| | Event type
100 metres, Women
| Date | 1 – 2 September 1972 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Olympiastadion, Olympiapark, München |
| Participants | 47 from 33 countries |
The favorites were Renate Stecher (GDR), who had won the 1971 European Championships, and Raelene Boyle (AUS), who had won the 1970 Commonwealth Games title. Stecher was also a world record holder, having equaled the mark of 11.0 three times since 1970. In the final, Stecher led from the start, pulling away to win by over a metre from Boyle, and broke the auto-timed world record with 11.07. In third, Silvia Chivás won the first individual Olympic medal ever by a Cuban woman.
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | R1 | QF | SF | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 147 | Renate Stecher |  GDR | 11.31 (1 h4) | 11.27 (1 h2) | 11.18 (1 h1) | 11.07 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | 2 | Raelene Boyle |  AUS | 11.37 (1 h5) | 11.30 (2 h1) | 11.32 (1 h2) | 11.23 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | 66 | Silvia Chivás |  CUB | 11.18 (1 h1) | 11.22 (1 h1) | 11.33 (2 h2) | 11.24 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 370 | Iris Davis |  USA | 11.34 (1 h3) | 11.27 (1 h4) | 11.36 (2 h1) | 11.32 (4) | |||
| 5 | 172 | Annegret Richter |  FRG | 11.30 (2 h1) | 11.33 (1 h3) | 11.39 (3 h2) | 11.38 (5) | |||
| 6 | 183 | Alice Annum |  GHA | 11.54 (2 h3) | 11.45 (3 h3) | 11.47 (4 h1) | 11.41 (6) | |||
| 7 | 374 | Barbara Ferrell | USA | 11.47 (3 h4) | 11.38 (3 h1) | 11.49 (4 h2) | 11.45 (7) | |||
| 8 | 324 | Eva Glesková |  TCH | 11.50 (3 h2) | 11.43 (2 h3) | 11.43 (3 h1) | 12.48 (8) | |||
| 5 h1 r3/4 | 176 | Elfgard Schittenhelm | FRG | 11.32 (1 h6) | 11.42 (2 h4) | 11.49 (5 h1) | – | |||
| 5 h2 r3/4 | 211 | Esther Shakhamorov |  ISR | 11.45 (1 h2) | 11.46 (4 h1) | 11.49 (5 h2) | – | |||
| 6 h1 r3/4 | 73 | Carmen Valdés | CUB | 11.53 (2 h5) | 11.46 (3 h4) | 11.52 (6 h1) | – | |||
| 6 h2 r3/4 | 285 | Irena Szewińska |  POL | 11.33 (2 h6) | 11.49 (2 h2) | 11.54 (6 h2) | – | |||
| 7 h1 r3/4 | 169 | Ingrid Mickler-Becker | FRG | 11.55 (3 h5) | 11.52 (=3 h2) | 11.53 (7 h1) | – | |||
| 7 h2 r3/4 | 105 | Andrea Lynch |  GBR | 11.52 (4 h1) | 11.57 (4 h3) | 11.64 (7 h2) | – | |||
| 8 h1 r3/4 | 220 | Rosie Allwood |  JAM | 11.46 (2 h4) | 11.52 (=3 h2) | 11.58 (8 h1) | – | |||
| 8 h2 r3/4 | 363 | Lyudmila Zharkova |  URS | 11.56 (4 h5) | 11.46 (4 h4) | 11.67 (8 h2) | – | |||
| 5 h1 r2/4 | 149 | Ellen Strophal | GDR | 11.63 (5 h5) | 11.48 (5 h1) | – | – | |||
