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Host City: Helsinki, Finland
Venue(s): Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
Date Started: July 21, 1952
Date Finished: July 21, 1952
Format: Top two in each heat advanced to the quarter-finals.
| Gold: | Marjorie Jackson |
| Silver: | Daphne Robb-Hasenjäger |
| Bronze: | Shirley Strickland de la Hunty |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Winsome Cripps | 21 | Australia | AUS | 12.0 | 12.18 | QU |
| 2 | Tsvetana Berkovska | 19 | Bulgaria | BUL | 12.2 | 12.43 | QU |
| 3 | Lilián Heinz | 17 | Argentina | ARG | 12.7 | 13.01 | |
| 4 | Ulla Pokki | 17 | Finland | FIN | 12.7 | 13.06 | |
| 5 | Nilima Ghose | 17 | India | IND | 13.6 | 13.80 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mae Faggs | 20 | United States | USA | 12.1 | 12.44 | QU |
| 2 | Liliana Tagliaferri | 23 | Italy | ITA | 12.6 | 12.86 | QU |
| 3 | Aranka Szabó-Bartha | 25 | Hungary | HUN | 12.7 | 12.90 | |
| 4 | Elżbieta Bocian | 21 | Poland | POL | 12.9 | 13.10 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Puck Brouwer | 21 | Netherlands | NED | 12.0 | 12.26 | QU |
| 2 | Irina Turova-Bochkaryova | 17 | Soviet Union | URS | 12.0 | 12.25 | QU |
| 3 | Vittoria Cesarini | 19 | Italy | ITA | 12.3 | 12.78 | |
| 4 | Tang Pai Wah | 18 | Singapore | SIN | 13.8 | 14.08 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helga Klein | 20 | Germany | GER | 12.1 | 12.30 | QU |
| 2 | Heather Armitage | 19 | Great Britain | GBR | 12.3 | 12.57 | QU |
| 3 | Lilián Buglia | 18 | Argentina | ARG | 12.3 | 12.62 | |
| 4 | Alexandra Sicoe | 19 | Romania | ROU | 12.8 | 12.93 | |
| 5 | Leena Sipilä | 20 | Finland | FIN | 13.4 | 13.70 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maria Sander | 27 | Germany | GER | 12.2 | 12.42 | QU |
| 2 | Anna-Lisa Augustsson | 27 | Sweden | SWE | 12.4 | 12.67 | QU |
| 3 | Rosella Thorne | 21 | Canada | CAN | 12.5 | 12.77 | |
| 4 | Ilona Tolnai-Rákhely | 31 | Hungary | HUN | 12.6 | 12.95 | |
| 5 | Ayako Yoshikawa | 19 | Japan | JPN | 12.6 | 13.00 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giuseppina Leone | 17 | Italy | ITA | 12.2 | 12.38 | QU |
| 2 | Janet Moreau | 24 | United States | USA | 12.5 | 12.68 | QU |
| 3 | Nel Büch | 20 | Netherlands | NED | 12.6 | 12.95 | |
| 4 | Jorun Askersrud Tangen | 23 | Norway | NOR | 13.0 | 13.18 | |
| 5 | Sonja Prétôt | 21 | Switzerland | SUI | 14.7 | 14.93 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cathy Hardy | 22 | United States | USA | 11.9 | 12.18 | QU/=OR |
| 2 | June Foulds-Paul | 18 | Great Britain | GBR | 12.1 | 12.34 | QU |
| 3 | Alberte de Campou | 16 | France | FRA | 12.2 | 12.44 | |
| 4 | Helena de Menezes | 25 | Brazil | BRA | 12.5 | 12.83 | |
| 5 | Ana María Fontán | 24 | Argentina | ARG | 12.9 | 13.33 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marjorie Jackson | 20 | Australia | AUS | 11.6 | 11.86 | QU/OR |
| 2 | Yvette Monginou | 25 | France | FRA | 12.3 | 12.64 | QU |
| 3 | Luella Law | 18 | Canada | CAN | 12.4 | 12.70 | |
| 4 | Thelma Jones | 20 | Bermuda | BER | 12.5 | 12.75 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shirley Strickland de la Hunty | 26 | Australia | AUS | 12.0 | 12.20 | QU |
| 2 | Vira Kalashnykova-Krepkina | 19 | Soviet Union | URS | 12.2 | 12.32 | QU |
| 3 | Quita Shivas | 27 | Great Britain | GBR | 12.5 | 12.82 | |
| 4 | Emma Konrad | 22 | Romania | ROU | 13.0 | 13.10 | |
| 5 | Mary D'Souza | 20 | India | IND | 13.1 | 13.40 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daphne Robb-Hasenjäger | 23 | South Africa | RSA | 11.9 | 12.16 | QU |
| 2 | Eleanor McKenzie | 21 | Canada | CAN | 12.2 | 12.41 | QU |
| 3 | Nell Sjöström | 19 | Sweden | SWE | 12.4 | 12.71 | |
| 4 | Ibolya Tilkovszky | 19 | Hungary | HUN | 12.4 | 12.75 | |
| 5 | Phyllis Lightbourn-Jones | 23 | Bermuda | BER | 13.3 | 13.55 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fanny Blankers-Koen | 34 | Netherlands | NED | 11.9 | 12.18 | QU |
| 2 | Marga Petersen | 32 | Germany | GER | 12.0 | 12.32 | QU |
| 3 | Denise Laborie-Guénard | 18 | France | FRA | 12.6 | 12.88 | |
| 4 | Graviola Ewing | 21 | Guatemala | GUA | 13.0 | 13.05 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edna Maskell | 24 | South Africa | RSA | 11.9 | 12,26 | QU |
| 2 | Nadezhda Khnik'ina-Dvalishvili | 19 | Soviet Union | URS | 12.0 | 12,25 | QU |
| 3 | Hyacinth Walters | 25 | Jamaica | JAM | 12.4 | 12.53 | |
| 4 | Elfriede Steurer | 27 | Austria | AUT | 12.7 | 12.86 | |
| 5 | Agneta Hannerz | 16 | Sweden | SWE | 12.8 | 13.09 |