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

Event:	Women's 100 metres hurdles
Games:	1972 Summer
Venue:	Olympic Stadium, Munich, West Germany
Date:	4 September 1972 & 8 September 1972
Competitors:	25
Nations:	15
Win Value:	12.59
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Annelie Ehrhardt
Goldnoc:	GDR
Silver:	Valeria Bufanu
Silvernoc:	ROU
Bronze:	Karin Balzer
Bronzenoc:	GDR
Prev:	1968
Next:	1976

These are the official results of the Women's 100 metres hurdles event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. The competition was held on the 4 & 8 of September. This was the first time this distance for women was held at the Olympics; the previous distance of 80 metres were discontinued after the 1968 Games. Pam Kilborn and Karin Balzer were back for their third Olympic games.^[1]

Heats

The top four runners in each heat advanced to the semifinal round.

Heat one

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
1	3	12.70	OR
2	1	12.93
3	5	13.16
4	2	13.17
5	6	13.37
6	7	15.15
-	4	DNS		-

Heat two

Rank	Lane	Time
1	2	12.94
2	1	13.03
3	5	13.46
4	3	13.78
5	4	13.81
6	6	13.82

Heat three

Rank	Lane	Time
1	1	13.29
2	3	13.31
3	4	13.51
4	2	13.61
5	6	13.63
6	5	15.89
-	7	DNS

Heat four

Rank	Lane	Time
1	7	13.10
2	3	13.28
3	2	13.33
4	6	13.50
5	1	13.53
6	5	14.37
7	4	14.67

Semifinals

Top four in each heat advanced to the final round.

Heat one

Rank	Lane	Time
1	1	12.84
2	8	12.95
3	6	12.97
4	4	13.10
5	5	13.26
6	3	13.31
7	2	13.76
-	7	DNF

Heat two

Rank	Lane	Time
1	2	12.73
2	3	12.91
3	7	13.24
4	8	13.24
5	5	13.30
6	6	13.33
7	1	13.89
-	4	DNS

Final

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
	6	12.59	WR
	7	12.84
	5	12.90
4	3	12.98
5	1	13.17
6	8	13.18
7	2	13.27
8	4	13.44

Key: WR = world record; OR = Olympic record; DNS = did not start; DNF = did not finish

Notes and References

Web site: Athletics at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Hurdles . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173114/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/ATH/womens-100-metres-hurdles.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 22 September 2017 . sports-reference.com.