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100 m world record of 10.8 seconds
This mixes up two different records: Blankers-Koen's 10.8 time was for 100 yards, not 100 metres. Her official 100 m world-record performance was 11.5.
Full reasoning
World Athletics' official athlete profile lists Fanny Blankers-Koen's 100 metres best as 11.5 in Amsterdam on 13 June 1948. Separately, World Athletics historical material notes that in 1944 she clocked 10.8 for 100 yards. So the article's wording incorrectly labels a 100-yard mark as a 100-metre world record.
In short: 10.8 belonged to her 100-yard record, while her 100 m world record was 11.5.
2 sources
- Fanny BLANKERS-KOEN | Profile | World Athletics
Personal bests ... 100 Metres Result 11.5h * Date 13 JUN 1948 ... Amsterdam (NED).
- World Athletics historical article on Fanny Blankers-Koen (search snippet)
In 1944 she clocked 10.8 for 100 yards. ... Fanny was in fearsome form as the 1948 Olympics approached, running 11.5 again for 100m but this time for an officially approved new World record.
4 × 110 yd (100 m)
The parenthetical metric conversion is wrong. 110 yards is exactly 100.584 metres, so 4 × 110 yards is about 402.3 metres, not 100 metres.
Full reasoning
This is a unit-conversion error. NIST states that 1 yard = 0.9144 m exactly. That means:
- 110 yards = 110 × 0.9144 = 100.584 m
- 4 × 110 yards = 402.336 m
World Athletics also identifies the record event as "4 x 110 yards", a distinct relay distance. So the parenthetical "(100 m)" is incorrect; it should not equate 4 × 110 yd with 100 m.
2 sources
- 1948 Olympic Relay gold medallist dies | World Athletics
With these same teammates in 1944 she also bettered the World record for 4 x 110 yards (47.4) ...
- NIST Guide to the SI, Appendix B: Conversion Factors | NIST
Since then the yard has been defined as exactly equal to 0.9144 m.
16 June 1948
The date attached to Blankers-Koen's 11.5 100 m mark is wrong here. World Athletics records that performance on 13 June 1948, not 16 June 1948.
Full reasoning
The article's personal-bests table gives Blankers-Koen's 100 m performance of 11.5 s with the date 16 June 1948. But World Athletics' official athlete profile lists that same 100 m mark as 11.5 in Amsterdam on 13 June 1948. The IAAF/World Athletics world-record progression also records Blankers-Koen's 11.5 at Amsterdam on 13.06.1948.
So the performance is right, but the date in this table entry is incorrect.
2 sources
- Fanny BLANKERS-KOEN | Profile | World Athletics
Personal bests ... 100 Metres Result 11.5h * Date 13 JUN 1948 ... Amsterdam (NED).
- IAAF World Records Progression - 2015 Edition
11.5 “Fanny” Blankers-Koen (HOL) — Amsterdam — 13.06.1948