1950 European Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres

Events at the 1950 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
10,000 m track walk		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
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's 200 metres at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Stade du Heysel on 26 and 27 August 1950.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Fanny Blankers-Koen  Netherlands
Silver	Yevgeniya Sechenova  Soviet Union
Bronze	Dorothy Hall  United Kingdom

Results

Final

27 August Wind: -0.6 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Netherlands	24.0	NR
02 !	Yevgeniya Sechenova	Soviet Union	24.8
03 !	Dorothy Hall	United Kingdom	25.0
4	Sofya Malshina	Soviet Union	25.0
5	Bertha Brouwer	Netherlands	25.0
6	Zoya Dukhovich	Soviet Union	25.5

Heats

26 August

Heat 1

Wind: 1.9m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Netherlands	24.5	Q
2	Zoya Dukhovich	Soviet Union	25.2	Q
3	Margaret Brian	United Kingdom	25.4
4	Micaela Bora	Italy	26.3
5	Mira Tuce	Yugoslavia	26.5

Heat 2

Wind: 0.3m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Dorothy Hall	United Kingdom	24.6	Q
2	Sofya Malshina	Soviet Union	25.0	Q
3	Grietje de Jongh	Netherlands	25.3
4	Rosine Faugouin	France	25.7

Heat 3

Wind: 0.8m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Yevgeniya Sechenova	Soviet Union	25.0	Q
2	Bertha Brouwer	Netherlands	25.1	Q
3	Elspeth Hay	United Kingdom	25.5
4	Laura Sivi	Italy	25.6
5	Alma Butja	Yugoslavia	26.8

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 6 countries participated in the event.

References