Athletics at the 1959 Summer Universiade – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres event at the 1959 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Comunale di Torino in Turin on 3 and 4 September 1959. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Giuseppina Leone   Italy	Lyudmila Nechayeva   Soviet Union	Catherine Capdevielle   France

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Giuseppina Leone	Italy	11.8	Q
2	1	Lyudmila Nechayeva	Soviet Union	12.1	Q
3	1	Snezhana Kerkova	Bulgaria	12.4
4	1	Kristianne Voss	West Germany	12.5
5	1	Trude Fries	Austria	12.8
1	2	Barbara Janiszewska	Poland	12.2	Q
2	2	Tamara Makarova	Soviet Union	12.3	Q
3	2	Yael Ditkovskiy	Israel	12.8
4	2	Anita Follows	Great Britain	12.9
1	3	Catherine Capdevielle	France	12.0	Q [3]
2	3	Inge Fuhrmann	West Germany	12.3	Q
3	3	Nadia Mecocci	Italy	12.4
4	3	Helen Mason	Great Britain	12.4
5	3	Ulla Flegel	Austria	12.8

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Giuseppina Leone	Italy	11.7
	Lyudmila Nechayeva	Soviet Union	12.07
	Catherine Capdevielle	France	12.1
4	Barbara Janiszewska	Poland	12.2
5	Inge Fuhrmann	West Germany	12.3
	Tamara Makarova	Soviet Union	DNF	[4]

References

1. "Resultados Universiada - 1959" (PDF). Atletismo (in Spanish). November 1959: 9. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
2. Results at Tilastopaja
3. French results
4. Soviet results Archived 2021-10-31 at the Wayback Machine (p114)