| Athletics at the 1961 Summer Universiade | ||
|---|---|---|
| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 80 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | |
| 4×100 m relay | men | women |
| 4×400 m relay | men | |
| Field events | ||
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Combined events | ||
| Decathlon | men | |
The women's 100 metres event at the 1961 Summer Universiade was held at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia, Bulgaria, in September 1961. [1]
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|
| Tatyana Shchelkanova | Galina Vinogradova | Joan Atkinson |
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Tatyana Shchelkanova | 11.87 | Q | |
| 2 | 1 | Mirosława Sałacińska | 12.05 | Q | |
| 3 | 1 | Stefka Ilieva | 12.4 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Gisela Winckler | 12.6 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Yuko Kobayashi | 12.9 | ||
| 1 | 2 | Joan Atkinson | 11.91 | Q | |
| 2 | 2 | Hisako Tamura | 12.5 | Q | |
| 3 | 2 | Uta Böge | 12.5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Nadia Mecocci | 12.6 | ||
| 1 | 3 | Galina Vinogradova | 12.06 | Q | |
| 2 | 3 | Miryam Sidranski | 13.4 | Q |
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tatyana Shchelkanova | 11.78 | |||
| Galina Vinogradova | 11.90 | |||
| Joan Atkinson | 11.93 | |||
| 4 | Mirosława Sałacińska | 12.09 | ||
| 5 | Miryam Sidranski | 12.4 | ||
| 6 | Hisako Tamura | 12.5 |