| 5 h2 r2/4 | 104 | Sonia Lannaman | GBR | 11.45 (4 h6) | 11.72 (5 h2) | – | – | |||
| 5 h3 r2/4 | 93 | Sylviane Telliez |  FRA | 11.36 (3 h6) | 11.64 (5 h3) | – | – | |||
| 5 h4 r2/4 | 191 | Wilma van Gool-van den Berg |  NED | 11.43 (3 h1) | 11.47 (5 h4) | – | – | |||
| 6 h1 r2/4 | 108 | Anita Neil | GBR | 11.55 (3 h3) | 11.58 (6 h1) | – | – | |||
| 6 h2 r2/4 | 12 | Pam Kilborn-Ryan | AUS | 11.73 (5 h3) | 11.85 (6 h2) | – | – | |||
| 6 h3 r2/4 | 390 | Mattiline Render | USA | 11.60 (5 h1) | 11.67 (6 h3) | – | – | |||
| 6 h4 r2/4 | 43 | Ivanka Valkova |  BUL | 11.49 (2 h2) | 11.48 (6 h4) | – | – | |||
| 7 h1 r2/4 | 215 | Cecilia Molinari |  ITA | 11.61 (4 h3) | 11.63 (7 h1) | – | – | |||
| 7 h2 r2/4 | 182 | Hannah Afriyie | GHA | 11.90 (4 h4) | 12.04 (7 h2) | – | – | |||
| 7 h3 r2/4 | 5 | Marion Hoffman | AUS | 11.68 (7 h1) | 11.78 (7 h3) | – | – | |||
| 7 h4 r2/4 | 134 | Evelin Kaufer | GDR | 11.59 (4 h2) | 11.55 (7 h4) | – | – | |||
| 8 h1 r2/4 | 259 | Brenda Matthews |  NZL | 11.77 (5 h6) | 11.87 (8 h1) | – | – | |||
| 8 h2 r2/4 | 216 | Laura Nappi | ITA | 12.02 (5 h4) | 12.13 (8 h2) | – | – | |||
| 8 h3 r2/4 | 336 | Galina Bukharina | URS | 11.69 (5 h2) | 11.81 (8 h3) | – | – | |||
| 8 h4 r2/4 | 60 | Juana Mosquera |  COL | 11.64 (6 h1) | 11.66 (8 h4) | – | – | |||
| 6 h2 r1/4 | 407 | Beatrice Lungu |  ZAM | 12.42 (6 h2) | – | – | – | |||
| 6 h3 r1/4 | 312 | Linda Haglund |  SWE | 11.97 (6 h3) | – | – | – | |||
| 6 h4 r1/4 | 205 | Carolina Rieuwpassa |  INA | 12.23 (6 h4) | – | – | – | |||
| 6 h5 r1/4 | 78 | Tuula Rautanen |  FIN | 11.89 (6 h5) | – | – | – | |||
| 6 h6 r1/4 | 261 | María Luisa Vilca |  PER | 11.85 (6 h6) | – | – | – | |||
| 7 h2 r1/4 | 241 | Fatima El-Faquir |  MAR | 12.56 (7 h2) | – | – | – | |||
| 7 h3 r1/4 | 26 | Freida Nicholls-Davy |  BAR | 12.16 (7 h3) | – | – | – | |||
| 7 h4 r1/4 | 262 | Amelita Alanes |  PHI | 12.37 (7 h4) | – | – | – | |||
| 7 h5 r1/4 | 248 | Emilia Edet |  NGR | 12.06 (7 h5) | – | – | – | |||
| 7 h6 r1/4 | 22 | Claudette Powell |  BAH | 12.01 (7 h6) | – | – | – | |||
| 8 h1 r1/4 | 244 | Missie Misomali |  MAW | 12.78 (8 h1) | – | – | – | |||
| 8 h2 r1/4 | 246 | Russel Carrero |  NCA | 13.45 (8 h2) | – | – | – | |||
| 8 h3 r1/4 | 1 | Irene Fitzner |  ARG | 12.51 (8 h3) | – | – | – | |||
| 8 h4 r1/4 | 237 | Meas Kheng |  CAM | 12.72 (8 h4) | – | – | – | |||
| 8 h5 r1/4 | 186 | Mireille Joseph |  HAI | 13.84 (8 h5) | – | – | – | |||
| 334 | Nadezhda Besfamilnaya | URS | – (DNS h6) | – | – | – |
Round One (1 September 1972 — 11:00)
Top five in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the quarter-finals.
