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100 metres, Women

Date	15 – 16 October 1964
Status	Olympic
Location	Kokuritsu Kyogijo, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Participants	44 from 27 countries

The favorite was American Edith McGuire who had won the 100 and 200 at the US Olympic Trials. Her college teammate Wyomia Tyus was considered a possibility for a medal, but was not expected to defeat McGuire. But Tyus was the class of the field in Tokyo. In round two she ran 11.2 for an Olympic record, and equaled Wilma Rudolph’s world record. She ran 11.3 in the semis and then easily defeated McGuire in the final with 11.4. McGuire would go on to win the 200 and in 1968, Tyus would return to become the first woman to defend the 100 metre gold medal.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	QF	SF	Final
1	217	Wyomia Tyus	USA	11.3w (1 h5)	11.2 (1 h1)	11.3 (1 h2)	11.4 (1)	Gold
2	216	Edith McGuire	USA	11.4 (1 h2)	11.4w (1 h3)	11.6 (3 h1)	11.6 (2)	Silver
3	166	Ewa Kłobukowska	POL	11.4 (1 h3)	11.4 (1 h4)	11.4 (2 h2)	11.6 (3)	Bronze
4	218	Marilyn White	USA	11.4w (1 h1)	11.5 (2 h2)	11.5 (3 h2)	11.6 (4)
5	34	Miguelina Cobián	CUB	11.6 (2 h6)	11.5w (3 h3)	11.6 (1 h1)	11.7 (5)
6	8	Marilyn Black	AUS	11.5 (1 h6)	11.4 (1 h2)	11.6 (2 h1)	11.7 (6)
7	165	Halina Górecka	POL	11.5w (2 h5)	11.5w (2 h3)	11.7 (4 h1)	11.8 (7)
8	51	Dorothy Hyman	GBR	11.6 (1 h4)	11.5 (2 h1)	11.6 (4 h2)	11.9 (8)
5 h1 r3/4	194	Galina Popova	URS	11.8 (3 h4)	11.5 (3 h1)	11.8 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r3/4	27	Irene Piotrowski	CAN	11.5w (3 h5)	11.6 (4 h1)	11.7 (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r3/4	49	Daphne Arden	GBR	11.5w (2 h1)	11.5 (2 h4)	11.8 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r3/4	193	Renāte Lāce	URS	11.6w (3 h1)	11.6 (3 h2)	11.7 (6 h2)	–
7 h1 r3/4	35	Eva Lehocká	TCH	11.8 (3 h6)	11.6 (3 h4)	11.9 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r3/4	102	Margit Markó-Nemesházi	HUN	11.7 (2 h3)	11.5w (4 h3)	11.7 (7 h2)	–
8 h1 r3/4	122	Carmen Smith	JAM	11.7w (5 h5)	11.7 (4 h2)	11.9 (8 h1)	–
8 h2 r3/4	10	Margaret Burvill	AUS	11.6w (4 h5)	11.7 (4 h4)	11.8 (8 h2)	–
5 h1 r2/4	167	Barbara Sobotta	POL	11.8 (2 h2)	11.8 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r2/4	68	Heilwig Jacob	GER	11.9 (5 h6)	11.7 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r2/4	9	Dianne Bowering	AUS	11.8w (4 h1)	11.7w (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r2/4	150	Doreen Porter	NZL	11.7 (2 h4)	11.8 (5 h4)	–	–
6 h1 r2/4	149	Avis McIntosh	NZL	12.0 (4 h3)	12.0 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r2/4	42	Danielle Guéneau	FRA	12.0 (3 h3)	11.8 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r2/4	99	Rose Hart	GHA	11.9w (5 h1)	11.9w (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r2/4	41	Christiane Cadic	FRA	12.0 (3 h2)	12.0 (6 h4)	–	–
7 h1 r2/4	191	Irene Muyanga	UGA	12.0 (5 h4)	12.2 (7 h1)	–	–
7 h2 r2/4	137	Clarice Ahanotu	NGR	11.9 (4 h4)	11.8 (7 h2)	–	–
7 h3 r2/4	19	Inge Aigner	AUT	12.0 (5 h2)	12.0w (7 h3)	–	–
7 h4 r2/4	195	Galina Gayda	URS	11.9 (4 h6)	12.0 (7 h4)	–	–
8 h2 r2/4	180	Ulla-Britt Wieslander	SWE	12.0 (5 h3)	11.9 (8 h2)	–	–
8 h3 r2/4	69	Renate Meyer-Rose	GER	12.0 (4 h2)	12.1w (8 h3)	–	–
6 h1 r1/4	103	Erzsébet Bartos-Heldt	HUN	11.9w (6 h1)	–	–	–
6 h2 r1/4	153	Marcella Daniel	PAN	12.6 (6 h2)	–	–	–
6 h3 r1/4	119	Miriam Sidranski	ISR	12.1 (6 h3)	–	–	–
6 h4 r1/4	142	Joke Bijleveld	NED	12.3 (6 h4)	–	–	–
6 h5 r1/4	134	Esperanza Girón	MEX	12.2w (6 h5)	–	–	–
6 h6 r1/4	50	Madeleine Cobb	GBR	12.0 (6 h6)	–	–	–
7 h1 r1/4	158	Mona Sulaiman	PHI	12.0w (7 h1)	–	–	–
7 h2 r1/4	115	Simin Safamehr	IRI	13.2 (7 h2)	–	–	–
7 h4 r1/4	154	Delceita Oakley	PAN	12.3 (7 h4)	–	–	–
7 h5 r1/4	182	Kusolwan Sorut	THA	12.6w (7 h5)	–	–	–
7 h6 r1/4	3	Margarita Formeiro	ARG	12.2 (7 h6)	–	–	–
8 h5 r1/4	100	Christiana Boateng	GHA	12.9w (8 h5)	–	–	–
8 h6 r1/4	126	Song Yang-Ja	KOR	12.7 (8 h6)	–	–	–
AC h3 r1/4	70	Erika Pollmann	GER	– (DQ h3)	–	–	–
DNS	155	Jean Mitchell	PAN	– (DNS h1)	–	–	–

