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Fanny Blankers-Koen won four of the nine women's events at the 1948 Olympics, [14] competing in eleven heats and finals in eight days. [4] She was the first woman to win four Olympic gold medals, and achieved the feat in a single Olympics. [ 13 ]
The first edition was organized on 6 June 1981. [1] Its name honours Fanny Blankers-Koen, who won four gold medals at the 1948 Olympic Games.. It was known as the 'Adriaan Paulen Memorial' from 1987 to 2000, in memory of another Dutch athlete, but when Fanny Blankers-Koen was elected as the best female athlete of the 20th century by the IAAF in 2000, it was decided to use the original name ...
The final was won by Dutch athlete Fanny Blankers-Koen. [1] Records. Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
The final was won by Dutch athlete Fanny Blankers-Koen. It was the first time this event was included in the Summer Olympics. [1] Records
Fanny Blankers-Koen Netherlands: Dorothy Manley Great Britain: Shirley Strickland de la Hunty Australia: Men's 200 m details: Mel Patton United States: Barney Ewell United States: Lloyd La Beach Panama: Women's 200 m details: Fanny Blankers-Koen Netherlands: Audrey Williamson Great Britain: Audrey Patterson United States: Men's 400 m details ...
Fanny Blankers-Koen Netherlands: 11.9 Dorothy Manley Great Britain: 12.2 Shirley Strickland Australia: 12.2 200 metres details: Fanny Blankers-Koen Netherlands: 24.4 (OR) Audrey Williamson Great Britain: 25.1 Audrey Patterson United States: 25.2 80 metres hurdles details: Fanny Blankers-Koen Netherlands: 11.2 (OR) Maureen Gardner Great Britain ...
Suffering from skin boils, defending champion Fanny Blankers-Koen was dropping out of other events to save herself for this event. In the first heat, Shirley Strickland set the Olympic record at 11.0.
The defending champion Fanny Blankers-Koen was in Helsinki, but was suffering from skin boils. She did not finish in the 80 metres hurdles the day before after crashing a hurdle. That turned out to be her last competitive race. In the second heat, Nadezhda Khnykina took down Blankers-Koen's Olympic record.