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Women's 200 m - Athletics |  | ||||
 Women's 200 m 1956
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| Final | |||||
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Elizabeth Cuthbert |  |
AUS | 23,4 | EOR |
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Christa Stubnick |  |
GER | 23,7 | |
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Marlene Matthews | |
AUS | 23,8 | |
| 4. | Norma Croker | |
AUS | 24,0 | |
| 5. | June Paul |  |
GBR | 24,3 | |
| 6. | Gisela Köhler | |
GER | 24,3 | |
| Semifinal - Heat 1 | |||||
| 1. | Elizabeth Cuthbert | |
AUS | 23,6 | Q |
| 2. | Christa Stubnick | |
GER | 23,9 | Q |
| 3. | Norma Croker | |
AUS | 24,3 | Q |
| 4. | Maria Itkina |  |
URS | 24,3 | |
| 5. | Jean Scrivens | |
GBR | 24,4 | |
| 6. | Barbara Lerczak |  |
POL | 25,2 | |
| Semifinal - Heat 2 | |||||
| 1. | June Paul | |
GBR | 24,2 | Q |
| 2. | Marlene Matthews | |
AUS | 24,3 | Q |
| 3. | Gisela Köhler | |
GER | 24,3 | Q |
| 4. | Heather Armitage | |
GBR | 24,7 | |
| 5. | Mae Faggs |  |
USA | 24,8 | |
| 6. | Vera Iougova | |
URS | 24,9 | |
| Round 1 - Heat 1 | |||||
| 1. | Elizabeth Cuthbert | | AUS | 23,5 | Q |
| 2. | Mae Faggs | | USA | 24,9 | Q |
| 3. | Diane Matheson |  | CAN | 25,7 | |
| 4. | Mary Klass |  | SIN | 26,3 | |
| 5. | Maeve Kyle |  | IRL | 26,4 | |
| Round 1 - Heat 2 | |||||
| 1. | Maria Itkina | | URS | 24,1 | Q |
| 2. | Gisela Köhler | | GER | 24,4 | Q |
| 3. | Wilma Rudolph | | USA | 24,6 | |
| 4. | Genowefa Minicka | | POL | 25,0 | |
| Round 1 - Heat 3 | |||||
| 1. | Christa Stubnick | | GER | 24,5 | Q |
| 2. | Norma Croker | | AUS | 24,9 | Q |
| 3. | Giuseppina Leone |  | ITA | 25,6 | |
| 4. | Meredith Ellis | | USA | 26,3 | |
| Round 1 - Heat 4 | |||||
| 1. | June Paul | | GBR | 23,8 | Q |
| 2. | Vera Iougova | | URS | 24,9 | Q |
| 3. | Letizia Bertoni | | ITA | 25,2 | |
| 4. | Claudette Masdammer |  | GUY | 25,4 | |
| Round 1 - Heat 5 | |||||
| 1. | Heather Armitage | | GBR | 24,8 | Q |
| 2. | Barbara Lerczak | | POL | 24,8 | Q |
| 3. | Simone Henry |  | FRA | 25,0 | |
| 4. | Eleanor Haslam | | CAN | 25,3 | |
| 5. | Olga Kocheleva | | URS | 25,3 | |
| Round 1 - Heat 6 | |||||
| 1. | Marlene Matthews | | AUS | 24,0 | Q |
| 2. | Jean Scrivens | | GBR | 24,3 | Q |
| 3. | Inge Fuhrmann | | GER | 24,7 | |
| 4. | Micheline Fluchot | | FRA | 24,9 | |
| 5. | Maureen Rever | | CAN | 26,1 | |
| Women's 200 m - Athletics - Melbourne 1956 Summer Olympics
Event Format:
Athletes competed in preliminary heats, semifinals and final. The best athletes from each heat (Q) advanced to the next level. The winner of the final was the
Gold Medal winner. Event facts: Women's 200 m competition was held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and 27 athletes participated in the event. |
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| These results for Women's 200 m - Melbourne 1956 Summer Olympics - are based on the official olympic reports and the Olympian Database | |||||
