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

Event:	Women's 100 metres
Games:	1972 Summer
Venue:	Olympic Stadium
Dates:	September 1 & 2
Competitors:	47
Nations:	33
Win Value:	11.07
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Renate Stecher
Goldnoc:	GDR
Silver:	Raelene Boyle
Silvernoc:	AUS
Bronze:	Silvia Chivás
Bronzenoc:	CUB
Prev:	1968
Next:	1976

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

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			3	11.18	WJR
2			7	11.30
3			4	11.43
4			1	11.52
5			5	11.60
6			8	11.64
7			6	11.68
8			2	12.78

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time
1			7	11.45
2			1	11.49
3			5	11.50
4			8	11.59
5			3	11.69
6			4	12.42
7			2	12.56
8			6	13.45

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time
1			3	11.34
2			5	11.54
3			8	11.55
4			1	11.61
5			4	11.73
6			2	11.97
7			7	12.16
8			6	12.51

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time
1			5	11.31
2			4	11.46
3			3	11.47
4			1	11.90
5			6	12.02
6			7	12.23
7			2	12.37
8			8	12.72

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time
1			7	11.37
2			1	11.53
3			3	11.55
4			8	11.56
5			4	11.63
6			6	11.89
7			2	12.06
8			5	13.84

Heat 6

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time
1			1	11.32
2			8	11.33
3			6	11.36
4			4	11.45
5			2	11.77
6			5	11.85
7			3	12.01
-	Nadezhda Bezfamilnaya		7	DNS

Quarterfinals

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

Quarterfinal 1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time
1			3	11.22
2			7	11.30
3			5	11.38
4			6	11.46
5			8	11.48
6			2	11.58
7			1	11.63
8			4	11.87

Quarterfinal 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time
1			5	11.27
2			6	11.49
T3			4	11.52
T3			8	11.52
5			7	11.72
6			1	11.85
7			2	12.04
8			3	12.13

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time
1			8	11.33
2			7	11.43
3			5	11.45
4			3	11.57
5			6	11.64
6			2	11.67
7			4	11.78
8			1	11.81

Quarterfinal 4

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time
1			1	11.27
2			8	11.42
3			6	11.46
4			4	11.46
5			7	11.47
6			5	11.48
7			3	11.55
8			2	11.66

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time
1			2	11.18
2			3	11.36
3			1	11.43
4			4	11.47
5			6	11.49
6			8	11.52
7			7	11.53
8			5	11.58

Semifinal 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time
1			8	11.32
2			6	11.33
3			7	11.39
4			4	11.49
5			1	11.49
6			2	11.54
7			5	11.64
8			3	11.67

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Notes
			3	11.07	WR
			1	11.23
			6	11.24
4			4	11.32
5			2	11.38
6			8	11.41
7			5	11.45
8			7	12.48

Key: WR = world record; DNS = did not start; T = Tie

External links

• Official report

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Women's 100 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173342/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/ATH/womens-100-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 1 July 2017 . Sports Reference.