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Olympic Games - Results Women 1948
Great Britain - London - 30 July 1948 - 7 August 1948
Women's Discus throw - 30 July 1948
| 1 |  Micheline Ostermeyer (FRA) | 41.92 |
| 2 |  Edera Cordiale-Gentile (ITA) | 41.17 |
| 3 | Jacqueline Mazéas (FRA) | 40.47 |
| 4 |  Jadwiga Wajs-Marcinkiewicz (POL) | 39.30 |
| 5 |  Lotte Haidegger (AUT) | 38.81 |
| 6 |  Anna Panhorst-Niesink (NED) | 38.74 |
| 7 |  Majken Åberg (SWE) | 38.48 |
| 8 |  Ingeborg Mello (ARG) | 38.44 |
| 9 | Frieda Tiltsch (AUT) | 37.19 |
| 10 | Paulette Veste (FRA) | 36.84 |
| 11 |  Frances Kaszubski (USA) | 36.50 |
| 12 | Gudrun Arenander (SWE) | 36.25 |
| 13 | Nel Roos-Lodder (NED) | 36.15 |
| 14 | Bevis Reid (GBR) | 35.84 |
| 15 | Marianne Schläger (AUT) | 34.79 |
| 16 | Dorothy Dodson (USA) | 34.69 |
| 17 | Gabre Gabric-Calvesi (ITA) | 34.17 |
| 18 |  Pak Bong-Sik (KOR) | 33.80 |
| 19 | Margaret Birtwistle (GBR) | 33.02 |
| 20 | Elspeth Whyte (GBR) | 32.46 |
| 21 |  Julija Matej (YUG) | 30.25 |
Women's Javelin throw - 31 July 1948
| 1 | Herma Bauma (AUT) | 45.57 |
| 2 |  Kaisa Parviainen (FIN) | 43.79 |
| 3 |  Lily Carlstedt-Kelsby (DEN) | 42.08 |
| 4 | Dorothy Dodson (USA) | 41.96 |
| 5 | Jo Teunissen-Waalboer (NED) | 40.92 |
| 6 | Ans Koning (NED) | 40.33 |
| 7 |  Dana Ingrová-Zátopková (CZE) | 39.94 |
| 8 | Elly Dammers (NED) | 38.23 |
| 9 | Gerda Schilling-Staniek (AUT) | 38.01 |
| 10 | Ingrid Almqvist (SWE) | 37.26 |
| 11 | Melania Sinoracka (POL) | 35.74 |
| 12 | Theresa Manuel (USA) | 33.82 |
| 13 |  Nicole Saeys (BEL) | 31.77 |
| 14 | Kay Long (GBR) | 30.29 |
| 15 | Gladys Clarke (GBR) | 29.59 |
Women's 100 m - 2 August 1948
| 1 | Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED) | 11.9 |
| 2 | Dorothy Manley (GBR) | 12.2 |
| 3 |  Shirley Strickland-De La Hunty (AUS) | 12.2 |
| 4 |  Viola Myers (CAN) | 12.3 |
| 5 | Patricia Jones (CAN) | 12.3 |
| 6 |  Cynthia Thompson (JAM) | 12.4 |
Women's Long jump - 4 August 1948
| 1 |  Olga Gyarmati (HUN) | 5.695 |
| 2 | Noemi Simonetto De Portela (ARG) | 5.600 |
| 3 | Ann-Britt Leyman (SWE) | 5.575 |
| 4 | Gerda Van Der Kade-koudijs (NED) | 5.570 |
| 5 | Nel Karelse (NED) | 5.545 |
| 6 | Kathleen Russell (JAM) | 5.495 |
| 7 | Judy Canty (AUS) | 5.380 |
| 8 | Yvonne Curtet (FRA) | 5.350 |
| 9 | Maria Oberbreyer-Trösch (AUT) | 5.240 |
| 10 | Ilse Steinegger (AUT) | 5.195 |
| 11 | Vinton Beckett (JAM) | 5.145 |
| 12 | Emma Reed (USA) | 4.845 |
