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

{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Women's 100 metres

|games = 1960 Summer

|image =

|caption =

|venue = Olympic Stadium

|dates = September 1, 1960 (heats and quarterfinals)
September 2, 1960 (semifinals and final)

|competitors =

|nations =

|longnames = yes

|gold = Wilma Rudolph

|goldNOC = USA

|silver = Dorothy Hyman

|silverNOC = GBR

|bronze = Giuseppina Leone

|bronzeNOC = ITA

|prev=1956

|next=1964

}}

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The women's 100 metres sprint event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place between September 1 and September 2.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1960/ATH/womens-100-metres.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173335/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1960/ATH/womens-100-metres.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Athletics at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Women's 100 metres |access-date=17 June 2017 |work=Sports Reference}}

Results

=Heats=

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

==Heat 1==

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 1	align=left\| Giuseppina Leone	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ITA\|1960 Summer}}	11.87	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for quarterfinals}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 2	align=left\| Barbara Jones	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|1960 Summer}}	11.91	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for quarterfinals}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 3	align=left\| Eleanor Haslam	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|CAN\|1960 Summer}}	12.21	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for quarterfinals}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 4	align=left\| Elizabeth Jenner	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|GBR\|1960 Summer}}	12.39	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for quarterfinals}}

==Heat 2==

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 1	align=left\| Pat Duggan	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|AUS\|1960 Summer}}	12.18	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for quarterfinals}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 2	align=left\| Mona Sulaiman	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|PHI\|1960 Summer}}	12.40	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for quarterfinals}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 3	align=left\| Vivi Markussen	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|DEN\|1960 Summer}}	12.53	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for quarterfinals}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 4	align=left\| Nancy Lewington	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|CAN\|1960 Summer}}	12.67	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for quarterfinals}}

==Heat 3==

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 1	align=left\| Mariya Itkina	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|URS\|1960 Summer}}	11.83	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for quarterfinals}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 2	align=left\| Marlene Mathews-Willard	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|AUS\|1960 Summer}}	12.10	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for quarterfinals}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 3	align=left\| Olga Šikovec	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|YUG\|1960 Summer}}	12.24	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for quarterfinals}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 4	align=left\| Carlota Gooden	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|PAN\|1960 Summer}}	12.36	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for quarterfinals}}

==Heat 4==

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 1	align=left\| Jenny Smart	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|GBR\|1960 Summer}}	12.04	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for quarterfinals}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 2	align=left\| Betty Cuthbert	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|AUS\|1960 Summer}}	12.21	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for quarterfinals}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 3	align=left\| Valerie Morgan	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|NZL\|1960 Summer}}	12.61	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for quarterfinals}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 4	align=left\| Snezhana Kerkova	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|BUL\|1960 Summer}}	12.66	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for quarterfinals}}

==Heat 5==

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 1	align=left\| Dorothy Hyman	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|GBR\|1960 Summer}}	11.98	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for quarterfinals}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 2	align=left\| Gisela Köhler-Birkemeyer	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|EUA\|1960 Summer}}	12.31	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for quarterfinals}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 3	align=left\| Jean Holmes-Mitchell	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|PAN\|1960 Summer}}	12.52	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for quarterfinals}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 4	align=left\| Valerie Jerome	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|CAN\|1960 Summer}}	12.58	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for quarterfinals}}
5	align=left\| Maeve Kyle	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|IRL\|1960 Summer}}	12.59
6	align=left\| Ilana Adir	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ISR\|1960 Summer}}	13.04

==Heat 6==

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 1	align=left\| Wilma Rudolph	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|1960 Summer}}	11.65	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for quarterfinals}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 2	align=left\| Catherine Capdevielle	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|FRA\|1960 Summer}}	11.94	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for quarterfinals}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 3	align=left\| Halina Richter-Górecka-Herrmann	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|POL\|1960 Summer}}	12.13	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for quarterfinals}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 4	align=left\| Hannelore Raepke	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|EUA\|1960 Summer}}	12.45	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for quarterfinals}}

