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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	Nr	Athlete	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	Elizabeth 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 (1 September 1960 — 9:00)

Top four in each heat advanced to the quarter-finals.

Heat One

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	4	Giuseppina Leone	ITA	11.7	11.87	Q
2	5	Barbara Jones	USA	11.8	11.91	Q
3	2	Eleanor Haslam	CAN	12.0	12.21	Q
4	3	Elizabeth Jenner	GBR	12.2	12.39	Q
DNS	1	Ulla Flegel	AUT	–	–

Heat Two

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	2	Pat Duggan	AUS	11.9	12.18	Q
2	6	Mona Sulaiman	PHI	12.1	12.40	Q
3	3	Vivi Markussen	DEN	12.2	12.53	Q
4	1	Nancy Lewington	CAN	12.4	12.67	Q
DNS	4	Erzsébet Heldt	HUN	–	–
DNS	5	Irina Press	URS	–	–

Heat Three

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	1	Mariya Itkina	URS	11.7	11.83	Q
2	5	Marlene Mathews-Willard	AUS	12.0	12.10	Q
3	3	Olga Šikovec	YUG	12.1	12.24	Q
4	2	Carlota Gooden	PAN	12.2	12.36	Q
DNS	4	Antónia Munkácsi	HUN	–	–

Heat Four

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	4	Jenny Smart	GBR	11.9	12.04	Q
2	2	Betty Cuthbert	AUS	12.1	12.21	Q
3	1	Val Morgan	NZL	12.5	12.61	Q
4	5	Snezhana Kerkova	BUL	12.6	12.66	Q
DNS	3	Alena Stolzová	TCH	–	–

Heat Five

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	3	Dorothy Hyman	GBR	11.8	11.98	Q
2	5	Gisela Birkemeyer	GER	12.2	12.31	Q
3	1	Jean Holmes	PAN	12.4	12.52	Q
4	2	Valerie Jerome	CAN	12.5	12.58	Q
5	6	Maeve Kyle	IRL	12.5	12.59
6	4	Ilana Adir	ISR	12.9	13.04

Heat Six

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	5	Wilma Rudolph	USA	11.5	11.65	Q
2	3	Catherine Capdevielle	FRA	11.8	11.94	Q
3	2	Halina Richter	POL	12.0	12.13	Q
4	4	Hannelore Raepke	GER	12.3	12.45	Q
DNS	1	Siloo Mystri	IND	–	–

Heat Seven

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	3	Vera Krepkina	URS	11.8	11.97	Q
2	1	Brunhilde Hendrix	GER	11.8	11.99	Q
3	4	Teresa Wieczorek	POL	12.1	12.25	Q
4	2	Martha Hudson	USA	12.2	12.33	Q
5	5	Aycan Önel	TUR	13.4	13.59

Quarter-Finals (1 September 1960 — 15:00)

Top three in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
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 Two

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
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	Elizabeth Jenner	GBR	12.4	12.50
7	43	Snezhana Kerkova	BUL	12.7	12.80

Heat Three

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
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 Four

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
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 (2 September 1960 — 15:00)

Top three in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One

Wind	0.8 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	4	Wilma Rudolph	USA	11.3	11.41	Q=WR
2	3	Giuseppina Leone	ITA	11.6	11.71	Q
3	2	Jenny Smart	GBR	11.8	11.89	Q
4	5	Halina Richter	POL	11.8	11.93
5	1	Brunhilde Hendrix	GER	11.9	11.99
6	6	Vera Krepkina	URS	12.0	12.08

Heat Two

Wind	0.6 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	1	Dorothy Hyman	GBR	11.5	11.65	Q
2	5	Mariya Itkina	URS	11.7	11.78	Q
3	3	Catherine Capdevielle	FRA	11.7	11.82	Q
4	2	Barbara Jones	USA	11.7	11.84
5	4	Teresa Wieczorek	POL	11.9	12.05
6	6	Marlene Mathews-Willard	AUS	11.9	12.05

Final (2 September 1960 — 16:20)

Wind	2.8 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	1	Wilma Rudolph	USA	11.0w	11.18w
2	4	Dorothy Hyman	GBR	11.3w	11.43w
3	2	Giuseppina Leone	ITA	11.3w	11.48w
4	5	Mariya Itkina	URS	11.4w	11.54w
5	6	Catherine Capdevielle	FRA	11.5w	11.64w
6	3	Jenny Smart	GBR	11.6w	11.72w