Women's Shot put - 4 August 1948
| 1 | Micheline Ostermeyer (FRA) | 13.750 |
| 2 | Amelia Piccinini (ITA) | 13.095 |
| 3 | Ine Schäffer (AUT) | 13.080 |
| 4 | Paulette Veste (FRA) | 12.985 |
| 5 | Jaroslava Krítková-Komárková (CZE) | 12.920 |
| 6 | Anni Bruk (AUT) | 12.500 |
| 7 | Marija Radosavljevic (YUG) | 12.355 |
| 8 | Bevis Reid (GBR) | 12.170 |
| 9 | Ingeborg Mello (ARG) | 12.085 |
| 10 | Paulette Laurent (FRA) | 12.030 |
| 11 | Eivor Olson (SWE) | 11.840 |
| 12 | Marianne Schläger (AUT) | 11.775 |
Women's 80 m Hurdles - 4 August 1948
| 1 | Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED) | 11.2 |
| 2 | Maureen Gardner (GBR) | 11.2 |
| 3 | Shirley Strickland-De La Hunty (AUS) | 11.4 |
| 4 | Yvette Monginou (FRA) | 11.8 |
| 5 | Maria Oberbreyer (AUT) | 11.9 |
| 6 | Libuse Lomská (CZE) | 11.9 |
Women's 200 m - 6 August 1948
| 1 | Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED) | 24.4 |
| 2 | Audrey Williamson (GBR) | 25.1 |
| 3 | Audrey Patterson (USA) | 25.2 |
| 4 | Shirley Strickland-De La Hunty (AUS) | 25.2 |
| 5 | Margaret Walker (GBR) | 25.4 |
| 6 |  Daphne Robb (RSA) | 25.5 |
Women's High jump - 7 August 1948
| 1 | Alice Coachman (USA) | 1.68 |
| 2 | Dorothy Odam-Tyler (GBR) | 1.68 |
| 3 | Micheline Ostermeyer (FRA) | 1.61 |
| 4 | Doreen Dredge (CAN) | 1.58 |
| 4 | Vinton Beckett (JAM) | 1.58 |
| 6 | Bertha Crowther (GBR) | 1.58 |
| 7 | Ilse Steinegger (AUT) | 1.55 |
| 8 | Dora Gardner (GBR) | 1.55 |
| 9 | Simone Ruas (FRA) | 1.50 |
| 9 | Anne Iversen (DEN) | 1.50 |
| 11 | Carmen Phipps (JAM) | 1.50 |
| 11 | Bernice Robinson (USA) | 1.50 |
| 11 | Shirley Gordon (CAN) | 1.50 |
| 14 |  Triny Bourkel (LUX) | 1.40 |
| 14 | Emma Reed (USA) | 1.40 |
| 14 | Anne-Marie Colchen (FRA) | 1.40 |
| 17 |  Elisabeth Müller (BRA) | 1.40 |
| 17 | Olga Gyarmati (HUN) | 1.40 |
| 19 | Elaine Silburn (CAN) | 1.40 |
Women's 4x100 m relay - 7 August 1948
| 1 | Netherlands (Xenia Stad-de Jong, Nettie Witziers-Timmer, Gerda Van Der Kade-koudijs, Fanny Blankers-Koen) | 47.5 |
| 2 | Australia (Shirley Strickland-De La Hunty, June Maston, Elizabeth Mckinnon, Joyce King) | 47.6 |
| 3 | Canada (Viola Myers, Nancy Mackay, Diane Foster, Patricia Jones) | 47.8 |
| 4 | Great Britain (Dorothy Manley, Muriel Pletts, Margaret Walker, Maureen Gardner) | 48.0 |
| 5 | Denmark (Grete Løvsø-Nielsen, Bente Bergendorff, Birte Nielsen, Hildegard Nissen) | 48.2 |
| 6 | Austria (Grete Jenny, Elfi Steurer, Grete Pavlousek, Maria Oberbreyer) | 49.2 |