The women's 100 metres was the shortest of the four women's track races in the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 15 October and 16 October 1964. 45 athletes from 27 nations entered, with 1 not starting in the first round. The first two rounds were held on 15 October, with the semifinals and the final on 16 October.
Results
First round
The top five runners in each of the 6 heats advanced.
Heat 1 Wind: +2.1 m/s Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes 1 Marilyn White 11.4 11.50 2 Daphne Arden 11.5 11.55 3 Renate Lace 11.6 11.70 4 Dianne Bowering-Burge 11.8 11.83 5 Rose Hart 11.9 11.98 6 Erzsébet Bartos 11.9 12.01 7 Mona Sulaiman 12.0 12.01 — Jean Mitchell –
Heat 2 Wind: +1.3 m/s Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes 1 Edith McGuire 11.4 11.47 2 Barbara Sobotta 11.8 11.89 3 Christiane Cadic 12.0 12.00 4 Renate Meyer 12.0 12.01 5 Inge Aigner 12.0 12.05 6 Marcela Daniel 12.6 12.60 7 Simin Safamehr 13.2 –
Heat 3 Wind: +0.8 m/s Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes 1 Ewa Kłobukowska 11.4 11.45 2 Margit Nemesházi 11.7 11.73 3 Daniele Gueneau 12.0 12.02 4 Avis McIntosh 12.0 12.06 5 Ulla-Britt Wieslander 12.0 12.10 6 Louise Sydranski 12.1 12.16 — Erika Pollmann –
Heat 4 Wind: +0.5 m/s Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes 1 Dorothy Hyman 11.6 11.64 2 Doreen Porter 11.7 11.77 3 Galina Popova 11.8 11.82 4 Clarice Ahanotu 11.9 11.95 5 Irene Muyanga 12.0 12.05 6 Johanna Bijleveld 12.3 12.35 7 Delceita Oakley 12.3 12.38
Heat 5 Wind: 3.3 m/s Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes 1 Wyomia Tyus 11.3 11.35 2 Halina Górecka 11.5 11.56 3 Irene Piotrowski 11.5 11.59 4 Margaret Burvill 11.6 11.68 5 Carmen Smith 11.7 11.79 6 Esperanza Girón 12.2 12.21 7 Kusolwan Sorut 12.6 – 8 Christiana Boateng 12.9 –
Heat 6 Wind: +0.3 m/s Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes 1 Marilyn Black 11.5 11.58 2 Miguelina Cobián 11.6 11.67 3 Eva Lehocká 11.8 11.89 4 Galina Gayda 11.9 11.94 5 Heilwig Jacob 11.9 11.96 6 Madeleine Cobb 12.0 12.01 7 Margarita Formeiro 12.2 12.20 8 Song Yang-ja 12.7 –
Second round
The top four runners in each of the four heats advanced to the semifinals.
Quarterfinal 1 Wind: +0.3 m/s Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes 1 Wyomia Tyus 11.2 11.23 , , 2 Dorothy Hyman 11.5 11.54 3 Galina Popova 11.5 11.54 4 Irene Piotrowski 11.6 11.63 5 Barbara Sobotta 11.8 11.84 6 Avis McIntosh† 12.0 12.06 7 Irene Muyanga 12.2 12.24 † In the Second Round results as per the Official Olympic report, Avis McIntosh, of New Zealand, was erroneously mentioned as a Dutch athlete.
Quarterfinal 2 Wind: +1.2 m/s Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Notes 1 Marilyn Black 11.4 2 Marilyn White 11.5 3 Renate Lace 11.6 4 Carmen L. Smith 11.7 5 Heilwig Jacob 11.7 6 Danielle Guéneau 11.8 7 Clarice Ahanotu 11.8 8 Ulla-Britt Wieslander 11.9
Quarterfinal 3 Wind: +3.7 m/s Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Notes 1 Edith McGuire 11.4 2 Halina Górecka 11.5 3 Miguelina Cobián 11.5 4 Marko Nemeshazi 11.5 5 Dianne Marie Bowering 11.7 6 Rose Hart 11.9 7 Inge Aigner 12.0 8 Renate Meyer 12.1
Quarterfinal 4 Wind: +1.9 m/s Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Notes 1 Ewa Kłobukowska 11.4 2 Daphne Arden 11.5 3 Eva Lehocká 11.6 4 Margaret Burvill 11.7 5 Doreen Porter 11.8 6 Christiane Cadic 12.0 7 Galina Gaida 12.0
Semifinals
The top four runners in each of the two semifinals advanced to the final.
Semifinal 1 Wind: +0.2 m/s Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes 1 Miguelina Cobián 11.6 11.62 2 Marilyn Black 11.6 11.63 3 Edith McGuire 11.6 11.67 4 Halina Górecka 11.7 11.74 5 Galina Popova 11.8 11.83 6 Daphne Arden 11.8 11.84 7 Eva Lehocká 11.9 11.91 8 Carmen L. Smith 11.9 11.99
Semifinal 2 Wind: +1.4 m/s Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes 1 Wyomia Tyus 11.3 11.40 2 Ewa Kłobukowska 11.4 11.42 3 Marilyn White 11.5 11.51 4 Dorothy Hyman 11.6 11.66 5 Irene Piotrowski 11.7 11.74 6 Renate Lace 11.7 11.76 7 Marko Nemeshazi 11.7 11.77 8 Margaret Burvill 11.8 11.85
Final Wind: -1.2 m/s Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes Wyomia Tyus 11.4 11.49 Edith McGuire 11.6 11.62 Ewa Kłobukowska 11.6 11.64 4 Marilyn White 11.6 11.67 5 Miguelina Cobián 11.7 11.72 6 Marilyn Black 11.7 11.73 7 Halina Górecka 11.8 11.83 8 Dorothy Hyman 11.9 11.90
References
Official Report