1938 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres

Events at the 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
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 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]

Medalists

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

Results

Final

17 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Stanisława Walasiewicz	Poland	11.9	CR
02 !	Käthe Krauß	Germany	12.0
03 !	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Netherlands	12.0
4	Dorothy Saunders	United Kingdom	12.3
5	Ida Ehrl	Germany	12.3
6	Emmy Albus	Germany	12.4

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	United Kingdom	12.3	Q
4	Audrey Brown	United Kingdom	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	United Kingdom	12.5
5	Ilona Balla	Hungary	13.2
9	Martha Wretman	Sweden	DNF

Heats

17 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Stanisława Walasiewicz	Poland	11.9	CR Q
2	Betty Lock	United Kingdom	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	United Kingdom	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	United Kingdom	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

Participation

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

References