Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres
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Women's 200 metres at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
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Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground | ||||||||||||
Date | November 29–30 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 27 from 12 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 23.4 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1956 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 | |||
20 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 200 metres competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia was held at the Olympic Stadium on November 29–30.
Competition format
The women's 200m competition started with six heats, where the fastest two from each heat qualified to one of the two semifinals groups. The three fastest runners from each semifinals group advanced to the final.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | ![]() |
23.2 | Sydney, Australia | September 16, 1956 |
Olympic record | ![]() |
23.4 | Helsinki, Finland | July 26, 1952 |
Results
Heats
Heat 1
Rank | Name | Country | Result |
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1 | Betty Cuthbert | ![]() |
23.5 Q |
2 | Mae Faggs | ![]() |
24.9 Q |
3 | Diane Matheson | 23x15px Canada | 25.7 |
4 | Mary Klass | ![]() |
26.3 |
5 | Maeve Kyle | ![]() |
26.4 |
Heat 2
Rank | Name | Country | Result |
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1 | Mariya Itkina | ![]() |
23.5 Q |
2 | Gisela Birkemeyer | ![]() |
24.4 Q |
3 | Wilma Rudolph | ![]() |
24.6 |
4 | Genowefa Minicka | ![]() |
25.0 |
Heat 3
Rank | Name | Country | Result |
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1 | Christa Stubnick | ![]() |
24.5 Q |
2 | Norma Croker | ![]() |
24.9 Q |
3 | Giuseppina Leone | ![]() |
25.6 |
4 | Meredith Ellis | ![]() |
26.3 |
Heat 4
Rank | Name | Country | Result |
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1 | June Foulds | ![]() |
23.8 Q |
2 | Vera Yugova | ![]() |
24.9 Q |
3 | Letizia Bertoni | ![]() |
25.2 |
4 | Claudette Masdammer | ![]() |
25.4 |
Heat 5
Rank | Name | Country | Result |
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1 | Heather Armitage | ![]() |
24.8 Q |
2 | Barbara Janiszewska | ![]() |
24.8 Q |
3 | Simone Henry | ![]() |
25.0 |
4 | Olga Kosheleva | ![]() |
25.3 |
Heat 6
Rank | Name | Country | Result |
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1 | Marlene Mathews-Willard | ![]() |
24.0 Q |
2 | Jean Scrivens | ![]() |
24.3 Q |
3 | Inge Fuhrmann | ![]() |
24.7 |
4 | Micheline Fluchot | ![]() |
24.9 |
5 | Maureen Rever | 23x15px Canada | 26.1 |
Semifinals
Group 1
Rank | Name | Country | Result |
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1 | Betty Cuthbert | ![]() |
23.6 Q |
2 | Christa Stubnick | ![]() |
23.9 Q |
3 | Norma Croker | ![]() |
24.3 Q |
4 | Maria Itkina | ![]() |
24.3 |
5 | Jean Scrivens | ![]() |
24.4 |
6 | Barbara Janiszewska | ![]() |
25.2 |
Group 2
Rank | Name | Country | Result |
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1 | June Foulds | ![]() |
24.2 Q |
2 | Marlene Mathews-Willard | ![]() |
24.3 Q |
3 | Gisela Birkemeyer | ![]() |
24.3 Q |
4 | Heather Armitage | ![]() |
24.7 |
5 | Mae Faggs | ![]() |
24.8 |
6 | Vera Yugova | ![]() |
24.9 |
Final
Rank | Name | Country | Result |
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Betty Cuthbert | ![]() |
23.4 |
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Christa Stubnick | ![]() |
23.7 |
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Marlene Mathews-Willard | ![]() |
23.8 |
4 | Norma Croker | ![]() |
24.0 |
5 | June Foulds | ![]() |
24.3 |
6 | Gisela Birkemeyer | ![]() |
24.3 |
References
- Athletics at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Women's 200 metres. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2016-05-02.