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100 metres, Women

Date	14 – 15 October 1968
Status	Olympic
Location	Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Ciudad de México
Participants	42 from 22 countries

Since the 1964 Olympic Games the world record had been broken nine times by various runners, all recording 11.1. The altitude of Ciudad de México made further improvements likely. In the quarter-finals, American Barbara Ferrell struck first, equaling the world record. This was again equaled in the fourth quarter-final by Poland’s Irena Szewińska, who had been silver medalist in the 200 in 1964. But the final went to the defending gold medalist, Wyomia Tyus, who broke the world record with 11.0 (11.08), with Ferrell getting silver and Szewińska a bronze. Tyus became the first woman to defend the 100 metre gold medal.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	QF	SF	Final
1	105	Wyomia Tyus	USA	11.2 (1 h1)	11.0w (1 h2)	11.3 (1 h2)	11.0 (1)	Gold	WR
2	93	Barbara Ferrell	USA	11.2 (1 h6)	11.1 (1 h1)	11.3 (2 h1)	11.1 (2)	Silver
3	207	Irena Szewińska	POL	11.3 (1 h4)	11.1 (1 h4)	11.3 (1 h1)	11.1 (3)	Bronze
4	33	Raelene Boyle	AUS	11.4 (2 h4)	11.2 (1 h3)	11.4 (2 h2)	11.1 (4)
5	84	Margaret Bailes	USA	11.2 (1 h2)	11.3 (2 h3)	11.5 (3 h2)	11.3 (5)
6	35	Dianne Burge	AUS	11.5 (1 h3)	11.3 (2 h4)	11.4 (3 h1)	11.4 (6)
7	223	Chi Cheng	TPE	11.4 (3 h4)	11.3w (2 h2)	11.4 (4 h1)	11.5 (7)
8	65	Miguelina Cobián	CUB	11.4 (3 h2)	11.4 (4 h1)	11.6 (4 h2)	11.6 (8)
5 h1 r3/4	71	Fulgencia Romay	CUB	11.5 (2 h3)	11.4 (4 h4)	11.5 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r3/4	242	Lyudmila Samotesova	URS	11.5 (3 h3)	11.4 (4 h3)	11.6 (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r3/4	61	Irene Piotrowski	CAN	11.3 (2 h2)	11.3 (3 h4)	11.5 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r3/4	74	Eva Glesková	TCH	11.6 (1 h5)	11.2 (2 h1)	11.7 (6 h2)	–
7 h1 r3/4	129	Della James	GBR	11.7 (4 h4)	11.3 (3 h1)	11.6 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r3/4	153	Wilma van den Berg	NED	11.5 (3 h6)	11.4w (3 h2)	11.8 (7 h2)	–
8 h1 r3/4	231	Lyudmila Golomazova	URS	11.7 (3 h5)	11.5w (4 h2)	11.7 (8 h1)	–
8 h2 r3/4	134	Val Peat	GBR	11.5 (2 h1)	11.3 (3 h3)	11.8 (8 h2)	–
5 h1 r2/4	250	Lyudmila Zharkova	URS	11.5 (2 h6)	11.4 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r2/4	255	Marijana Lubej	YUG	11.6 (4 h1)	11.6w (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r2/4	70	Violeta Quesada	CUB	11.6 (3 h1)	11.6 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r2/4	120	Gabrielle Meyer	FRA	11.6 (5 h2)	11.6 (5 h4)	–	–
6 h1 r2/4	37	Pam Kilborn	AUS	11.6 (4 h2)	11.4 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r2/4	132	Anita Neil	GBR	11.6 (4 h3)	11.6w (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r2/4	9	Renate Meyer	FRG	11.7 (2 h5)	11.6 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r2/4	157	Györgyi Balogh-Szomov	HUN	11.8 (5 h6)	11.7 (6 h4)	–	–
7 h1 r2/4	149	Truus Hennipman-Cruiming	NED	11.7 (4 h5)	11.5 (7 h1)	–	–
7 h2 r2/4	60	Debbie Miller	CAN	11.7 (5 h1)	11.6w (7 h2)	–	–
7 h3 r2/4	192	Oyeronke Akindele	NGR	11.6 (5 h3)	11.7 (7 h3)	–	–
8 h1 r2/4	10	Karin Reichert	FRG	11.9 (5 h4)	11.6 (8 h1)	–	–
4 h5 r1/4	53	Stephanie Berto	CAN	11.8 (5 h5)	– (DNS h4)	–	–
4 h6 r1/4	193	Olajumoke Bodunrin	NGR	11.6 (4 h6)	– (DNS h2)	–	–
6 h1 r1/4	123	Sylviane Telliez	FRA	12.0 (6 h1)	–	–	–
6 h2 r1/4	31	Alicia Kaufmanas	ARG	11.8 (6 h2)	–	–	–
6 h3 r1/4	177	Vilma Charlton	JAM	11.7 (6 h3)	–	–	–
6 h4 r1/4	160	Mária Kiss	HUN	12.0 (6 h4)	–	–	–
6 h5 r1/4	165	Margit Markó-Nemesházi	HUN	11.9 (6 h5)	–	–	–
6 h6 r1/4	6	Halina Herrmann	FRG	11.8 (6 h6)	–	–	–
7 h1 r1/4	187	Esperanza Girón	MEX	12.2 (7 h1)	–	–	–
7 h2 r1/4	182	Carmen Smith	JAM	11.9 (7 h2)	–	–	–
7 h3 r1/4	220	Ulla-Britt Wieslander	SWE	11.8 (7 h3)	–	–	–
7 h5 r1/4	252	Josefa Vicent	URU	12.5 (7 h5)	–	–	–
7 h6 r1/4	83	Cecilia Sosa	ESA	13.7 (7 h6)	–	–	–
AC h4 r1/4	185	Lydia Stephens	KEN	– (DNF h4)	–	–	–
DNS	147	Hilly Gankema	NED	–	–	–	–

