Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres sprint event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place on September 1 & 2.

Results

Heats

Top five in each heat (blue) and the next two fastest (pink) advanced to quarterfinal round.

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time Notes1 Silvia Chivás 3 11.18 WJR 2 Annegret Richter 7 11.30 3 Wilma van Gool 4 11.43 4 Andrea Lynch 1 11.52 5 Mattiline Render 5 11.60 6 Juana Mosquera 8 11.64 7 Marion Hoffman 6 11.68 8 Missie Misomali 2 12.78

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time 1 Esther Shakhamorov 7 11.45 2 Ivanka Valkova 1 11.49 3 Eva Glesková 5 11.50 4 Evelin Kaufer 8 11.59 5 Galina Bukharina 3 11.69 6 Beatrice Lungu 4 12.42 7 Fatima El-Faquir 2 12.56 8 Russel Carrero 6 13.45

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time 1 Iris Davis 3 11.34 2 Alice Anum 5 11.54 3 Anita Neil 8 11.55 4 Cecilia Molinari 1 11.61 5 Pam Kilborn 4 11.73 6 Linda Haglund 2 11.97 7 Freida Nicholls-Davy 7 12.16 8 Irene Fitzner 6 12.51

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time 1 Renate Stecher 5 11.31 2 Rosie Allwood 4 11.46 3 Barbara Ferrell 3 11.47 4 Hannah Afriyie 1 11.90 5 Laura Nappi 6 12.02 6 Carolina Rieuwpassa 7 12.23 7 Amelita Alanes 2 12.37 8 Meas Kheng 8 12.72

Heat 5

Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time 1 Raelene Boyle 7 11.37 2 Carmen Valdés 1 11.53 3 Ingrid Becker 3 11.55 4 Lyudmila Zharkova 8 11.56 5 Ellen Strophal 4 11.63 6 Tuula Rautanen 6 11.89 7 Emilie Edet 2 12.06 8 Mireille Joseph 5 13.84

Heat 6

Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time 1 Elfgard Schittenhelm 1 11.32 2 Irena Szewińska 8 11.33 3 Sylviane Telliez 6 11.36 4 Sonia Lannaman 4 11.45 5Brenda Matthews 2 11.77 6 María Luisa Vilca 5 11.85 7 Claudette Powell 3 12.01 - Nadezhda Bezfamilnaya 7 DNS

Quarterfinals Top four in each heat advanced to semifinal round (blue).

Quarterfinal 1

Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time 1 Silvia Chivás 3 11.22 2 Raelene Boyle 7 11.30 3 Barbara Ferrell 5 11.38 4 Esther Shakhamorov 6 11.46 5 Ellen Strophal 8 11.48 6 Anita Neil 2 11.58 7 Cecilia Molinari 1 11.63 8 Brenda Matthews 4 11.87

Quarterfinal 2

Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time 1 Renate Stecher 5 11.27 2 Irena Szewińska 6 11.49 T3 Ingrid Becker 4 11.52 T3Rosie Allwood 8 11.52 5 Sonia Lannaman 7 11.72 6 Pam Kilborn 1 11.85 7 Hannah Afriyie 2 12.04 8 Laura Nappi 3 12.13

Quarterfinal 3

Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time 1 Annegret Richter 8 11.33 2 Eva Glesková 7 11.43 3 Alice Anum 5 11.45 4 Andrea Lynch 3 11.57 5 Sylviane Telliez 6 11.64 6 Mattiline Render 2 11.67 7 Marion Hoffman 4 11.78 8 Galina Bukharina 1 11.81

Quarterfinal 4

Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time 1Iris Davis 1 11.27 2 Elfgard Schittenhelm 8 11.42 3 Carmen Valdés 6 11.46 4 Lyudmila Zharkova 4 11.46 5 Wilma van Gool 7 11.47 6 Ivanka Valkova 5 11.48 7 Evelin Kaufer 3 11.55 8 Juana Mosquera 2 11.66

Semifinals Top four in each heat advanced to the final round (blue).

Semifinal 1

Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time 1 Renate Stecher 2 11.18 2 Iris Davis 3 11.36 3 Eva Glesková 1 11.43 4 Alice Anum 4 11.47 5 Elfgard Schittenhelm 6 11.49 6 Carmen Valdés 8 11.52 7 Ingrid Becker 7 11.53 8 Rosie Allwood 5 11.58

Semifinal 2

Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time 1 Raelene Boyle 8 11.32 2 Silvia Chivás 6 11.33 3 Annegret Richter 7 11.39 4 Barbara Ferrell 4 11.49 5 Esther Shakhamorov 1 11.49 6 Irena Szewińska 2 11.54 7 Andrea Lynch 5 11.64 8 Lyudmila Zharkova 3 11.67

Final Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time Notes Renate Stecher 3 11.07 WR Raelene Boyle 1 11.23 Silvia Chivás 6 11.24 4 Iris Davis 4 11.32 5 Annegret Richter 2 11.38 6 Alice Anum 8 11.41 7 Barbara Ferrell 5 11.45 8 Eva Glesková 7 12.48 Key: WR = world record; DNS = did not start; T = Tie

References

External links Official report