Athletics_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics_–_Women's_100_metres
Quick Facts Women's 100 metres at the Games of the XVII Olympiad, Venue ...
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Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
Dates | September 1 (heats and quarterfinals) September 2 (semifinals and final) | |||||||||
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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]
Heats
The fastest four runners in each of the seven heats advanced to the quarterfinal round.
Heat 1
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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 |
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Heat 2
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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 |
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Heat 3
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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 |
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Heat 4
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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 |
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Heat 5
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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 | |
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Heat 6
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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 |
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Heat 7
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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 | |
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Quarterfinals
The fastest three runners in each of the four heats advanced to the semifinal round.
Quarterfinal 1
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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 | |
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Quarterfinal 2
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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 | |
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Quarterfinal 3
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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 | |
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Quarterfinal 4
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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 | |
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Semifinals
The fastest three runners in each of the two heats advanced to the final round.
Semifinal 1
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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 | |
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Semifinal 2
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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 | |
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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.
More information Rank, Athlete ...
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 |
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- "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.