# 1954 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 26 and 27 August 1954.

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.
* Austria (2)
* Czechoslovakia (1)
* France (3)
* Hungary (2)
* Italy (1)
* Netherlands (3)
* Norway (1)
* Poland (2)
* Saar (2)
* Soviet Union (3)
* Switzerland (3)
* Turkey (1)
* Great Britain (3)
* West Germany (3)
* Yugoslavia (1)

## Results
### Heats

26 August

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Irina Turova | Soviet Union | 11.9 | Q |
| 2 | Elfriede Butz | West Germany | 12.3 | Q |
| 3 | Anna Kovaříková | Czechoslovakia | 12.4 | |
| 4 | Monique Jacquet | France | 12.5 | |
| 5 | Doris Kunz | Switzerland | 13.0 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Anne Pashley | Great Britain | 11.9 | Q |
| 2 | Irmgard Egert | West Germany | 12.1 | Q |
| 3 | Ibolya Greminger | Hungary | 12.3 | |
| 4 | Yvette Monginou | France | 12.4 | |
| 5 | Sonja Pretot | Switzerland | 12.7 | |
| 6 | Aycan Önel | Turkey | 12.9 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Giuseppina Leone | Italy | 12.2 | Q |
| 2 | Vera Neszmélyi | Hungary | 12.3 | Q |
| 3 | Patricia Devine | Great Britain | 12.5 | |
| 4 | Anna-Lise Thoresen | Norway | 12.5 | |
| 5 | Milka Babović | Yugoslavia | 12.7 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Heather Armitage | Great Britain | 12.1 | Q |
| 2 | Barbara Janiszewska | Poland | 12.3 | Q |
| 3 | Henriette Robert | France | 12.5 | |
| 4 | Els Witkamp | Netherlands | 12.7 | |
| 5 | Edith Jakob | Switzerland | 12.9 | |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Bertha Van Duyne | Netherlands | 11.9 | Q |
| 2 | Celina Jesionowska | Poland | 12.3 | Q |
| 3 | Inge Eckel | Saar | 12.5 | |
| 4 | Friedrike Harasek | Austria | 12.7 | |
| 5 | Olga Kosheleva | Soviet Union | 12.7 | |

#### Heat 6

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Mariya Itkina | Soviet Union | 12.1 | Q |
| 2 | Charlotte Böhmer | West Germany | 12.3 | Q |
| 3 | Hilde Veth | Netherlands | 12.4 | |
| 4 | Elfriede Geist | Austria | 12.6 | |
| 5 | Trudi Schaller | Saar | 12.8 | |

### Semi-finals

27 August

#### Semi-final 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Giuseppina Leone | Italy | 11.9 | Q |
| 2 | Bertha Van Duyne | Netherlands | 11.9 | Q |
| 3 | Heather Armitage | Great Britain | 12.0 | Q |
| 4 | Mariya Itkina | Soviet Union | 12.1 | |
| 5 | Charlotte Böhmer | West Germany | 12.2 | |
| 6 | Celina Jesionowska | Poland | 12.4 | |

#### Semi-final 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Irina Turova | Soviet Union | 12.1 | Q |
| 2 | Anne Pashley | Great Britain | 12.1 | Q |
| 3 | Vera Neszmélyi | Hungary | 12.2 | Q |
| 4 | Barbara Janiszewska | Poland | 12.2 | |
| 5 | Irmgard Egert | West Germany | 12.6 | |
| 6 | Elfriede Butz | West Germany | 12.6 | |

### Final

27 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Irina Turova | Soviet Union | 11.8 |
| | Bertha Van Duyne | Netherlands | 11.9 |
| | Anne Pashley | Great Britain | 11.9 |
| 4 | Giuseppina Leone | Italy | 12.0 |
| 5 | Vera Neszmélyi | Hungary | 12.1 |
| 6 | Heather Armitage | Great Britain | 12.1 |