkovszky 12.4 12.75 5 Phyllis Jones 13.3 13.55

Heat 11 Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes 1 Francina Blankers-Koen 11.9 12.18 2 Marga Petersen 12.0 12.32 3 Denise Laborie 12.6 12.88 4 Graviola Ewing 13.0 13.05 – Adriana Millard –

Heat 12 Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes 1 Edna Maskell 11.9 12.26 2 Nadezhda Khnykina 12.0 12.25 3 Hyacinth Walters 12.4 12.53 4 Elfriede Steurer 12.7 12.86 5 Agneta Hannerz 12.8 13.09

Quarterfinals The first three runners from each heat qualified to the semifinals.

Quarterfinal 1 Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes 1 Marjorie Jackson 11.6 11.84 2 Marga Petersen 12.0 12.30 3 Bertha Brouwer 12.0 12.33 4 Giuseppina Leone 12.2 12.42 5 Heather Armitage 12.3 12.58 6 Tzvetana Berkovska 12.3 12.60

Quarterfinal 2 Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes 1 Maria Sander 12.0 12.20 2 Francina Blankers-Koen 12.0 12.22 3 Mae Faggs 12.0 12.22 4 Irina Turova 12.1 12.28 5 Eleanor McKenzie 12.1 12.44 6 Yvette Monginou 12.4 12.66

Quarterfinal 3 Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes 1 Daphne Hasenjager 12.0 12.19 2 Vera Kalashnikova 12.1 12.26 3 Winsome Cripps 12.1 12.30 4 June Foulds 12.3 12.45 5 Janet Moreau 12.5 12.67 6 Anna-Lisa Augustsson 12.5 12.66

Quarterfinal 4 Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes 1 Nadezhda Khnykina 12.0 12.29 2 Helga Klein 12.0 12.27 3 Shirley Strickland de la Hunty 12.0 12.28 4 Catherine Hardy 12.1 12.31 5 Edna Maskell 12.2 12.38 6 Liliana Tagliaferri 12.9 13.14

Semifinals The first three runners from each heat qualified for the final. Fanny Blankers-Koen withdrew from the competition at this stage.

Semifinal 1 Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes 1 Marjorie Jackson 11.5 11.75 , 2 Winsome Cripps 12.0 12.16 3 Mae Faggs 12.1 12.16 4 Nadezhda Khnykina 12.1 12.17 5 Marga Petersen 12.1 12.19 — Fanny Blankers-Koen –

Semifinal 2 Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes 1 Daphne Hasenjager 11.9 12.13 2 Shirley Strickland de la Hunty 11.9 12.17 3 Maria Sander 12.0 12.24 4 Bertha Brouwer 12.1 12.32 5 Vera Kalashnikova 12.1 12.41 6 Helga Klein 12.3 12.53

Final

Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes Marjorie Jackson 11.5 11.67 Daphne Robb-Hasenjäger 11.8 12.05 Shirley Strickland 11.9 12.12 4 Winsome Cripps 11.9 12.16 5 Maria Sander 12.0 12.27 6 Mae Faggs 12.1 12.27

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