1950 European Athletics Championships – Women's 80 metres hurdles

The women's 80 metres hurdles at the 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Brussels, Belgium, at Heysel Stadium on 25 and 26 August 1950.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Fanny Blankers-Koen   Netherlands
Silver	Maureen Dyson   Great Britain
Bronze	Micheline Ostermeyer   France

Results

Final

26 August Wind: 0.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Netherlands	11.1	CR
	Maureen Dyson	Great Britain	11.6
	Micheline Ostermeyer	France	11.7
4	Aleksandra Yakusheva	Soviet Union	11.7
5	Jean Desforges	Great Britain	11.8
6	Elene Gokieli	Soviet Union	11.8

Heats

25 August

Heat 1

Wind: 0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Maureen Dyson	Great Britain	11.5	CR Q
2	Elene Gokieli	Soviet Union	11.8	Q
3	Claudie Flament	France	12.1
4	Wilhelmina Lust	Netherlands	12.2
5	Maria Musso	Italy	12.3

Heat 2

Wind: -0.1 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Netherlands	11.3	CR Q
2	Micheline Ostermeyer	France	11.5	Q
3	Sheila Pratt	Great Britain	12.0
4	Elfriede Steurer	Austria	12.2

Heat 3

Wind: -0.3 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jean Desforges	Great Britain	11.7	Q
2	Aleksandra Yakusheva	Soviet Union	11.8	Q
3	Yvette Monginou	France	12.0
4	Nel de Vos	Netherlands	12.6
5	Gertrud Heusser	Switzerland	13.3
6	Jenny van Gerdinge	Belgium	13.5

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 15 athletes from 8 countries participated in the event.

•   Austria (1)
•   Belgium (1)
•   France (3)
•   Italy (1)
•   Netherlands (3)
•   Soviet Union (2)
•    Switzerland (1)
•   Great Britain (3)

References

1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 372–377, retrieved 13 August 2014