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John Bartram

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John Lavers Bartram (born June 3, 1925) is an Australian track and field athlete who competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in the 100 metres, 400 metres and 4 x 100 metres relay.

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Semifinals

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The fastest three runners in each of the two heats advanced to the final round.

Heat one

Rank Name Nationality Time (hand) Notes
1 Herb McKenley  Jamaica 21.4
2 Mel Patton  United States 21.6
3 Barney Ewell  United States 21.8
4 Aroldo da Silva  Brazil
5 Abram van Heerden  South Africa
6 Paul Vallé  Great Britain

Heat two

Rank Name Nationality Time (hand) Notes
1 Cliff Bourland  United States 21.5
2 Lloyd LaBeach  Panama 21.6
3 Les Laing  Jamaica 21.6
4 John Treloar  Australia
5 Alastair McCorquodale  Great Britain
6 Rafael Fortún  Cuba

Morris Curotta

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Morris Joseph Curotta (March 24, 1929 - October 28, 2002) was an Australian track and field athlete. In the 1948 Summer Olympics he competed in the 100 metres, 400 metres and 4 x 100 metres relay. In the 1952 Summer Olympics he competed in the 400 metres, 4 x 100 metres relay and 4 x 400 metres relay

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Aroldo da Silva

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Aroldo Pereira da Silva (born September 20, 1929) is an Brazilian track and field athlete who competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in the 100 metres, 200 metres and 4 x 100 metres relay.

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Ivan Hausen

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Ivan Zanoni Hausen (born November 2, 1927) is an Brazilian track and field athlete who competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in the 100 metres, 200 metres and 4 x 100 metres relay.

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Les Laing

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Leslie Alphonso "Les" Laing (born February 19, 1925) is an Jamaican track and field athlete. In the 1948 Summer Olympics he competed in the 100 metres, 200 metres and 4 x 400 metres relay. In the 1952 Summer Olympics he competed in the 200 metres and 4 x 400 metres relay.

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Susan Scott

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Susan Scott (born September 26, 1977) is an Scottish track and field athlete who competed for Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 1500 metres.

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Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres

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Women's 100 metres
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
DatesJuly 21 (round one and quarterfinals)
July 22 (semifinals and final)
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Marjorie Jackson
 Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Daphne Robb-Hasenjäger
 South Africa
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Shirley Strickland
 Australia
← 1948
1956 →

The women's 100 metres sprint event at the 1952 Olympic Games took place on July 21 and July 22. The final was won by Australian Marjorie Jackson.

Results

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Heats

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Semifinals

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Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time (hand) Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Marjorie Jackson  Australia 11.5 =WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Daphne Robb-Hasenjäger  Netherlands 11.8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Shirley Strickland  Australia 11.9
4 Winsome Cripps  Australia 11.9
5 Maria Sander  Germany 12.0
6 Mae Faggs  United States 12.1

Key: =WR = Equalled World record

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