Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres event at the 1928 Olympic Games took place between July 30 & July 31.

Women's 100 metres at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Date	July 30 (heats & semifinals) July 31 (final)
Winning time	12.2
Medalists
Betty Robinson  United States Bobbie Rosenfeld  Canada Ethel Smith  Canada

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Anni Holdmann	Germany	13.0	Q
2	Edie Robinson	Australia	Unknown	Q
3	Derna Polazzo	Italy	Unknown

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Erna Steinberg	Germany	12.8	Q
2	Mary Washburn	United States	12.8	Q
3	Nettie Grooss	Netherlands	12.8
4	Ruth Svedberg	Sweden	Unknown

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Kinue Hitomi	Japan	12.8	Q
2	Jane Bell	Canada	13.0	Q
3	Anne Vrana-O'Brien	United States	13.1
4	Matilde Moraschi	Italy	13.6

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Leni Junker	Germany	12.8	Q
2	Elta Cartwright	United States	Unknown	Q
3	Yolande Plancke	France	Unknown

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Georgette Gagneux	France	13.0	Q
2	Maud Sundberg	Sweden	Unknown	Q
3	Luigia Bonfanti	Italy	Unknown

Heat 6

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Leni Schmidt	Germany	12.8	Q
2	Marjorie Clark	South Africa	13.0	Q
3	Rie Briejèr	Netherlands	13.1
4	Lucienne Velu	France	13.5

Heat 7

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Bobbie Rosenfeld	Canada	12.6	Q
2	Betty Robinson	United States	Unknown	Q
3	Lies Aengenendt	Netherlands	13.0

Heat 8

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Myrtle Cook	Canada	12.8	Q
2	Norma Wilson	New Zealand	13.0	Q
3	Bets ter Horst	Netherlands	13.0

Heat 9

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Ethel Smith	Canada	12.6	Q
2	Marguerite Radideau	France	Unknown	Q
3	Zinaida Liepiņa	Latvia	Unknown
4	Sidonie Verschueren	Belgium	Unknown

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Bobbie Rosenfeld	Canada	12.4	Q, OR
2	Ethel Smith	Canada	Unknown	Q
3	Georgette Gagneux	France	Unknown
4	Anni Holdmann	Germany	Unknown
5	Mary Washburn	United States	Unknown
6	Marjorie Clark	South Africa	Unknown

Semifinal 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Betty Robinson	United States	12.4	Q, =OR
2	Myrtle Cook	Canada	Unknown	Q
3	Edie Robinson	Australia	Unknown
4	Kinue Hitomi	Japan	Unknown
5	Leni Junker	Germany	Unknown
6	Maud Sundberg	Sweden	Unknown

Semifinal 3

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Leni Schmidt	Germany	12.8	Q
2	Erna Steinberg	Germany	12.9	Q
3	Jane Bell	Canada	Unknown
4	Elta Cartwright	United States	Unknown
5	Norma Wilson	New Zealand	Unknown
6	Marguerite Radideau	France	Unknown

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Betty Robinson	United States	12.2	=WR
	Bobbie Rosenfeld	Canada	12.3
	Ethel Smith	Canada	12.3
4	Erna Steinberg	Germany	12.4
–	Myrtle Cook	Canada	DQ
–	Leni Schmidt	Germany	DQ