1946 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres

Women's 100 metres at the 1946 European Athletics Championships
Venue	Bislett Stadium
Location	Oslo
Dates	22 August
Competitors	20 from 9 nations
Winning time	11.9
Medalists
Yevgeniya Sechenova   Soviet Union   Winifred Jordan   Great Britain   Claire Brésolles   France

The women's 100 metres at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadium on 22 August 1946.

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

• Czechoslovakia (2)
• Denmark (1)
• France (2)
• Netherlands (3)
• Norway (2)
• Poland (3)
• Soviet Union (1)
• Sweden (3)
• Great Britain (3)

Results

Heats

22 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Netherlands	12.4	Q
2	Sylvia Cheeseman	Great Britain	12.8	Q
3	Monique Drilhon	France	12.9	Q
4	Mieczysława Moder	Poland	13.0
5	Kerstin Josefsson	Sweden	13.0
6	Liv Paulsen	Norway	13.2

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Yevgeniya Sechenova	Soviet Union	12.0	Q
2	Nettie Timmer	Netherlands	12.4	Q
3	Maureen Gardner	Great Britain	12.4	Q
4	Greta Magnusson	Sweden	12.5
5	Dana Hiklova	Czechoslovakia	12.7

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Winifred Jordan	Great Britain	12.2	Q
2	Stanisława Walasiewicz	Poland	12.5	Q
3	Vera Bemova	Czechoslovakia	12.5	Q
4	Solveig Toms	Norway	12.6

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Claire Brésolles	France	12.2	Q
2	Gerda Koudijs	Netherlands	12.3	Q
3	Ann-Britt Leyman	Sweden	12.4	Q
4	Hilde Nissen	Denmark	12.5	NR
5	Irena Hejducka	Poland	13.2

Semi-finals

22 August

Semi-final 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Yevgeniya Sechenova	Soviet Union	12.0	Q
2	Winifred Jordan	Great Britain	12.4	Q
3	Gerda Koudijs	Netherlands	12.5	Q
4	Nettie Timmer	Netherlands	12.6
5	Sylvia Cheeseman	Great Britain	12.7
6	Vera Bemova	Czechoslovakia	12.7

Semi-final 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Maureen Gardner	Great Britain	12.2	Q
2	Claire Brésolles	France	12.3	Q
3	Ann-Britt Leyman	Sweden	12.3	Q
4	Stanisława Walasiewicz	Poland	12.6
5	Monique Drilhon	France	12.7
	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Netherlands	DNF

Final

22 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Yevgeniya Sechenova	Soviet Union	11.9	CR
	Winifred Jordan	Great Britain	12.2
	Claire Brésolles	France	12.2
4	Ann-Britt Leyman	Sweden	12.2
5	Maureen Gardner	Great Britain	12.2
6	Gerda Koudijs	Netherlands	12.4