==Heat 7==

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 1	align=left\| Vera Kalashnikova-Krepkina	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|URS\|1960 Summer}}	11.97	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for quarterfinals}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 2	align=left\| Brunhilde Hendrix	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|EUA\|1960 Summer}}	11.99	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for quarterfinals}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 3	align=left\| Teresa Ciepły-Wieczorek	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|POL\|1960 Summer}}	12.25	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for quarterfinals}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 4	align=left\| Martha Hudson	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|1960 Summer}}	12.33	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for quarterfinals}}
5	align=left\| Aycan Önel	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|TUR\|1960 Summer}}	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
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 1	align=left\| Wilma Rudolph	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|1960 Summer}}	11.70	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for semifinals}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 2	align=left\| Vera Kalashnikova-Krepkina	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|URS\|1960 Summer}}	12.14	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for semifinals}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 3	align=left\| Marlene Mathews-Willard	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|AUS\|1960 Summer}}	12.25	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for semifinals}}
4	align=left\| Gisela Köhler-Birkemeyer	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|EUA\|1960 Summer}}	12.26
5	align=left\| Eleanor Haslam	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|CAN\|1960 Summer}}	12.46
6	align=left\| Mona Sulaiman	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|PHI\|1960 Summer}}	12.54
7	align=left\| Valerie Morgan	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|NZL\|1960 Summer}}	12.66

==Quarterfinal 2==

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 1	align=left\| Mariya Itkina	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|URS\|1960 Summer}}	11.88	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for semifinals}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 2	align=left\| Brunhilde Hendrix	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|EUA\|1960 Summer}}	12.02	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for semifinals}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 3	align=left\| Halina Richter-Górecka-Herrmann	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|POL\|1960 Summer}}	12.10	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for semifinals}}
4	align=left\| Pat Duggan	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|AUS\|1960 Summer}}	12.32
5	align=left\| Jean Holmes-Mitchell	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|PAN\|1960 Summer}}	12.39
6	align=left\| Elizabeth Jenner	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|GBR\|1960 Summer}}	12.50
7	align=left\| Snezhana Kerkova	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|BUL\|1960 Summer}}	12.80

==Quarterfinal 3==

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 1	align=left\| Giuseppina Leone	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ITA\|1960 Summer}}	12.11	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for semifinals}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 2	align=left\| Catherine Capdevielle	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|FRA\|1960 Summer}}	12.16	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for semifinals}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 3	align=left\| Jenny Smart	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|GBR\|1960 Summer}}	12.17	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for semifinals}}
4	align=left\| Martha Hudson	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|1960 Summer}}	12.30
5	align=left\| Olga Šikovec	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|YUG\|1960 Summer}}	12.61
6	align=left\| Carlota Gooden	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|PAN\|1960 Summer}}	12.70
7	align=left\| Nancy Lewington	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|CAN\|1960 Summer}}	13.23

==Quarterfinal 4==

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 1	align=left\| Dorothy Hyman	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|GBR\|1960 Summer}}	11.77	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for semifinals}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 2	align=left\| Barbara Jones	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|1960 Summer}}	12.02	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for semifinals}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 3	align=left\| Teresa Ciepły-Wieczorek	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|POL\|1960 Summer}}	12.14	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for semifinals}}
4	align=left\| Betty Cuthbert	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|AUS\|1960 Summer}}	12.18
5	align=left\| Valerie Jerome	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|CAN\|1960 Summer}}	12.50
6	align=left\| Vivi Markussen	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|DEN\|1960 Summer}}	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
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 1	align=left\| Wilma Rudolph	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|1960 Summer}}	11.41	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for final}}, {{WR\|athletics\|eq=y}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 2	align=left\| Giuseppina Leone	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ITA\|1960 Summer}}	11.71	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for final}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 3	align=left\| Jenny Smart	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|GBR\|1960 Summer}}	11.89	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for final}}
4	align=left\|Halina Richter-Górecka-Herrmann	align=left\|{{flagIOC\|POL\|1960 Summer}}	11.93
5	align=left\|Brunhilde Hendrix	align=left\|{{flagIOC\|EUA\|1960 Summer}}	11.99
6	align=left\|Vera Kalashnikova-Krepkina	align=left\|{{flagIOC\|URS\|1960 Summer}}	12.08