Round One

Date	14 October 1968 — 10:00
Format	Top five in each heat advanced to the quarter-finals.

Heat #1

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	105	Wyomia Tyus	USA	11.2	11.21	Q=OR
2	134	Val Peat	GBR	11.5	11.52	Q
3	70	Violeta Quesada	CUB	11.6	11.67	Q
4	255	Marijana Lubej	YUG	11.6	11.68	Q
5	60	Debbie Miller	CAN	11.7	11.71	Q
6	123	Sylviane Telliez	FRA	12.0	12.10
7	187	Esperanza Girón	MEX	12.2	12.30

Heat #2

Wind	1.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	84	Margaret Bailes	USA	11.2	11.30	Q=OR
2	61	Irene Piotrowski	CAN	11.3	11.40	Q
3	65	Miguelina Cobián	CUB	11.4	11.48	Q
4	37	Pam Kilborn	AUS	11.6	11.62	Q
5	120	Gabrielle Meyer	FRA	11.6	11.65	Q
6	31	Alicia Kaufmanas	ARG	11.8	11.90
7	182	Carmen Smith	JAM	11.9	11.94

Heat #3

Wind	0.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	35	Dianne Burge	AUS	11.5	11.53	Q
2	71	Fulgencia Romay	CUB	11.5	11.53	Q
3	242	Lyudmila Samotesova	URS	11.5	11.57	Q
4	132	Anita Neil	GBR	11.6	11.70	Q
5	192	Oyeronke Akindele	NGR	11.6	11.70	Q
6	177	Vilma Charlton	JAM	11.7	11.71
7	220	Ulla-Britt Wieslander	SWE	11.8	11.86

Heat #4

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	207	Irena Szewińska	POL	11.3	11.32	Q
2	33	Raelene Boyle	AUS	11.4	11.44	Q
3	223	Chi Cheng	TPE	11.4	11.45	Q
4	129	Della James	GBR	11.7	11.78	Q
5	10	Karin Reichert	FRG	11.9	11.95	Q
6	160	Mária Kiss	HUN	12.0	12.10
DNF	185	Lydia Stephens	KEN	–	–

Heat #5

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	74	Eva Glesková	TCH	11.6	11.62	Q
2	9	Renate Meyer	FRG	11.7	11.71	Q
3	231	Lyudmila Golomazova	URS	11.7	11.74	Q
4	149	Truus Hennipman-Cruiming	NED	11.7	11.76	Q
5	53	Stephanie Berto	CAN	11.8	11.81	Q
6	165	Margit Markó-Nemesházi	HUN	11.9	12.00
7	252	Josefa Vicent	URU	12.5	12.53

