Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres

Women's 100 metres at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Date	July 30 (heats & semifinals) July 31 (final)
Winning time	12.2
Medalists
Betty Robinson   United States   Bobbie Rosenfeld   Canada   Ethel Smith   Canada

Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men
400 m		men
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
Field events
Long jump		men
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Decathlon		men

The women's 100 metres event at the 1928 Olympic Games took place between July 30 & July 31.

Results

Finals

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Betty Robinson	United States	12.2	=WR
	Bobbie Rosenfeld	Canada	12.3
	Ethel Smith	Canada	12.3
4	Erna Steinberg	Germany	12.4
	Myrtle Cook	Canada		DSQ
	Leni Schmidt	Germany		DSQ

Key: DSQ = Disqualified, =WR = Equalled world record

References

• 1928 Summer Olympics results: Women's 100 m, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-03-08.