Round One (15 October 1964 — 10:00)

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

Heat One

Wind	2.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	2	Marilyn White	USA	11.4w	11.50w	Q
2	1	Daphne Arden	GBR	11.5w	11.55w	Q
3	4	Renāte Lāce	URS	11.6w	11.70w	Q
4	7	Dianne Bowering	AUS	11.8w	11.83w	Q
5	8	Rose Hart	GHA	11.9w	11.98w	Q
6	3	Erzsébet Bartos-Heldt	HUN	11.9w	12.01w
7	6	Mona Sulaiman	PHI	12.0w	12.01w
DNS	5	Jean Mitchell	PAN	–	–

Heat Two

Wind	1.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	7	Edith McGuire	USA	11.4	11.47	Q
2	1	Barbara Sobotta	POL	11.8	11.89	Q
3	3	Christiane Cadic	FRA	12.0	12.00	Q
4	4	Renate Meyer-Rose	GER	12.0	12.01	Q
5	5	Inge Aigner	AUT	12.0	12.05	Q
6	2	Marcella Daniel	PAN	12.6	12.60
7	6	Simin Safamehr	IRI	13.2	–

Heat Three

Wind	0.8 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	1	Ewa Kłobukowska	POL	11.4	11.45	Q
2	4	Margit Markó-Nemesházi	HUN	11.7	11.73	Q
3	6	Danielle Guéneau	FRA	12.0	12.02	Q
4	2	Avis McIntosh	NZL	12.0	12.06	Q
5	7	Ulla-Britt Wieslander	SWE	12.0	12.10	Q
6	5	Miriam Sidranski	ISR	12.1	12.16
DQ	3	Erika Pollmann	GER	–	–

Heat Four

Wind	0.5 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	4	Dorothy Hyman	GBR	11.6	11.64	Q
2	3	Doreen Porter	NZL	11.7	11.77	Q
3	7	Galina Popova	URS	11.8	11.82	Q
4	6	Clarice Ahanotu	NGR	11.9	11.95	Q
5	5	Irene Muyanga	UGA	12.0	12.05	Q
6	1	Joke Bijleveld	NED	12.3	12.35
7	2	Delceita Oakley	PAN	12.3	12.38

Heat Five

Wind	3.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	2	Wyomia Tyus	USA	11.3w	11.35w	Q
2	6	Halina Górecka	POL	11.5w	11.56w	Q
3	3	Irene Piotrowski	CAN	11.5w	11.59w	Q
4	4	Margaret Burvill	AUS	11.6w	11.68w	Q
5	7	Carmen Smith	JAM	11.7w	11.79w	Q
6	5	Esperanza Girón	MEX	12.2w	12.21w
7	1	Kusolwan Sorut	THA	12.6w	–
8	8	Christiana Boateng	GHA	12.9w	–

