1946 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadium on 22 August 1946.^[1]

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
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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