Heat #6

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	93	Barbara Ferrell	USA	11.2	11.28	Q=OR
2	250	Lyudmila Zharkova	URS	11.5	11.54	Q
3	153	Wilma van den Berg	NED	11.5	11.60	Q
4	193	Olajumoke Bodunrin	NGR	11.6	11.71	Q
5	157	Györgyi Balogh-Szomov	HUN	11.8	11.80	Q
6	6	Halina Herrmann	FRG	11.8	11.88
7	83	Cecilia Sosa	ESA	13.7	13.76

Quarter-Finals

Date	14 October 1968 — 15:30
Format	Top four in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat #1

Wind	0.6 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	93	Barbara Ferrell	USA	11.1	11.12	QOR
2	74	Eva Glesková	TCH	11.2	11.29	Q
3	129	Della James	GBR	11.3	11.36	Q
4	65	Miguelina Cobián	CUB	11.4	11.41	Q
5	250	Lyudmila Zharkova	URS	11.4	11.43
6	37	Pam Kilborn	AUS	11.4	11.50
7	149	Truus Hennipman-Cruiming	NED	11.5	11.59
8	10	Karin Reichert	FRG	11.6	11.70

Heat #2

Wind	2.7 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	105	Wyomia Tyus	USA	11.0w	11.08w	Q
2	223	Chi Cheng	TPE	11.3w	11.31w	Q
3	153	Wilma van den Berg	NED	11.4w	11.45w	Q
4	231	Lyudmila Golomazova	URS	11.5w	11.54w	Q
5	255	Marijana Lubej	YUG	11.6w	11.61w
6	132	Anita Neil	GBR	11.6w	11.61w
7	60	Debbie Miller	CAN	11.6w	11.64w
DNS	193	Olajumoke Bodunrin	NGR	–	–

Heat #3

Wind	0.8 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	33	Raelene Boyle	AUS	11.2	11.29	Q
2	84	Margaret Bailes	USA	11.3	11.34	Q
3	134	Val Peat	GBR	11.3	11.39	Q
4	242	Lyudmila Samotesova	URS	11.4	11.45	Q
5	70	Violeta Quesada	CUB	11.6	11.65
6	9	Renate Meyer	FRG	11.6	11.67
7	192	Oyeronke Akindele	NGR	11.7	11.75

Heat #4

Wind	1.8 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	207	Irena Szewińska	POL	11.1	11.20	Q=OR
2	35	Dianne Burge	AUS	11.3	11.33	Q
3	61	Irene Piotrowski	CAN	11.3	11.41	Q
4	71	Fulgencia Romay	CUB	11.4	11.47	Q
5	120	Gabrielle Meyer	FRA	11.6	11.69
6	157	Györgyi Balogh-Szomov	HUN	11.7	11.78
DNS	53	Stephanie Berto	CAN	–	–

Semi-Finals

Date	15 October 1968 — 15:00
Format	Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat #1

Wind	-0.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	207	Irena Szewińska	POL	11.3	11.30	Q
2	93	Barbara Ferrell	USA	11.3	11.37	Q
3	35	Dianne Burge	AUS	11.4	11.46	Q
4	223	Chi Cheng	TPE	11.4	11.49	Q
5	71	Fulgencia Romay	CUB	11.5	11.52
6	61	Irene Piotrowski	CAN	11.5	11.55
7	129	Della James	GBR	11.6	11.68
8	231	Lyudmila Golomazova	URS	11.7	11.71

Heat #2

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	105	Wyomia Tyus	USA	11.3	11.35	Q
2	33	Raelene Boyle	AUS	11.4	11.41	Q
3	84	Margaret Bailes	USA	11.5	11.53	Q
4	65	Miguelina Cobián	CUB	11.6	11.63	Q
5	242	Lyudmila Samotesova	URS	11.6	11.67
6	74	Eva Glesková	TCH	11.7	11.80
7	153	Wilma van den Berg	NED	11.8	11.81
8	134	Val Peat	GBR	11.8	11.81

Final

Date	15 October 1968 — 17:50
Wind	1.2 m/s

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	Wyomia Tyus	USA	11.0	11.08	WR
2	Barbara Ferrell	USA	11.1	11.15
3	Irena Szewińska	POL	11.1	11.19
4	Raelene Boyle	AUS	11.1	11.20
5	Margaret Bailes	USA	11.3	11.37
6	Dianne Burge	AUS	11.4	11.44
7	Chi Cheng	TPE	11.5	11.53
8	Miguelina Cobián	CUB	11.6	11.61