Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres
Appearance
Women's 100 metres at the Games of the XVII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
Dates | September 1 (heats and quarterfinals) September 2 (semifinals and final) | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
80 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
4 × 400 m relay | men | |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | |
20 km walk | men | |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Combined events | ||
Decathlon | men | |
The women's 100 metres sprint event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place between September 1 and September 2.[1]
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]The fastest four runners in each of the seven heats advanced to the quarterfinal round.
Heat 1
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Giuseppina Leone | Italy | 11.87 | Q |
2 | Barbara Jones | United States | 11.91 | Q |
3 | Eleanor Haslam | Canada | 12.21 | Q |
4 | Elizabeth Jenner | Great Britain | 12.39 | Q |
Heat 2
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Pat Duggan | Australia | 12.18 | Q |
2 | Mona Sulaiman | Philippines | 12.40 | Q |
3 | Vivi Markussen | Denmark | 12.53 | Q |
4 | Nancy Lewington | Canada | 12.67 | Q |
Heat 3
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Mariya Itkina | Soviet Union | 11.83 | Q |
2 | Marlene Mathews-Willard | Australia | 12.10 | Q |
3 | Olga Šikovec | Yugoslavia | 12.24 | Q |
4 | Carlota Gooden | Panama | 12.36 | Q |
Heat 4
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Jenny Smart | Great Britain | 12.04 | Q |
2 | Betty Cuthbert | Australia | 12.21 | Q |
3 | Valerie Morgan | New Zealand | 12.61 | Q |
4 | Snezhana Kerkova | Bulgaria | 12.66 | Q |
Heat 5
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Dorothy Hyman | Great Britain | 11.98 | Q |
2 | Gisela Köhler-Birkemeyer | United Team of Germany | 12.31 | Q |
3 | Jean Holmes-Mitchell | Panama | 12.52 | Q |
4 | Valerie Jerome | Canada | 12.58 | Q |
5 | Maeve Kyle | Ireland | 12.59 | |
6 | Ilana Adir | Israel | 13.04 |
Heat 6
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Wilma Rudolph | United States | 11.65 | Q |
2 | Catherine Capdevielle | France | 11.94 | Q |
3 | Halina Richter-Górecka-Herrmann | Poland | 12.13 | Q |
4 | Hannelore Raepke | United Team of Germany | 12.45 | Q |
Heat 7
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Vera Kalashnikova-Krepkina | Soviet Union | 11.97 | Q |
2 | Brunhilde Hendrix | United Team of Germany | 11.99 | Q |
3 | Teresa Ciepły-Wieczorek | Poland | 12.25 | Q |
4 | Martha Hudson | United States | 12.33 | Q |
5 | Aycan Önel | Turkey | 13.59 |
Quarterfinals
[edit]The fastest three runners in each of the four heats advanced to the semifinal round.
Quarterfinal 1
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Wilma Rudolph | United States | 11.70 | Q |
2 | Vera Kalashnikova-Krepkina | Soviet Union | 12.14 | Q |
3 | Marlene Mathews-Willard | Australia | 12.25 | Q |
4 | Gisela Köhler-Birkemeyer | United Team of Germany | 12.26 | |
5 | Eleanor Haslam | Canada | 12.46 | |
6 | Mona Sulaiman | Philippines | 12.54 | |
7 | Valerie Morgan | New Zealand | 12.66 |
Quarterfinal 2
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Mariya Itkina | Soviet Union | 11.88 | Q |
2 | Brunhilde Hendrix | United Team of Germany | 12.02 | Q |
3 | Halina Richter-Górecka-Herrmann | Poland | 12.10 | Q |
4 | Pat Duggan | Australia | 12.32 | |
5 | Jean Holmes-Mitchell | Panama | 12.39 | |
6 | Elizabeth Jenner | Great Britain | 12.50 | |
7 | Snezhana Kerkova | Bulgaria | 12.80 |
Quarterfinal 3
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Giuseppina Leone | Italy | 12.11 | Q |
2 | Catherine Capdevielle | France | 12.16 | Q |
3 | Jenny Smart | Great Britain | 12.17 | Q |
4 | Martha Hudson | United States | 12.30 | |
5 | Olga Šikovec | Yugoslavia | 12.61 | |
6 | Carlota Gooden | Panama | 12.70 | |
7 | Nancy Lewington | Canada | 13.23 |
Quarterfinal 4
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Dorothy Hyman | Great Britain | 11.77 | Q |
2 | Barbara Jones | United States | 12.02 | Q |
3 | Teresa Ciepły-Wieczorek | Poland | 12.14 | Q |
4 | Betty Cuthbert | Australia | 12.18 | |
5 | Valerie Jerome | Canada | 12.50 | |
6 | Vivi Markussen | Denmark | 12.56 |
Semifinals
[edit]The fastest three runners in each of the two heats advanced to the final round.
Semifinal 1
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Wilma Rudolph | United States | 11.41 | Q, =WR |
2 | Giuseppina Leone | Italy | 11.71 | Q |
3 | Jenny Smart | Great Britain | 11.89 | Q |
4 | Halina Richter-Górecka-Herrmann | Poland | 11.93 | |
5 | Brunhilde Hendrix | United Team of Germany | 11.99 | |
6 | Vera Kalashnikova-Krepkina | Soviet Union | 12.08 |
Semifinal 2
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Dorothy Hyman | Great Britain | 11.65 | Q |
2 | Mariya Itkina | Soviet Union | 11.78 | Q |
3 | Catherine Capdevielle | France | 11.82 | Q |
4 | Barbara Jones | United States | 11.84 | |
5 | Teresa Ciepły-Wieczorek | Poland | 12.05 | |
6 | Marlene Mathews-Willard | Australia | 12.05 |
Final
[edit]Wind = 2.8 m/s.
Wind was over the allotted speed. All times in the finals were considered wind assisted and therefore were not counted toward world or Olympic records.
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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Wilma Rudolph | United States | 11.18 | |
Dorothy Hyman | Great Britain | 11.43 | |
Giuseppina Leone | Italy | 11.48 | |
4 | Mariya Itkina | Soviet Union | 11.54 |
5 | Catherine Capdevielle | France | 11.64 |
6 | Jenny Smart | Great Britain | 11.72 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Athletics at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Women's 100 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2017.