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100 metres, Women

Date	1 – 2 September 1960
Status	Olympic
Location	Stadio Olimpico, Roma
Participants	31 from 18 countries

Betty Cuthbert (AUS) was the defending champion and was back in Roma, but a leg injury hampered her and she did not survive the quarter-finals. In the first semi-final, Wilma Rudolph (USA) equalled the world record of 11.3. She had competed at the 1956 Olympics in the 200 metres, being eliminated in the rounds, and helping the US to a bronze medal in the 4×100 relay. But by 1960 she was the world’s dominant sprinter and was a heavy favorite in the final. The final was run with an aiding 2.8 m/s wind but Rudolph’s time of 11.0 (11.18) was still shockingly fast, though it could not be ratified as a world record because of the wind assistance. A few days later, Rudolph would add the 200 metre gold medal and anchored the Americans to a gold in the 4×100. Quite popular in Roma and Europe, she was dubbed )La Gazelle Noir) (The Black Gazelle) by the European press. She would be the dominant sprinter in the world for 1960-62 retiring after that year.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	QF	SF	Final
1	117	Wilma Rudolph	USA	11.5 (1 h6)	11.5 (1 h1)	11.3 (1 h1)	11.0w (1)	Gold
2	188	Dorothy Hyman	GBR	11.8 (1 h5)	11.6 (1 h4)	11.5 (1 h2)	11.3w (2)	Silver
3	181	Giuseppina Leone	ITA	11.7 (1 h1)	12.0 (1 h3)	11.6 (2 h1)	11.3w (3)	Bronze
4	158	Mariya Itkina	URS	11.7 (1 h3)	11.7 (1 h2)	11.7 (2 h2)	11.4w (4)
5	133	Catherine Capdevielle	FRA	11.8 (2 h6)	12.0 (2 h3)	11.7 (3 h2)	11.5w (5)
6	190	Jenny Smart	GBR	11.9 (1 h4)	12.0 (3 h3)	11.8 (3 h1)	11.6w (6)
4 h1 r3/4	143	Halina Richter	POL	12.0 (3 h6)	11.9 (3 h2)	11.8 (4 h1)	–
4 h2 r3/4	116	Barbara Jones	USA	11.8 (2 h1)	11.9 (2 h4)	11.7 (4 h2)	–
5 h1 r3/4	74	Brunhilde Hendrix	GER	11.8 (2 h7)	11.9 (2 h2)	11.9 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r3/4	142	Teresa Wieczorek	POL	12.1 (3 h7)	12.0 (3 h4)	11.9 (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r3/4	159	Vera Krepkina	URS	11.8 (1 h7)	12.0 (2 h1)	12.0 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r3/4	2	Marlene Mathews-Willard	AUS	12.0 (2 h3)	12.1 (3 h1)	11.9 (6 h2)	–
4 h1 r2/4	75	Gisela Birkemeyer	GER	12.2 (2 h5)	12.1 (4 h1)	–	–
4 h2 r2/4	3	Pat Duggan	AUS	11.9 (1 h2)	12.2 (4 h2)	–	–
4 h3 r2/4	115	Martha Hudson	USA	12.2 (4 h7)	12.2 (4 h3)	–	–
4 h4 r2/4	1	Betty Cuthbert	AUS	12.1 (2 h4)	12.0 (4 h4)	–	–
5 h1 r2/4	30	Eleanor Haslam	CAN	12.0 (3 h1)	12.3 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r2/4	33	Jean Holmes	PAN	12.4 (3 h5)	12.3 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r2/4	98	Olga Šikovec	YUG	12.1 (3 h3)	12.5 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r2/4	28	Valerie Jerome	CAN	12.5 (4 h5)	12.4 (5 h4)	–	–
6 h1 r2/4	16	Mona Sulaiman	PHI	12.1 (2 h2)	12.4 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r2/4	189	Ann Jenner	GBR	12.2 (4 h1)	12.4 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r2/4	34	Carlota Gooden	PAN	12.2 (4 h3)	12.6 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r2/4	70	Vivi Markussen	DEN	12.2 (3 h2)	12.4 (6 h4)	–	–
7 h1 r2/4	18	Val Morgan	NZL	12.5 (3 h4)	12.5 (7 h1)	–	–
7 h2 r2/4	43	Snezhana Kerkova	BUL	12.6 (4 h4)	12.7 (7 h2)	–	–
7 h3 r2/4	29	Nancy Lewington	CAN	12.4 (4 h2)	13.1 (7 h3)	–	–
4 h6 r1/4	76	Hannelore Raepke	GER	12.3 (4 h6)	– (DNS h4)	–	–
5 h5 r1/4	213	Maeve Kyle	IRL	12.5 (5 h5)	–	–	–
5 h7 r1/4	214	Aycan Önel	TUR	13.4 (5 h7)	–	–	–
6 h5 r1/4	206	Ilana Adir	ISR	12.9 (6 h5)	–	–	–
DNS	48	Siloo Mystri	IND	– (DNS h6)	–	–	–
DNS	22	Ulla Flegel	AUT	– (DNS h1)	–	–	–
DNS	210	Erzsébet Heldt	HUN	– (DNS h2)	–	–	–
DNS	209	Antónia Munkácsi	HUN	– (DNS h3)	–	–	–
DNS	35	Alena Stolzová	TCH	– (DNS h4)	–	–	–
DNS	160	Irina Press	URS	– (DNS h2)	–	–	–

