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

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Women's 100 metres
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
DatesSeptember 1 & 2
Competitors47 from 33 nations
Winning time11.07 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Renate Stecher
 East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Raelene Boyle
 Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Silvia Chivás
 Cuba
← 1968
1976 →

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

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

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

Heat 1[edit]

Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time Notes
1 Silvia Chivás  Cuba 3 11.18 WJR
2 Annegret Richter  West Germany 7 11.30
3 Wilma van Gool  Netherlands 4 11.43
4 Andrea Lynch  Great Britain 1 11.52
5 Mattiline Render  United States 5 11.60
6 Juana Mosquera  Colombia 8 11.64
7 Marion Hoffman  Australia 6 11.68
8 Missie Misomali  Malawi 2 12.78

Heat 2[edit]

Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time
1 Esther Shakhamorov  Israel 7 11.45
2 Ivanka Valkova  Bulgaria 1 11.49
3 Eva Glesková  Czechoslovakia 5 11.50
4 Evelin Kaufer  East Germany 8 11.59
5 Galina Bukharina  Soviet Union 3 11.69
6 Beatrice Lungu  Zambia 4 12.42
7 Fatima El-Faquir  Morocco 2 12.56
8 Russel Carrero  Nicaragua 6 13.45

Heat 3[edit]

Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time
1 Iris Davis  United States 3 11.34
2 Alice Anum  Ghana 5 11.54
3 Anita Neil  Great Britain 8 11.55
4 Cecilia Molinari  Italy 1 11.61
5 Pam Kilborn  Australia 4 11.73
6 Linda Haglund  Sweden 2 11.97
7 Freida Nicholls-Davy  Barbados 7 12.16
8 Irene Fitzner  Argentina 6 12.51

Heat 4[edit]

Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time
1 Renate Stecher  East Germany 5 11.31
2 Rosie Allwood  Jamaica 4 11.46
3 Barbara Ferrell  United States 3 11.47
4 Hannah Afriyie  Ghana 1 11.90
5 Laura Nappi  Italy 6 12.02
6 Carolina Rieuwpassa  Indonesia 7 12.23
7 Amelita Alanes  Philippines 2 12.37
8 Meas Kheng  Khmer Republic 8 12.72

Heat 5[edit]

Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time
1 Raelene Boyle  Australia 7 11.37
2 Carmen Valdés  Cuba 1 11.53
3 Ingrid Becker  West Germany 3 11.55
4 Lyudmila Zharkova  Soviet Union 8 11.56
5 Ellen Strophal  East Germany 4 11.63
6 Tuula Rautanen  Finland 6 11.89
7 Emilie Edet  Nigeria 2 12.06
8 Mireille Joseph  Haiti 5 13.84

Heat 6[edit]

Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time
1 Elfgard Schittenhelm  West Germany 1 11.32
2 Irena Szewińska  Poland 8 11.33
3 Sylviane Telliez  France 6 11.36
4 Sonia Lannaman  Great Britain 4 11.45
5 Brenda Matthews  New Zealand 2 11.77
6 María Luisa Vilca  Peru 5 11.85
7 Claudette Powell  Bahamas 3 12.01
- Nadezhda Bezfamilnaya  Soviet Union 7 DNS

Quarterfinals[edit]

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

Quarterfinal 1[edit]

Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time
1 Silvia Chivás  Cuba 3 11.22
2 Raelene Boyle  Australia 7 11.30
3 Barbara Ferrell  United States 5 11.38
4 Esther Shakhamorov  Israel 6 11.46
5 Ellen Strophal  East Germany 8 11.48
6 Anita Neil  Great Britain 2 11.58
7 Cecilia Molinari  Italy 1 11.63
8 Brenda Matthews  New Zealand 4 11.87

Quarterfinal 2[edit]

Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time
1 Renate Stecher  East Germany 5 11.27
2 Irena Szewińska  Poland 6 11.49
T3 Ingrid Becker  West Germany 4 11.52
T3 Rosie Allwood  Jamaica 8 11.52
5 Sonia Lannaman  Great Britain 7 11.72
6 Pam Kilborn  Australia 1 11.85
7 Hannah Afriyie  Ghana 2 12.04
8 Laura Nappi  Italy 3 12.13

Quarterfinal 3[edit]

Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time
1 Annegret Richter  West Germany 8 11.33
2 Eva Glesková  Czechoslovakia 7 11.43
3 Alice Anum  Ghana 5 11.45
4 Andrea Lynch  Great Britain 3 11.57
5 Sylviane Telliez  France 6 11.64
6 Mattiline Render  United States 2 11.67
7 Marion Hoffman  Australia 4 11.78
8 Galina Bukharina  Soviet Union 1 11.81

Quarterfinal 4[edit]

Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time
1 Iris Davis  United States 1 11.27
2 Elfgard Schittenhelm  West Germany 8 11.42
3 Carmen Valdés  Cuba 6 11.46
4 Lyudmila Zharkova  Soviet Union 4 11.46
5 Wilma van Gool  Netherlands 7 11.47
6 Ivanka Valkova  Bulgaria 5 11.48
7 Evelin Kaufer  East Germany 3 11.55
8 Juana Mosquera  Colombia 2 11.66

Semifinals[edit]

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

Semifinal 1[edit]

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

Semifinal 2[edit]

Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time
1 Raelene Boyle  Australia 8 11.32
2 Silvia Chivás  Cuba 6 11.33
3 Annegret Richter  West Germany 7 11.39
4 Barbara Ferrell  United States 4 11.49
5 Esther Shakhamorov  Israel 1 11.49
6 Irena Szewińska  Poland 2 11.54
7 Andrea Lynch  Great Britain 5 11.64
8 Lyudmila Zharkova  Soviet Union 3 11.67

Final[edit]

Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Renate Stecher  East Germany 3 11.07 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Raelene Boyle  Australia 1 11.23
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Silvia Chivás  Cuba 6 11.24
4 Iris Davis  United States 4 11.32
5 Annegret Richter  West Germany 2 11.38
6 Alice Anum  Ghana 8 11.41
7 Barbara Ferrell  United States 5 11.45
8 Eva Glesková  Czechoslovakia 7 12.48

Key: WR = world record; DNS = did not start; T = Tie

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Women's 100 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2017.

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