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

{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Women's 100 metres hurdles

|games = 1972 Summer

|image =

|caption =

|venue = Olympic Stadium, Munich, West Germany

|date = 4 September 1972 & 8 September 1972

|competitors = 25

|nations = 15

|win_value = 12.59 {{WR|athletics}}

|longnames = yes

|gold = Annelie Ehrhardt

|goldNOC = GDR

|silver = Valeria Bufanu

|silverNOC = ROU

|bronze = Karin Balzer

|bronzeNOC = GDR

|prev = 1968

|next = 1976

}}

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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.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/ATH/womens-100-metres-hurdles.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173114/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/ATH/womens-100-metres-hurdles.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Athletics at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Hurdles |access-date=22 September 2017 |work=sports-reference.com}}