Heat Six

Wind	0.9 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	1	Marilyn Black	AUS	11.5	11.58	Q
2	4	Miguelina Cobián	CUB	11.6	11.67	Q
3	8	Eva Lehocká	TCH	11.8	11.89	Q
4	6	Galina Gayda	URS	11.9	11.94	Q
5	7	Heilwig Jacob	GER	11.9	11.96	Q
6	3	Madeleine Cobb	GBR	12.0	12.01
7	5	Margarita Formeiro	ARG	12.2	12.20
8	2	Song Yang-Ja	KOR	12.7	–

Quarter-Finals (15 October 1964 — 14:30)

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

Heat One

Wind	0.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	6	Wyomia Tyus	USA	11.2	11.23	Q=WR
2	2	Dorothy Hyman	GBR	11.5	11.54	Q
3	4	Galina Popova	URS	11.5	11.54	Q
4	5	Irene Piotrowski	CAN	11.6	11.63	Q
5	3	Barbara Sobotta	POL	11.8	11.84
6	7	Avis McIntosh	NZL	12.0	12.06
7	1	Irene Muyanga	UGA	12.2	12.24

Heat Two

Wind	1.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	4	Marilyn Black	AUS	11.4	–	Q
2	6	Marilyn White	USA	11.5	–	Q
3	8	Renāte Lāce	URS	11.6	–	Q
4	3	Carmen Smith	JAM	11.7	–	Q
5	5	Heilwig Jacob	GER	11.7	–
6	1	Danielle Guéneau	FRA	11.8	–
7	2	Clarice Ahanotu	NGR	11.8	–
8	7	Ulla-Britt Wieslander	SWE	11.9	–

Heat Three

Wind	3.7 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	2	Edith McGuire	USA	11.4w	–	Q
2	1	Halina Górecka	POL	11.5w	–	Q
3	8	Miguelina Cobián	CUB	11.5w	–	Q
4	7	Margit Markó-Nemesházi	HUN	11.5w	–	Q
5	6	Dianne Bowering	AUS	11.7w	–
6	5	Rose Hart	GHA	11.9w	–
7	3	Inge Aigner	AUT	12.0w	–
8	4	Renate Meyer-Rose	GER	12.1w	–

Heat Four

Wind	1.9 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	3	Ewa Kłobukowska	POL	11.4	–	Q
2	2	Daphne Arden	GBR	11.5	–	Q
3	1	Eva Lehocká	TCH	11.6	–	Q
4	5	Margaret Burvill	AUS	11.7	–	Q
5	4	Doreen Porter	NZL	11.8	–
6	6	Christiane Cadic	FRA	12.0	–
7	7	Galina Gayda	URS	12.0	–

Semi-Finals (16 October 1964 — 14:00)

Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One

Wind	0.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	2	Miguelina Cobián	CUB	11.6	11.62	Q
2	3	Marilyn Black	AUS	11.6	11.63	Q
3	4	Edith McGuire	USA	11.6	11.67	Q
4	5	Halina Górecka	POL	11.7	11.74	Q
5	6	Galina Popova	URS	11.8	11.83
6	1	Daphne Arden	GBR	11.8	11.84
7	7	Eva Lehocká	TCH	11.9	11.91
8	8	Carmen Smith	JAM	11.9	11.99

Heat Two

Wind	1.4 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	7	Wyomia Tyus	USA	11.3	11.40	Q
2	6	Ewa Kłobukowska	POL	11.4	11.42	Q
3	4	Marilyn White	USA	11.5	11.51	Q
4	5	Dorothy Hyman	GBR	11.6	11.66	Q
5	3	Irene Piotrowski	CAN	11.7	11.74
6	1	Renāte Lāce	URS	11.7	11.76
7	2	Margit Markó-Nemesházi	HUN	11.7	11.77
8	8	Margaret Burvill	AUS	11.8	11.85

Final (16 October 1964 — 16:20)

Wind	-1.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	6	Wyomia Tyus	USA	11.4	11.49
2	7	Edith McGuire	USA	11.6	11.62
3	1	Ewa Kłobukowska	POL	11.6	11.64
4	8	Marilyn White	USA	11.6	11.67
5	4	Miguelina Cobián	CUB	11.7	11.72
6	5	Marilyn Black	AUS	11.7	11.73
7	3	Halina Górecka	POL	11.8	11.83
8	2	Dorothy Hyman	GBR	11.9	11.90