1962 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres explained

Event:	Women's 100 metres
Competition:	1962 European Athletics Championships
Venue:	JNA Stadium
Location:	Belgrade
Competitors:	19
Nations:	11
Win Value:	11.3
Gold:	Dorothy Hyman
Silver:	Jutta Heine
Bronze:	Teresa Ciepły
Gold Nation:	GBR
Silver Nation:	FRG
Bronze Nation:	POL
Previous:	1958
Next:	1966

The women's 100 metres at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Belgrade, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 12 and 13 September 1962.^[1]

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

12 September

Rank	Name	Time
1	align=left	align=left	11.9
2	align=left	align=left	11.9
3	align=left	align=left	12.0
4	align=left	align=left	12.1
5	align=left	align=left	12.2
		Wind: -0.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Time
1	align=left	align=left	11.5	,
2	align=left	align=left	11.7
3	align=left	align=left	11.8
4	align=left	align=left	12.0
5	align=left	align=left	13.0
		Wind: -0.3 m/s

Rank	Name	Time
1	align=left	align=left	11.6
2	align=left	align=left	11.8
3	align=left	align=left	11.9
4	align=left	align=left	12.1
5	align=left	align=left	12.2
		Wind: -0.5 m/s

13 September

Rank	Name	Time
1	align=left	align=left	11.4	,
2	align=left	align=left	11.6
3	align=left	align=left	11.7
4	align=left	align=left	11.8
5	align=left	align=left	12.0
6	align=left	align=left	12.6
		Wind: +0.8 m/s

Rank	Name	Time
1	align=left	align=left	11.6
2	align=left	align=left	11.7
3	align=left	align=left	11.7
4	align=left	align=left	11.8
5	align=left	align=left	11.9
6	align=left	align=left	12.0
		Wind: +0.6 m/s

13 September