==Semifinal 2==

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 1	align=left\| Dorothy Hyman	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|GBR\|1960 Summer}}	11.65	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for final}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 2	align=left\| Mariya Itkina	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|URS\|1960 Summer}}	11.78	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for final}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 3	align=left\| Catherine Capdevielle	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|FRA\|1960 Summer}}	11.82	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for final}}
4	align=left\|Barbara Jones	align=left\|{{flagIOC\|USA\|1960 Summer}}	11.84
5	align=left\|Teresa Ciepły-Wieczorek	align=left\|{{flagIOC\|POL\|1960 Summer}}	12.05
6	align=left\|Marlene Mathews-Willard	align=left\|{{flagIOC\|AUS\|1960 Summer}}	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
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
{{gold1}}	align=left\|Wilma Rudolph	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|USA\|1960 Summer}}	11.18
{{silver2}}	align=left\|Dorothy Hyman	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|GBR\|1960 Summer}}	11.43
{{Bronze3}}	align=left\|Giuseppina Leone	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|ITA\|1960 Summer}}	11.48
4	align=left\| Mariya Itkina	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|URS\|1960 Summer}}	11.54
5	align=left\| Catherine Capdevielle	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|FRA\|1960 Summer}}	11.64
6	align=left\| Jenny Smart	align=left\| {{FlagIOC\|GBR\|1960 Summer}}	11.72

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metres}}

Category:Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Category:100 metres at the Olympics

Category:1960 in women's athletics

Category:Women's events at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 1	align=left\| Giuseppina Leone	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ITA\|1960 Summer}}	11.87	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for quarterfinals}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 2	align=left\| Barbara Jones	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|1960 Summer}}	11.91	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for quarterfinals}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 3	align=left\| Eleanor Haslam	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|CAN\|1960 Summer}}	12.21	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for quarterfinals}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 4	align=left\| Elizabeth Jenner	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|GBR\|1960 Summer}}	12.39	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for quarterfinals}}

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 1	align=left\| Pat Duggan	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|AUS\|1960 Summer}}	12.18	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for quarterfinals}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 2	align=left\| Mona Sulaiman	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|PHI\|1960 Summer}}	12.40	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for quarterfinals}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 3	align=left\| Vivi Markussen	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|DEN\|1960 Summer}}	12.53	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for quarterfinals}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 4	align=left\| Nancy Lewington	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|CAN\|1960 Summer}}	12.67	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for quarterfinals}}

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 1	align=left\| Mariya Itkina	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|URS\|1960 Summer}}	11.83	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for quarterfinals}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 2	align=left\| Marlene Mathews-Willard	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|AUS\|1960 Summer}}	12.10	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for quarterfinals}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 3	align=left\| Olga Šikovec	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|YUG\|1960 Summer}}	12.24	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for quarterfinals}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 4	align=left\| Carlota Gooden	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|PAN\|1960 Summer}}	12.36	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for quarterfinals}}

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 1	align=left\| Jenny Smart	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|GBR\|1960 Summer}}	12.04	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for quarterfinals}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 2	align=left\| Betty Cuthbert	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|AUS\|1960 Summer}}	12.21	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for quarterfinals}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 3	align=left\| Valerie Morgan	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|NZL\|1960 Summer}}	12.61	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for quarterfinals}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 4	align=left\| Snezhana Kerkova	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|BUL\|1960 Summer}}	12.66	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for quarterfinals}}

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 1	align=left\| Dorothy Hyman	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|GBR\|1960 Summer}}	11.98	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for quarterfinals}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 2	align=left\| Gisela Köhler-Birkemeyer	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|EUA\|1960 Summer}}	12.31	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for quarterfinals}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 3	align=left\| Jean Holmes-Mitchell	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|PAN\|1960 Summer}}	12.52	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for quarterfinals}}
bgcolor=bbf3bb \| 4	align=left\| Valerie Jerome	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|CAN\|1960 Summer}}	12.58	{{abbr\|Q\|Qualified for quarterfinals}}
5	align=left\| Maeve Kyle	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|IRL\|1960 Summer}}	12.59
6	align=left\| Ilana Adir	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ISR\|1960 Summer}}	13.04