Round One

Date	1 September 1960 — 9:00
Format	Top four in each heat advanced to the quarter-finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)	Time (hand)
1	117	Wilma Rudolph	USA	11.65	11.5	Q
2	158	Mariya Itkina	URS	11.83	11.7	Q
3	181	Giuseppina Leone	ITA	11.87	11.7	Q
4	116	Barbara Jones	USA	11.91	11.8	Q
5	133	Catherine Capdevielle	FRA	11.94	11.8	Q
6	159	Vera Krepkina	URS	11.97	11.8	Q
7	188	Dorothy Hyman	GBR	11.98	11.8	Q
8	74	Brunhilde Hendrix	GER	11.99	11.8	Q
9	190	Jenny Smart	GBR	12.04	11.9	Q
10	2	Marlene Mathews-Willard	AUS	12.10	12.0	Q
11	143	Halina Richter	POL	12.13	12.0	Q
12	3	Pat Duggan	AUS	12.18	11.9	Q
=13	30	Eleanor Haslam	CAN	12.21	12.0	Q
=13	1	Betty Cuthbert	AUS	12.21	12.1	Q
15	98	Olga Šikovec	YUG	12.24	12.1	Q
16	142	Teresa Wieczorek	POL	12.25	12.1	Q
17	75	Gisela Birkemeyer	GER	12.31	12.2	Q
18	115	Martha Hudson	USA	12.33	12.2	Q
19	34	Carlota Gooden	PAN	12.36	12.2	Q
20	189	Ann Jenner	GBR	12.39	12.2	Q
21	16	Mona Sulaiman	PHI	12.40	12.1	Q
22	76	Hannelore Raepke	GER	12.45	12.3	Q
23	33	Jean Holmes	PAN	12.52	12.4	Q
24	70	Vivi Markussen	DEN	12.53	12.2	Q
25	28	Valerie Jerome	CAN	12.58	12.5	Q
26	213	Maeve Kyle	IRL	12.59	12.5
27	18	Val Morgan	NZL	12.61	12.5	Q
28	43	Snezhana Kerkova	BUL	12.66	12.6	Q
29	29	Nancy Lewington	CAN	12.67	12.4	Q
30	206	Ilana Adir	ISR	13.04	12.9
31	214	Aycan Önel	TUR	13.59	13.4
DNS	22	Ulla Flegel	AUT	–	–
DNS	210	Erzsébet Heldt	HUN	–	–
DNS	160	Irina Press	URS	–	–
DNS	209	Antónia Munkácsi	HUN	–	–
DNS	35	Alena Stolzová	TCH	–	–
DNS	48	Siloo Mystri	IND	–	–

Heat #1

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	181	Giuseppina Leone	ITA	11.7	11.87	Q
2	116	Barbara Jones	USA	11.8	11.91	Q
3	30	Eleanor Haslam	CAN	12.0	12.21	Q
4	189	Ann Jenner	GBR	12.2	12.39	Q
DNS	22	Ulla Flegel	AUT	–	–

