1938 European Athletics Championships – Women's 200 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 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

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

Results

Final

18 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Stanisława Walasiewicz	Poland	23.8	CR
02 !	Käthe Krauß	Germany	24.4	NR
03 !	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Netherlands	24.9
4	Ida Ehrl	Germany	25.0
5	Dorothy Saunders	United Kingdom	25.0
6	Lillian Chalmers	United Kingdom	25.0

Semi-finals

18 September

Semi-final 1

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

Semi-final 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Netherlands	25.0	Q
2	Lillian Chalmers	United Kingdom	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

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Dorothy Saunders	United Kingdom	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

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

References