| Women's 100 metres at the Games of the XIV Olympiad |
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| Dates | July 31 (heats) August 2 (semifinals and final) |
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| Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics |
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| 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 | |||
| 10 km walk | 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 sprint event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place July 31 and August 2. The final was won by Dutch Fanny Blankers-Koen.
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| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time (hand) | Notes |
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| Fanny Blankers-Koen | Netherlands | 11.9 | =OR | |
| Dorothy Manley | Great Britain | 12.2 | ||
| Shirley Strickland | Australia | 12.2 | ||
| 4 | Viola Myers | Canada | 12.3 | Est |
| 5 | Patricia Jones | Canada | 12.4 | Est |
| 6 | Cynthia Thompson | Jamaica | 12.6 | Est |
Key: Est = Time is a estimate, OR = Equalled Olympic record
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