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

Women's 100 metres at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	September 1 & 2, 1972
Competitors	47 from 33 nations
Winning time	11.07 WR
Medalists
Renate Stecher  East Germany Raelene Boyle  Australia Silvia Chivás  Cuba

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

Results

Heats

Top five in each heat (blue) and the next two fastest (pink) advanced to quarterfinal round.

Heat 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

Top four in each heat advanced to semifinal round (blue).

Quarterfinal 1

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

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

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

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

Top four in each heat advanced to the final round (blue).

Semifinal 1

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

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

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

External links

• Official report