Heat One
| Wind | -0.8 m/s |
|---|
| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Silvia Chivás | CUB | 11.18 | |||
| 2 | 7 | Annegret Richter | FRG | 11.30 | |||
| 3 | 4 | Wilma van Gool-van den Berg | NED | 11.43 | |||
| 4 | 1 | Andrea Lynch | GBR | 11.52 | |||
| 5 | 5 | Mattiline Render | USA | 11.60 | |||
| 6 | 8 | Juana Mosquera | COL | 11.64 | |||
| 7 | 6 | Marion Hoffman | AUS | 11.68 | |||
| 8 | 2 | Missie Misomali | MAW | 12.78 |
Heat Two
| Wind | -0.9 m/s |
|---|
| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Esther Shakhamorov | ISR | 11.45 | |||
| 2 | 1 | Ivanka Valkova | BUL | 11.49 | |||
| 3 | 5 | Eva Glesková | TCH | 11.50 | |||
| 4 | 8 | Evelin Kaufer | GDR | 11.59 | |||
| 5 | 3 | Galina Bukharina | URS | 11.69 | |||
| 6 | 4 | Beatrice Lungu | ZAM | 12.42 | |||
| 7 | 2 | Fatima El-Faquir | MAR | 12.56 | |||
| 8 | 6 | Russel Carrero | NCA | 13.45 |
Heat Three
| Wind | -0.4 m/s |
|---|
| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Iris Davis | USA | 11.34 | |||
| 2 | 5 | Alice Annum | GHA | 11.54 | |||
| 3 | 8 | Anita Neil | GBR | 11.55 | |||
| 4 | 1 | Cecilia Molinari | ITA | 11.61 | |||
| 5 | 4 | Pam Kilborn-Ryan | AUS | 11.73 | |||
| 6 | 2 | Linda Haglund | SWE | 11.97 | |||
| 7 | 7 | Freida Nicholls-Davy | BAR | 12.16 | |||
| 8 | 6 | Irene Fitzner | ARG | 12.51 |
Heat Four
| Wind | -0.5 m/s |
|---|
| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Renate Stecher | GDR | 11.31 | |||
| 2 | 4 | Rosie Allwood | JAM | 11.46 | |||
| 3 | 3 | Barbara Ferrell | USA | 11.47 | |||
| 4 | 1 | Hannah Afriyie | GHA | 11.90 | |||
| 5 | 6 | Laura Nappi | ITA | 12.02 | |||
| 6 | 7 | Carolina Rieuwpassa | INA | 12.23 | |||
| 7 | 2 | Amelita Alanes | PHI | 12.37 | |||
| 8 | 8 | Meas Kheng | CAM | 12.72 |
Heat Five
| Wind | -0.3 m/s |
|---|
| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Raelene Boyle | AUS | 11.37 | |||
| 2 | 1 | Carmen Valdés | CUB | 11.53 | |||
| 3 | 3 | Ingrid Mickler-Becker | FRG | 11.55 | |||
| 4 | 8 | Lyudmila Zharkova | URS | 11.56 | |||
| 5 | 4 | Ellen Strophal | GDR | 11.63 | |||
| 6 | 6 | Tuula Rautanen | FIN | 11.89 | |||
| 7 | 2 | Emilia Edet | NGR | 12.06 | |||
| 8 | 5 | Mireille Joseph | HAI | 13.84 |
Heat Six
| Wind | -1.3 m/s |
|---|
| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Elfgard Schittenhelm | FRG | 11.32 | |||
| 2 | 8 | Irena Szewińska | POL | 11.33 | |||
| 3 | 6 | Sylviane Telliez | FRA | 11.36 | |||
| 4 | 4 | Sonia Lannaman | GBR | 11.45 | |||
| 5 | 2 | Brenda Matthews | NZL | 11.77 | |||
| 6 | 5 | María Luisa Vilca | PER | 11.85 | |||
| 7 | 3 | Claudette Powell | BAH | 12.01 | |||
| 7 | Nadezhda Besfamilnaya | URS | – |
Quarter-Finals (1 September 1972 — 15:30)
Top four in each heat advanced to the final.
