Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres explained

Event:	Women's 100 metres
Games:	1964 Summer
Venue:	Olympic Stadium
Dates:	15–16 October
Competitors:	45
Nations:	27
Win Value:	11.4
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Wyomia Tyus
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Edith McGuire
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Ewa Kłobukowska
Bronzenoc:	POL
Prev:	1960
Next:	1968

The women's 100 metres was the shortest of the four women's track races in the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 15 October and 16 October 1964. 45 athletes from 27 nations entered, with 1 not starting in the first round. The first two rounds were held on 15 October, with the semifinals and the final on 16 October.^[1]

Results

First round

The top five runners in each of the 6 heats advanced.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			11.2
2			11.5
3			11.6
4			11.8
5			11.9
6			11.9
7			12.0
data-sort-value=8	—

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			11.4
2			11.8
3			12.0
4			12.0
5			12.0
6			12.6
7			13.2

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			Unknown
2			11.7
3			12.0
4			12.0
5			12.0
6			12.1
data-sort-value=7	-

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			11.6
2			11.7
3			11.8
4			11.9
5			12.0
6			12.3
7			12.3

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			11.3
2			11.5
3			11.5
4			11.6
5			11.7
6			12.2
7			12.6
8			12.9

Heat 6

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			11.5
2			11.6
3			11.8
4			11.9
5			11.9
6			12.0
7			12.2
8			12.7

Second round

The top four runners in each of the four heats advanced to the semifinals.

Quarterfinal 1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Wyomia Tyus		11.2	,,
2	Dorothy Hyman		11.5
3	Galina Popova		11.5
4	Irene Piotrowski		11.6
5	Barbara Sobotta		11.8
6	Avis McIntosh^†		12.0
7	Irene Muyanga		12.2

^† In the Second Round results as per the Official Olympic report,^[2] Avis McIntosh, of New Zealand, was erroneously mentioned as a Dutch athlete.

Quarterfinal 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Marilyn Black		11.4
2	Marilyn White		11.5
3	Renāte Lāce		11.6
4	Carmen L. Smith		11.7
5	Heilwig Jacob		11.7
6			11.8
7	Clarice Ahanotu		11.8
8	Ulla-Britt Wieslander		11.9

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Edith McGuire		11.4
2	Halina Gorecka		11.5
3	Miguelina Cobián		11.5
4	Marko Nemeshazi		11.5
5	Dianne Marie Bowering		11.7
6	Rose Hart		11.9
7	Inge Aigner		12.0
8	Renate Meyer		12.1

Quarterfinal 4

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Ewa Kłobukowska		11.4
2	Daphne Arden		11.5
3			11.6
4	Margaret Burvill		11.7
5	Doreen Porter		11.8
6	Christiane Cadic		12.0
7	Galina Gaida		12.0

Semifinals

The top four runners in each of the two semifinals advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Miguelina Cobián		11.6
2	Marilyn Black		11.6
3	Edith McGuire		11.6
4	Halina Gorecka		11.7
5	Galina Popova		11.8
6	Daphne Arden		11.8
7			11.9
8	Carmen L. Smith		11.9

Semifinal 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Wyomia Tyus		11.3
2	Ewa Kłobukowska		11.4
3	Marilyn White		11.5
4	Dorothy Hyman		11.6
5	Irene Piotrowski		11.7
6	Renāte Lāce		11.7
7	Marko Nemeshazi		11.7
8	Margaret Burvill		11.8

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
			11.4
			11.6
			11.6
4			11.6
5			11.7
6			11.7
7			11.8
8			11.9

References

Official Report

Notes and References

Web site: Athletics at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Women's 100 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173337/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1964/ATH/womens-100-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 17 June 2017 . Sports Reference.
Book: THE GAMES OF THE XVIII OLYMPIAD TOKYO 1964 The Official Report of the Organizing Committee. 1964. the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVIII Olympiad. 89. 13 May 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150929073531/http://olympic-museum.de/o-reports/report1964.htm. 29 September 2015.