Athletics at the 1934 Women's World Games – 60 metres

The **60 metres** at the 1934 Women's World Games was held at the White City Stadium in London, from 9 to 11 August 1934.

In the final, the Polish Stanisława Walasiewicz won the event in 7.6 seconds ahead of Margarete Kuhlmann and British Ethel Johnson.

## Entrants

On 9 August an incomple list was published of participating athletes. This list consisted of athletes from seven nations: Austria, Czechslovakia, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland. Listed below are the athletes from these nations who were entered for the 60 metres event.

Note that there are some discrepancies with those names and the names listed in newspapers during the competition.

### Heats

The heats took place in morning of 9 August.

#### Heat 1

|Rank|Name|Nationality|Time|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Stanisława Walasiewicz||7.8"|**Q**|
|2|Marjorie Clark|||**Q**|
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|6|||||

#### Heat 2

|Rank|Name|Nationality|Time|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Cor Aalten||8"|**Q**|
|2|Selma Grieme|||**Q**|
|3|||||
|4|||||
|5|||||
|6|||||

#### Heat 3

|Rank|Name|Nationality|Time|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Ethel Johnson||7.8"|**Q**|
|2|Sumiko Watanabe|||**Q**|
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#### Heat 4

|Rank|Name|Nationality|Time|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Elsie Maguire||7.9"|**Q**|
|2|R. Kohlbach|||**Q**|
|3|||||
|4|||||
|5|||||
|6|||||

- 1. in most newspapers R. Kohlbach is as the only athlete indicated without country indication. In the Dutch newspaper “De courant Het nieuws van den dag” she is indicated as American. However it might also be Austrian Ronny Kohlbach who also compete in the 100 metres event.

#### Heat 5

|Rank|Name|Nationality|Time|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Tollien Schuurman||7.6"|**Q**|
|2|Peggy Matheson|||**Q**|
|3|||||
|4|||||
|5|||||
|6|||||

#### Heat 6

|Rank|Name|Nationality|Time|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Barbara Burke||8"|**Q**|
|2|Margarete Kuhlmann|||**Q**|
|3|||||
|4|||||
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|6|||||
Sources:

### Semi-finals

The heats took place in the afternoon of 9 August.

#### Semi-final 1

|Rank|Name|Nationality|Time|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Stanisława Walasiewicz||7.6"|**Q**|
|2|Ethel Johnson|||**Q**|
|3|Barbara Burke|||**Q**|
|?|Cor Aalten||||
|5|||||
|6|||||

#### Semi-final 2

|Rank|Name|Nationality|Time|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Tollien Schuurman||7.6"|**Q**|
|2|Margarete Kuhlmann|||**Q**|
|3|Elsie Maguire|||**Q**|
|4|||||
|5|||||
|6|||||
Source:

### Final

The final took place on 12 August 1934.

After the semi-final the Dutch Tollien Schuurman tore a muscle and couldn't start the final.
|Rank|Name|Nationality|Time|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Stanisława Walasiewicz||7.6||
||Margarete Kuhlmann||7.7||
||Ethel Johnson||7.8||
|4|Barbara Burke||||
|5|Elsie Maguire||||
|-|Tollien Schuurman|||DNS|

Sources:

## Infobox (sports competition event)

- **event**: 60 metres
- **competition**: 1934 Women's World Games
- **venue**: White City Stadium
- **location**: London
- **win value**: 7.6
- **gold**: Stanisława Walasiewicz
- **silver**: Margarete Kuhlmann
- **bronze**: Ethel Johnson
- **gold nation**: Poland
- **silver nation**: Germany
- 1933
- **bronze nation**: GBR
- **previous**: Athletics at the 1930 Women's World Games – 60 metres, 1930