Heat #2

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	3	Pat Duggan	AUS	11.9	12.18	Q
2	16	Mona Sulaiman	PHI	12.1	12.40	Q
3	70	Vivi Markussen	DEN	12.2	12.53	Q
4	29	Nancy Lewington	CAN	12.4	12.67	Q
DNS	210	Erzsébet Heldt	HUN	–	–
DNS	160	Irina Press	URS	–	–

Heat #3

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	158	Mariya Itkina	URS	11.7	11.83	Q
2	2	Marlene Mathews-Willard	AUS	12.0	12.10	Q
3	98	Olga Šikovec	YUG	12.1	12.24	Q
4	34	Carlota Gooden	PAN	12.2	12.36	Q
DNS	209	Antónia Munkácsi	HUN	–	–

Heat #4

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	190	Jenny Smart	GBR	11.9	12.04	Q
2	1	Betty Cuthbert	AUS	12.1	12.21	Q
3	18	Val Morgan	NZL	12.5	12.61	Q
4	43	Snezhana Kerkova	BUL	12.6	12.66	Q
DNS	35	Alena Stolzová	TCH	–	–

Heat #5

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	188	Dorothy Hyman	GBR	11.8	11.98	Q
2	75	Gisela Birkemeyer	GER	12.2	12.31	Q
3	33	Jean Holmes	PAN	12.4	12.52	Q
4	28	Valerie Jerome	CAN	12.5	12.58	Q
5	213	Maeve Kyle	IRL	12.5	12.59
6	206	Ilana Adir	ISR	12.9	13.04

Heat #6

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	117	Wilma Rudolph	USA	11.5	11.65	Q
2	133	Catherine Capdevielle	FRA	11.8	11.94	Q
3	143	Halina Richter	POL	12.0	12.13	Q
4	76	Hannelore Raepke	GER	12.3	12.45	Q
DNS	48	Siloo Mystri	IND	–	–

Heat #7

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	159	Vera Krepkina	URS	11.8	11.97	Q
2	74	Brunhilde Hendrix	GER	11.8	11.99	Q
3	142	Teresa Wieczorek	POL	12.1	12.25	Q
4	115	Martha Hudson	USA	12.2	12.33	Q
5	214	Aycan Önel	TUR	13.4	13.59

Quarter-Finals

Date	1 September 1960 — 15:00
Format	Top three in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)	Time (hand)
1	117	Wilma Rudolph	USA	11.70	11.5	Q
2	188	Dorothy Hyman	GBR	11.77	11.6	Q
3	158	Mariya Itkina	URS	11.88	11.7	Q
=4	74	Brunhilde Hendrix	GER	12.02	11.9	Q
=4	116	Barbara Jones	USA	12.02	11.9	Q
6	143	Halina Richter	POL	12.10	11.9	Q
7	181	Giuseppina Leone	ITA	12.11	12.0	Q
=8	159	Vera Krepkina	URS	12.14	12.0	Q
=8	142	Teresa Wieczorek	POL	12.14	12.0	Q
10	133	Catherine Capdevielle	FRA	12.16	12.0	Q
11	190	Jenny Smart	GBR	12.17	12.0	Q
12	1	Betty Cuthbert	AUS	12.18	12.0
13	2	Marlene Mathews-Willard	AUS	12.25	12.1	Q
14	75	Gisela Birkemeyer	GER	12.26	12.1
15	115	Martha Hudson	USA	12.30	12.2
16	3	Pat Duggan	AUS	12.32	12.2
17	33	Jean Holmes	PAN	12.39	12.3
18	30	Eleanor Haslam	CAN	12.46	12.3
=19	189	Ann Jenner	GBR	12.50	12.4
=19	28	Valerie Jerome	CAN	12.50	12.4
21	16	Mona Sulaiman	PHI	12.54	12.4
22	70	Vivi Markussen	DEN	12.56	12.4
23	98	Olga Šikovec	YUG	12.61	12.5
24	18	Val Morgan	NZL	12.66	12.5
25	34	Carlota Gooden	PAN	12.70	12.6
26	43	Snezhana Kerkova	BUL	12.80	12.7
27	29	Nancy Lewington	CAN	13.23	13.1
DNS	76	Hannelore Raepke	GER	–	–

