Athletics at the 1934 Women's World Games – 200 metres

The **200 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 German Käthe Krauß won the event in 24.9 seconds ahead of Polish Stella Walasiewicz and British Eileen Hiscock.

## 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 200 metres event.

|Nationality|Name|
| --- | --- |
||*|
 The Dutch Tollien Schuurman injured herself after winning her semi-final 60 metres event. She was replaced and the Dutch Cor Aalten and Beb Martin competed in the 200 metres event.

### Heats

The heats took place on 9 August.

#### Heat 1

|Rank|Name|Nationality|Time|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Stella Walasiewicz||26"|**Q**|
|2|Käthe Krauß|||**Q**|
|3|||||
|4|||||
|5|||||
|6|||||

#### Heat 2

|Rank|Name|Nationality|Time|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Eileen Hiscock||25.5"|**Q**|
|2|Barbara Burke|||**Q**|
|3|||||
|4|||||
|5|||||
|6|||||

#### Heat 3

|Rank|Name|Nationality|Time|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Ruth Dahlin||26.5"|**Q**|
|2|Cor Aalten|||**Q**|
|3|||||
|4|||||
|5|||||
|6|||||

#### Heat 4

|Rank|Name|Nationality|Time|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Nellie Halstead||25.6"|**Q**|
|2|Lillian Palmer|||**Q**|
|3|||||
|4|||||
|5|||||
|6|||||

#### Heat 5

|Rank|Name|Nationality|Time|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Beb Martin||27.3"|**Q**|
|2|Spenade|||**Q**|
|3|||||
|4|||||
|5|||||
|6|||||

#### Heat 6

|Rank|Name|Nationality|Time|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Marie Dollinger||26"|**Q**|
|2|Aileen Meagher|||**Q**|
|3|||||
|4|||||
|5|||||
|6|||||
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### Semi-finals

The semi-finals took place on 10 August.

#### Semi-final 1

|Rank|Name|Nationality|Time|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Käthe Krauß||25.2"|**Q**|
|2|Stella Walasiewicz|||**Q**|
|3|Lillian Palmer|||**Q**|
|?|Beb Martin||||
|?|||||
|?|||||

#### Semi-final 2

|Rank|Name|Nationality|Time|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Eileen Hiscock||25.3"|**Q**|
|2|Marie Dollinger|||**Q**|
|3|Aileen Meagher|||**Q**|
|4|||||
|5|||||
|6|Cor Aalten||||
Source:

### Final

The final took place on 12 August 1934.

|Rank|Name|Nationality|Time|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Käthe Krauß||24.9"||
||Stella Walasiewicz||25.0"||
||Eileen Hiscock||25.2"||
|4|Lillian Palmer||||
|5|Aileen Meagher||||
|6|Marie Dollinger||||
Note: in Dutch newspaper sources the Canadian Palmer is listed in third place, without mentioning Hiscock at all. However, all database sources uses Hiscock as third in the event.

Sources:

## Related pages

- Athletics at the Olympics of Grace – 200 metres

## Infobox (sports competition event)

- **event**: 200 metres
- **competition**: 1934 Women's World Games
- **venue**: White City Stadium
- **location**: London
- **win value**: 24.9"
- **gold**: Käthe Krauß
- **silver**: Stella Walasiewicz
- **bronze**: Eileen Hiscock
- **gold nation**: Germany
- 1933
- **silver nation**: Poland
- **bronze nation**: GBR
- **previous**: Athletics at the 1930 Women's World Games – 200 metres, 1930