Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres
100 metres
The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...

sprint event at the 1960 Olympic Games
1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held from August 25 to September 11, 1960 in Rome, Italy...

took place between September 1 and September 2.

Heats

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

Heat one

Rank	Name	Time
1	Giuseppina Leone Giuseppina Leone Giuseppina "Giusy" Leone is an Italian athlete, who mainly competed in the 100 metres.She competed for Italy in the 100 metres at the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy, where she won the bronze medal, .06 seconds ahead of Maria Leontyavna Itkina of the Soviet Union.In 1954 in the European...	11.87
2	Barbara Jones	11.91
3	Eleanor Haslam	12.21
4	Elizabeth Jenner	12.39

Heat two

Rank	Name	Time
1	Pat Duggan	12.18
2	Mona Sulaiman	12.40
3	Vivi Markussen	12.53
4	Nancy Lewington	12.67

Heat three

Rank	Name	Time
1	Mariya Itkina	11.83
2	Marlene Mathews-Willard	12.10
3	Olga Šikovec	12.24
4	Carlota Gooden	12.36

Heat four

Rank	Name	Time
1	Jenny Smart	12.04
2	Betty Cuthbert Betty Cuthbert Elizabeth Cuthbert AM, MBE is an Australian athlete, and a fourfold Olympic champion....	12.21
3	Val Morgan	12.61
4	Snezhana Kerkova	12.66

Heat five

Rank	Name	Time
1	Dorothy Hyman Dorothy Hyman Dorothy Hyman is a British athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres....	11.98
2	Gisela Köhler-Birkemeyer	12.31
3	Jean Holmes-Mitchell	12.52
4	Valerie Jerome	12.58
5	Maeve Kyle Maeve Kyle Maeve Esther Enid Kyle, OBE, née Shankey, , is an Irish Olympic athlete and hockey player. She competed in the 100m and 200m in the Melbourne Olympics and subsequently in the Rome Olympics and Tokyo Olympics...	12.59
6	Ilana Adir	13.04

Heat six

Rank	Name	Time
1	Wilma Rudolph Wilma Rudolph Wilma Glodean Rudolph was an American athlete. Rudolph was considered the fastest woman in the world in the 1960s and competed in two Olympic Games, in 1956 and in 1960....	11.65
2	Catherine Capdevielle	11.94
3	Halina Richter-Górecka-Herrmann	12.13
4	Hannelore Raepke	12.45

Heat seven

Rank	Name	Time
1	Vera Kalashnikova-Krepkina	11.97
2	Brunhilde Hendrix Brunhilde Hendrix Brunhilde Hendrix is a West German athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres....	11.99
3	Teresa Ciepły-Wieczorek	12.25
4	Martha Hudson Martha Hudson Martha B. Hudson Pennyman is a former American athlete, who mainly competed in the 100 meters. She was born in Eastman, Georgia and attended Tennessee State University....	12.33
5	Aycan Önel	13.59

Quarterfinals

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

Heat one

Rank	Name	Time
1	Wilma Rudolph Wilma Rudolph Wilma Glodean Rudolph was an American athlete. Rudolph was considered the fastest woman in the world in the 1960s and competed in two Olympic Games, in 1956 and in 1960....	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	Val Morgan	12.66

Heat two

Rank	Name	Time
1	Mariya Itkina	11.88
2	Brunhilde Hendrix Brunhilde Hendrix Brunhilde Hendrix is a West German athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres....	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

Heat three

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Giuseppina Leone Giuseppina Leone Giuseppina "Giusy" Leone is an Italian athlete, who mainly competed in the 100 metres.She competed for Italy in the 100 metres at the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy, where she won the bronze medal, .06 seconds ahead of Maria Leontyavna Itkina of the Soviet Union.In 1954 in the European...
2	Catherine Capdevielle
3	Jenny Smart
4	Martha Hudson Martha Hudson Martha B. Hudson Pennyman is a former American athlete, who mainly competed in the 100 meters. She was born in Eastman, Georgia and attended Tennessee State University....
5	Olga Šikovec
6	Carlota Gooden
7	Nancy Lewington

Heat four

Rank	Name	Time
1	Dorothy Hyman Dorothy Hyman Dorothy Hyman is a British athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres....	11.77
2	Barbara Jones	12.02
3	Teresa Ciepły-Wieczorek	12.14
4	Betty Cuthbert Betty Cuthbert Elizabeth Cuthbert AM, MBE is an Australian athlete, and a fourfold Olympic champion....	12.18
5	Valerie Jerome	12.50
6	Vivi Markussen	12.56

Semifinals

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

Heat one

Rank	Name	Time	Notes
1	Wilma Rudolph Wilma Rudolph Wilma Glodean Rudolph was an American athlete. Rudolph was considered the fastest woman in the world in the 1960s and competed in two Olympic Games, in 1956 and in 1960....	11.41	=WR
2	Giuseppina Leone Giuseppina Leone Giuseppina "Giusy" Leone is an Italian athlete, who mainly competed in the 100 metres.She competed for Italy in the 100 metres at the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy, where she won the bronze medal, .06 seconds ahead of Maria Leontyavna Itkina of the Soviet Union.In 1954 in the European...	11.71
3	Jenny Smart	11.89
4	Halina Richter-Górecka-Herrmann	11.93
5	Brunhilde Hendrix Brunhilde Hendrix Brunhilde Hendrix is a West German athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres....	11.99
6	Vera Kalashnikova-Krepkina	12.08

Heat two

Rank	Name	Time
1	Dorothy Hyman Dorothy Hyman Dorothy Hyman is a British athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres....	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

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= 2.8 m/s.
Wind was over the allotted speed. All time in finals were wind assisted and do not count toward world or Olympic records.

Rank	Name	Time
	Wilma Rudolph Wilma Rudolph Wilma Glodean Rudolph was an American athlete. Rudolph was considered the fastest woman in the world in the 1960s and competed in two Olympic Games, in 1956 and in 1960....	11.18
	Dorothy Hyman Dorothy Hyman Dorothy Hyman is a British athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres....	11.43
	Giuseppina Leone Giuseppina Leone Giuseppina "Giusy" Leone is an Italian athlete, who mainly competed in the 100 metres.She competed for Italy in the 100 metres at the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy, where she won the bronze medal, .06 seconds ahead of Maria Leontyavna Itkina of the Soviet Union.In 1954 in the European...	11.48
4	Mariya Itkina	11.54
5	Catherine Capdevielle	11.64
6	Jenny Smart	11.72

Key: =WR = equaled world record

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