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

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

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 →

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
  Renate Stecher   East Germany 3 11.07 WR
  Raelene Boyle   Australia 1 11.23
  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.

External links edit