Heat One
| Wind | 0.9 m/s |
|---|
| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Silvia Chivás | CUB | 11.22 | |||
| 2 | 7 | Raelene Boyle | AUS | 11.30 | |||
| 3 | 5 | Barbara Ferrell | USA | 11.38 | |||
| 4 | 6 | Esther Shakhamorov | ISR | 11.46 | |||
| 5 | 8 | Ellen Strophal | GDR | 11.48 | |||
| 6 | 2 | Anita Neil | GBR | 11.58 | |||
| 7 | 1 | Cecilia Molinari | ITA | 11.63 | |||
| 8 | 4 | Brenda Matthews | NZL | 11.87 |
Heat Two
| Wind | -0.5 m/s |
|---|
| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Renate Stecher | GDR | 11.27 | |||
| 2 | 6 | Irena Szewińska | POL | 11.49 | |||
| =3 | 4 | Ingrid Mickler-Becker | FRG | 11.52 | |||
| =3 | 8 | Rosie Allwood | JAM | 11.52 | |||
| 5 | 7 | Sonia Lannaman | GBR | 11.72 | |||
| 6 | 1 | Pam Kilborn-Ryan | AUS | 11.85 | |||
| 7 | 2 | Hannah Afriyie | GHA | 12.04 | |||
| 8 | 3 | Laura Nappi | ITA | 12.13 |
Heat Three
| Wind | 0.2 m/s |
|---|
| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Annegret Richter | FRG | 11.33 | |||
| 2 | 7 | Eva Glesková | TCH | 11.43 | |||
| 3 | 5 | Alice Annum | GHA | 11.45 | |||
| 4 | 3 | Andrea Lynch | GBR | 11.57 | |||
| 5 | 6 | Sylviane Telliez | FRA | 11.64 | |||
| 6 | 2 | Mattiline Render | USA | 11.67 | |||
| 7 | 4 | Marion Hoffman | AUS | 11.78 | |||
| 8 | 1 | Galina Bukharina | URS | 11.81 |
Heat Four
| Wind | -0.4 m/s |
|---|
| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Iris Davis | USA | 11.27 | |||
| 2 | 8 | Elfgard Schittenhelm | FRG | 11.42 | |||
| 3 | 6 | Carmen Valdés | CUB | 11.46 | |||
| 4 | 4 | Lyudmila Zharkova | URS | 11.46 | |||
| 5 | 7 | Wilma van Gool-van den Berg | NED | 11.47 | |||
| 6 | 5 | Ivanka Valkova | BUL | 11.48 | |||
| 7 | 3 | Evelin Kaufer | GDR | 11.55 | |||
| 8 | 2 | Juana Mosquera | COL | 11.66 |
Semi-Finals (2 September 1972 — 15:00)
Top four in each heat advanced to the final.
Heat One
| Wind | -0.3 m/s |
|---|
| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Renate Stecher | GDR | 11.18 | |||
| 2 | 3 | Iris Davis | USA | 11.36 | |||
| 3 | 1 | Eva Glesková | TCH | 11.43 | |||
| 4 | 4 | Alice Annum | GHA | 11.47 | |||
| 5 | 6 | Elfgard Schittenhelm | FRG | 11.49 | |||
| 6 | 8 | Carmen Valdés | CUB | 11.52 | |||
| 7 | 7 | Ingrid Mickler-Becker | FRG | 11.53 | |||
| 8 | 5 | Rosie Allwood | JAM | 11.58 |
Heat Two
| Wind | -0.1 m/s |
|---|
| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Raelene Boyle | AUS | 11.32 | |||
| 2 | 6 | Silvia Chivás | CUB | 11.33 | |||
| 3 | 7 | Annegret Richter | FRG | 11.39 | |||
| 4 | 4 | Barbara Ferrell | USA | 11.49 | |||
| 5 | 1 | Esther Shakhamorov | ISR | 11.49 | |||
| 6 | 2 | Irena Szewińska | POL | 11.54 | |||
| 7 | 5 | Andrea Lynch | GBR | 11.64 | |||
| 8 | 3 | Lyudmila Zharkova | URS | 11.67 |
Final (2 September 1972 — 17:30)
| Wind | -0.2 m/s |
|---|
| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Renate Stecher | GDR | 11.07 | |||
| 2 | 1 | Raelene Boyle | AUS | 11.23 | |||
| 3 | 6 | Silvia Chivás | CUB | 11.24 | |||
| 4 | 4 | Iris Davis | USA | 11.32 | |||
| 5 | 2 | Annegret Richter | FRG | 11.38 | |||
| 6 | 8 | Alice Annum | GHA | 11.41 | |||
| 7 | 5 | Barbara Ferrell | USA | 11.45 | |||
| 8 | 7 | Eva Glesková | TCH | 12.48 |