The women's 100 metres sprint event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place between September 1 and September 2.

Results

Heats

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

Heat 1 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Giuseppina Leone 11.87 2 Barbara Jones 11.91 3 Eleanor Haslam 12.21 4 Elizabeth Jenner 12.39 Ulla Flegel

Heat 2 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Pat Duggan 12.18 2 Mona Sulaiman 12.40 3 Vivi Markussen 12.53 4 Nancy Lewington 12.67 Erzsébet Heldt Irina Press

Heat 3 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Mariya Itkina 11.83 2 Marlene Mathews-Willard 12.10 3 Olga Šikovec 12.24 4 Carlota Gooden 12.36 Antónia Munkácsi

Heat 4 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Jenny Smart 12.04 2 Betty Cuthbert 12.21 3 Valerie Morgan 12.61 4 Snezhana Kerkova 12.66 Alena Stolzová

Heat 5 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Dorothy Hyman 11.98 2 Gisela Köhler-Birkemeyer 12.31 3 Jean Holmes-Mitchell 12.52 4 Valerie Jerome 12.58 5 Maeve Kyle 12.59 6 Ilana Adir 13.04

Heat 6 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Wilma Rudolph 11.65 2 Catherine Capdevielle 11.94 3 Halina Richter-Górecka-Herrmann 12.13 4 Hannelore Raepke 12.45 Siloo Mystri

Heat 7 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Vera Kalashnikova-Krepkina 11.97 2 Brunhilde Hendrix 11.99 3 Teresa Ciepły-Wieczorek 12.25 4 Martha Hudson 12.33 5 Aycan Önel 13.59

Quarterfinals

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

Quarterfinal 1 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Wilma Rudolph 11.70 2 Vera Kalashnikova-Krepkina 12.14 3 Marlene Mathews-Willard 12.25 4 Gisela Köhler-Birkemeyer 12.26 5 Eleanor Haslam 12.46 6 Mona Sulaiman 12.54 7 Valerie Morgan 12.66

Quarterfinal 2 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Mariya Itkina 11.88 2 Brunhilde Hendrix 12.02 3 Halina Richter-Górecka-Herrmann 12.10 4 Pat Duggan 12.32 5 Jean Holmes-Mitchell 12.39 6 Elizabeth Jenner 12.50 7 Snezhana Kerkova 12.80

Quarterfinal 3 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Giuseppina Leone 12.11 2 Catherine Capdevielle 12.16 3 Jenny Smart 12.17 4 Martha Hudson 12.30 5 Olga Šikovec 12.61 6 Carlota Gooden 12.70 7 Nancy Lewington 13.23

Quarterfinal 4 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Dorothy Hyman 11.77 2 Barbara Jones 12.02 3 Teresa Ciepły-Wieczorek 12.14 4 Betty Cuthbert 12.18 5 Valerie Jerome 12.50 6 Vivi Markussen 12.56 Hannelore Raepke

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Wilma Rudolph 11.41 , 2 Giuseppina Leone 11.71 3 Jenny Smart 11.89 4 Halina Richter-Górecka-Herrmann 11.93 5 Brunhilde Hendrix 11.99 6 Vera Kalashnikova-Krepkina 12.08

Semifinal 2 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Dorothy Hyman 11.65 2 Mariya Itkina 11.78 3 Catherine Capdevielle 11.82 4 Barbara Jones 11.84 5 Teresa Ciepły-Wieczorek 12.05 6 Marlene Mathews-Willard 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.

Rank Athlete Nation Time Wilma Rudolph 11.18 Dorothy Hyman 11.43 Giuseppina Leone 11.48 4 Mariya Itkina 11.54 5 Catherine Capdevielle 11.64 6 Jenny Smart 11.72

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