60 metres at the 1934 Women's World Games
Venue	White City Stadium
Location	London
Dates	9 August (heats) 9 August (semi-finals) 11 August (final)
Winning time	7.6
Medalists
Stanisława Walasiewicz    Poland   Margarete Kuhlmann    Germany   Ethel Johnson    Great Britain
← 1930

Athletics at the 1934 Women's World Games
Track events
60 m	women
100 m	women
200 m	women
800 m	women
80 m hurdles	women
4×100 m relay	women
Field events
High jump	women
Long jump	women
Shot put	women
Discus throw	women
Javelin throw	women
Combined events
pentathlon	women
v t e

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.

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.^[1]

Nationality	Name
Austria	Gerda Gottlieb
Austria	Else Spennader
Czechoslovakia	Zdeňka Koubková
Germany	Käthe Krauß
Germany	Margarete Kuhlmann
Great Britain	Ethel Johnson
Great Britain	Elsie Maguire
Italy	Maria Coselli
Netherlands	Cor Aalten
Netherlands	Tollien Schuurman
Poland	Stella Walasiewicz

Note that there are some discrepancies with those names and the names listed in newspapers during the competition.^[2]

The heats took place in morning of 9 August.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Stanisława Walasiewicz	Poland	7.8"	Q
2	Marjorie Clark	South Africa		Q
3
4
5
6

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Cor Aalten	Netherlands	8"	Q
2	Selma Grieme	Germany		Q
3
4
5
6

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ethel Johnson	Great Britain	7.8"	Q
2	Sumiko Watanabe	Japan		Q
3
4
5
6

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Elsie Maguire	Great Britain	7.9"	Q
2	R. Kohlbach	United States[3][1]		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.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Tollien Schuurman	Netherlands	7.6"	Q
2	Peggy Matheson	Canada		Q
3
4
5
6

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Barbara Burke	South Africa	8"	Q
2	Margarete Kuhlmann	Germany		Q
3
4
5
6

Sources:^[4][5]

The heats took place in the afternoon of 9 August.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Stanisława Walasiewicz	Poland	7.6"	Q
2	Ethel Johnson	Great Britain		Q
3	Barbara Burke	South Africa		Q
?	Cor Aalten	Netherlands
5
6

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Tollien Schuurman	Netherlands	7.6"	Q
2	Margarete Kuhlmann	Germany		Q
3	Elsie Maguire	Great Britain		Q
4
5
6

Source:^[4][5]

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.^[5]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Stanisława Walasiewicz	Poland	7.6
	Margarete Kuhlmann	Germany	7.7
	Ethel Johnson	Great Britain	7.8
4	Barbara Burke	South Africa
5	Elsie Maguire	Great Britain
-	Tollien Schuurman	Netherlands		DNS

Sources:^{[2][6][7][8][9]}