Heat #1

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	117	Wilma Rudolph	USA	11.5	11.70	Q
2	159	Vera Krepkina	URS	12.0	12.14	Q
3	2	Marlene Mathews-Willard	AUS	12.1	12.25	Q
4	75	Gisela Birkemeyer	GER	12.1	12.26
5	30	Eleanor Haslam	CAN	12.3	12.46
6	16	Mona Sulaiman	PHI	12.4	12.54
7	18	Val Morgan	NZL	12.5	12.66

Heat #2

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	158	Mariya Itkina	URS	11.7	11.88	Q
2	74	Brunhilde Hendrix	GER	11.9	12.02	Q
3	143	Halina Richter	POL	11.9	12.10	Q
4	3	Pat Duggan	AUS	12.2	12.32
5	33	Jean Holmes	PAN	12.3	12.39
6	189	Ann Jenner	GBR	12.4	12.50
7	43	Snezhana Kerkova	BUL	12.7	12.80

Heat #3

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	181	Giuseppina Leone	ITA	12.0	12.11	Q
2	133	Catherine Capdevielle	FRA	12.0	12.16	Q
3	190	Jenny Smart	GBR	12.0	12.17	Q
4	115	Martha Hudson	USA	12.2	12.30
5	98	Olga Šikovec	YUG	12.5	12.61
6	34	Carlota Gooden	PAN	12.6	12.70
7	29	Nancy Lewington	CAN	13.1	13.23

Heat #4

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	188	Dorothy Hyman	GBR	11.6	11.77	Q
2	116	Barbara Jones	USA	11.9	12.02	Q
3	142	Teresa Wieczorek	POL	12.0	12.14	Q
4	1	Betty Cuthbert	AUS	12.0	12.18
5	28	Valerie Jerome	CAN	12.4	12.50
6	70	Vivi Markussen	DEN	12.4	12.56
DNS	76	Hannelore Raepke	GER	–	–

Semi-Finals

Date	2 September 1960 — 15:00
Format	Top three in each heat advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)	Time (hand)
1	117	Wilma Rudolph	USA	11.41	11.3	Q=WR
2	188	Dorothy Hyman	GBR	11.65	11.5	Q
3	181	Giuseppina Leone	ITA	11.71	11.6	Q
4	158	Mariya Itkina	URS	11.78	11.7	Q
5	133	Catherine Capdevielle	FRA	11.82	11.7	Q
6	116	Barbara Jones	USA	11.84	11.7
7	190	Jenny Smart	GBR	11.89	11.8	Q
8	143	Halina Richter	POL	11.93	11.8
9	74	Brunhilde Hendrix	GER	11.99	11.9
10	142	Teresa Wieczorek	POL	12.05	11.9
11	2	Marlene Mathews-Willard	AUS	12.05	11.9
12	159	Vera Krepkina	URS	12.08	12.0

Heat #1

Wind	0.8 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	117	Wilma Rudolph	USA	11.3	11.41	Q=WR
2	181	Giuseppina Leone	ITA	11.6	11.71	Q
3	190	Jenny Smart	GBR	11.8	11.89	Q
4	143	Halina Richter	POL	11.8	11.93
5	74	Brunhilde Hendrix	GER	11.9	11.99
6	159	Vera Krepkina	URS	12.0	12.08

Heat #2

Wind	0.6 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	188	Dorothy Hyman	GBR	11.5	11.65	Q
2	158	Mariya Itkina	URS	11.7	11.78	Q
3	133	Catherine Capdevielle	FRA	11.7	11.82	Q
4	116	Barbara Jones	USA	11.7	11.84
5	142	Teresa Wieczorek	POL	11.9	12.05
6	2	Marlene Mathews-Willard	AUS	11.9	12.05

Final Round

Date	2 September 1960 — 16:20
Wind	2.8 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	117	Wilma Rudolph	USA	11.0w	11.18w
2	188	Dorothy Hyman	GBR	11.3w	11.43w
3	181	Giuseppina Leone	ITA	11.3w	11.48w
4	158	Mariya Itkina	URS	11.4w	11.54w
5	133	Catherine Capdevielle	FRA	11.5w	11.64w
6	190	Jenny Smart	GBR	11.6w	11.72w