Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres explained

Event:	Women's 100 metres
Games:	1960 Summer
Venue:	Olympic Stadium
Dates:	September 1 (heats and quarterfinals) September 2 (semifinals and final)
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Wilma Rudolph
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Dorothy Hyman
Silvernoc:	GBR
Bronze:	Giuseppina Leone
Bronzenoc:	ITA
Prev:	1956
Next:	1964

The women's 100 metres sprint event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place between September 1 and September 2.^[1]

Results

Heats

The fastest four runners in each of the seven heats advanced to the quarterfinal round.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Giuseppina Leone		11.87
2	Barbara Jones		11.91
3	Eleanor Haslam		12.21
4	Elizabeth Jenner		12.39

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Pat Duggan		12.18
2	Mona Sulaiman		12.40
3	Vivi Markussen		12.53
4	Nancy Lewington		12.67

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Mariya Itkina		11.83
2	Marlene Mathews-Willard		12.10
3	Olga Šikovec		12.24
4	Carlota Gooden		12.36

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Jenny Smart		12.04
2	Betty Cuthbert		12.21
3	Valerie Morgan		12.61
4	Snezhana Kerkova		12.66

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Dorothy Hyman		11.98
2	Gisela Köhler-Birkemeyer		12.31
3	Jean Holmes-Mitchell		12.52
4	Valerie Jerome		12.58
5	Maeve Kyle		12.59
6	Ilana Adir		13.04

Heat 6

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Wilma Rudolph		11.65
2	Catherine Capdevielle		11.94
3	Halina Richter-Górecka-Herrmann		12.13
4	Hannelore Raepke		12.45

Heat 7

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Vera Kalashnikova-Krepkina		11.97
2	Brunhilde Hendrix		11.99
3	Teresa Ciepły-Wieczorek		12.25
4	Martha Hudson		12.33
5	Aycan Önel		13.59

Quarterfinals

The fastest three runners in each of the four heats advanced to the semifinal round.

Quarterfinal 1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Wilma Rudolph		11.70
2	Vera Kalashnikova-Krepkina		12.14
3	Marlene Mathews-Willard		12.25
4	Gisela Köhler-Birkemeyer		12.26
5	Eleanor Haslam		12.46
6	Mona Sulaiman		12.54
7	Valerie Morgan		12.66

Quarterfinal 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Mariya Itkina		11.88
2	Brunhilde Hendrix		12.02
3	Halina Richter-Górecka-Herrmann		12.10
4	Pat Duggan		12.32
5	Jean Holmes-Mitchell		12.39
6	Elizabeth Jenner		12.50
7	Snezhana Kerkova		12.80

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Giuseppina Leone		12.11
2	Catherine Capdevielle		12.16
3	Jenny Smart		12.17
4	Martha Hudson		12.30
5	Olga Šikovec		12.61
6	Carlota Gooden		12.70
7	Nancy Lewington		13.23

Quarterfinal 4

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Dorothy Hyman		11.77
2	Barbara Jones		12.02
3	Teresa Ciepły-Wieczorek		12.14
4	Betty Cuthbert		12.18
5	Valerie Jerome		12.50
6	Vivi Markussen		12.56

Semifinals

The fastest three runners in each of the two heats advanced to the final round.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			11.41	,
2	Giuseppina Leone		11.71
3	Jenny Smart		11.89
4	Halina Richter-Górecka-Herrmann		11.93
5	Brunhilde Hendrix		11.99
6	Vera Kalashnikova-Krepkina		12.08

Semifinal 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			11.65
2	Mariya Itkina		11.78
3	Catherine Capdevielle		11.82
4	Barbara Jones		11.84
5	Teresa Ciepły-Wieczorek		12.05
6	Marlene Mathews-Willard		12.05

Final

Wind = 2.8 m/s.
Wind was over the allotted speed. All times in the finals were considered wind assisted and therefore were not counted toward world or Olympic records.

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
			11.18
			11.43
			11.48
4			11.54
5			11.64
6			11.72

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Women's 100 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173335/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1960/ATH/womens-100-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 17 June 2017 . Sports Reference.