Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres

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Women's 100 metres
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium
DatesSeptember 1, 1960 (heats and quarterfinals)
September 2, 1960 (semifinals and final)
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Wilma Rudolph
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Dorothy Hyman
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg Giuseppina Leone
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
  1956
1964  
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The women's 100 metres sprint event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place between September 1 and September 2. [1]

Results

Heats

The fastest four runners in each of the seven heats advanced to the quarterfinal round.

Heat 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Giuseppina Leone Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 11.87Q
2 Barbara Jones Flag of the United States.svg  United States 11.91Q
3 Eleanor Haslam Flag of Canada (1957-1965).svg  Canada 12.21Q
4 Elizabeth Jenner Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 12.39Q

Heat 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Pat Duggan Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 12.18Q
2 Mona Sulaiman Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines 12.40Q
3 Vivi Markussen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 12.53Q
4 Nancy Lewington Flag of Canada (1957-1965).svg  Canada 12.67Q

Heat 3

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Mariya Itkina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 11.83Q
2 Marlene Mathews-Willard Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 12.10Q
3 Olga Šikovec Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 12.24Q
4 Carlota Gooden Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 12.36Q

Heat 4

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Jenny Smart Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 12.04Q
2 Betty Cuthbert Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 12.21Q
3 Valerie Morgan Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 12.61Q
4 Snezhana Kerkova Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 12.66Q

Heat 5

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Dorothy Hyman Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 11.98Q
2 Gisela Köhler-Birkemeyer Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 12.31Q
3 Jean Holmes-Mitchell Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 12.52Q
4 Valerie Jerome Flag of Canada (1957-1965).svg  Canada 12.58Q
5 Maeve Kyle Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 12.59
6 Ilana Adir Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 13.04

Heat 6

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Wilma Rudolph Flag of the United States.svg  United States 11.65Q
2 Catherine Capdevielle Flag of France.svg  France 11.94Q
3 Halina Richter-Górecka-Herrmann Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 12.13Q
4 Hannelore Raepke Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 12.45Q

Heat 7

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Vera Kalashnikova-Krepkina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 11.97Q
2 Brunhilde Hendrix Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 11.99Q
3 Teresa Ciepły-Wieczorek Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 12.25Q
4 Martha Hudson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 12.33Q
5 Aycan Önel Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 13.59

Quarterfinals

The fastest three runners in each of the four heats advanced to the semifinal round.

Quarterfinal 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Wilma Rudolph Flag of the United States.svg  United States 11.70Q
2 Vera Kalashnikova-Krepkina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 12.14Q
3 Marlene Mathews-Willard Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 12.25Q
4 Gisela Köhler-Birkemeyer Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 12.26
5 Eleanor Haslam Flag of Canada (1957-1965).svg  Canada 12.46
6 Mona Sulaiman Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines 12.54
7 Valerie Morgan Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 12.66

Quarterfinal 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Mariya Itkina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 11.88Q
2 Brunhilde Hendrix Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 12.02Q
3 Halina Richter-Górecka-Herrmann Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 12.10Q
4 Pat Duggan Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 12.32
5 Jean Holmes-Mitchell Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 12.39
6 Elizabeth Jenner Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 12.50
7 Snezhana Kerkova Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 12.80

Quarterfinal 3

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Giuseppina Leone Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 12.11Q
2 Catherine Capdevielle Flag of France.svg  France 12.16Q
3 Jenny Smart Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 12.17Q
4 Martha Hudson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 12.30
5 Olga Šikovec Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 12.61
6 Carlota Gooden Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 12.70
7 Nancy Lewington Flag of Canada (1957-1965).svg  Canada 13.23

Quarterfinal 4

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Dorothy Hyman Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 11.77Q
2 Barbara Jones Flag of the United States.svg  United States 12.02Q
3 Teresa Ciepły-Wieczorek Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 12.14Q
4 Betty Cuthbert Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 12.18
5 Valerie Jerome Flag of Canada (1957-1965).svg  Canada 12.50
6 Vivi Markussen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 12.56

Semifinals

The fastest three runners in each of the two heats advanced to the final round.

Semifinal 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Wilma Rudolph Flag of the United States.svg  United States 11.41Q, =WR
2 Giuseppina Leone Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 11.71Q
3 Jenny Smart Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 11.89Q
4 Halina Richter-Górecka-Herrmann Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 11.93
5 Brunhilde Hendrix Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 11.99
6 Vera Kalashnikova-Krepkina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 12.08

Semifinal 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Dorothy Hyman Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 11.65Q
2 Mariya Itkina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 11.78Q
3 Catherine Capdevielle Flag of France.svg  France 11.82Q
4 Barbara Jones Flag of the United States.svg  United States 11.84
5 Teresa Ciepły-Wieczorek Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 12.05
6 Marlene Mathews-Willard Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 12.05

Final

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.

RankAthleteNationTime
Gold medal icon.svg Wilma Rudolph Flag of the United States.svg  United States 11.18
Silver medal icon.svg Dorothy Hyman Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 11.43
Bronze medal icon.svg Giuseppina Leone Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 11.48
4 Mariya Itkina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 11.54
5 Catherine Capdevielle Flag of France.svg  France 11.64
6 Jenny Smart Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 11.72

References

  1. "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.