The women's 100 metres sprint event at the 1932 Olympic Games took place between August 1 and August 2 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The final was won by Pole Stanisława Walasiewicz.
In 1980, after her shooting death as a bystander at an armed robbery, 1932 race winner Stanisława Walasiewicz was revealed to be intersex, and possibly ineligible to compete under modern gender determination tests. No change has been made to the records for the 1932 women's 100 metres race.
Results
Heats
Heat 1
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Marie Dollinger 12.2 2 Billie von Bremen 12.3 3 Hilda Strike 12.3 4Gwen Porter 12.4 5Marjorie Clark 12.5
Heat 2
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Stanisława Walasiewicz 11.9 2 Mary Frizzell 12.1 3 Sumiko Watanabe 12.2 4Bep du Mée 12.3
Heat 3
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Tollien Schuurman 12.2 2 Mary Vandervliet 12.3 3 Eileen Hiscock 12.3 4Eileen Wearne 12.5 5Ethel Harrington 12.7 6Taka Shibata 12.7
Heat 4 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Elizabeth Wilde 12.4 2 Cor Aalten 12.4 3 Thelma Kench 12.4 4Asa Dogura 12.9 5Ethel Johnson 13.9
Semifinals
Semifinal 1
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Hilda Strike 12.4 2 Elizabeth Wilde 12.4 3 Marie Dollinger 12.4 4 Tollien Schuurman 12.4 5 Sumiko Watanabe Unknown 6 Thelma Kench Unknown
Semifinal 2
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Stanisława Walasiewicz 11.9 , 2 Billie von Bremen 12.1 3 Eileen Hiscock 12.3 4 Mary Vandervliet 12.3 5 Mary Frizzell 12.3 6 Cor Aalten 12.4
Final
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes Stanisława Walasiewicz 11.9 Hilda Strike 11.9 Wilhelmina von Bremen 12.0 4 Marie Dollinger 12.2 5 Eileen Hiscock 12.3 6 Elizabeth Wilde 12.3
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