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
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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
1st Stanisława Walasiewicz  Poland 23.8 CR
2nd Käthe Krauß  Germany 24.4 NR
3rd 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