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

Women's 100 metres at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	September 1 & 2
Medalists
Renate Stecher East Germany   Raelene Boyle Australia   Silvia Chivás Cuba

Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men

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

Heats

Top five in each heat (blue) and the next two fastest (pink) advanced to quarterfinal round.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Lane	Time	Notes
1	Silvia Chivás	Cuba	3	11.18	WJR
2	Annegret Richter	West Germany	7	11.30
3	Wilma van Gool	Netherlands	4	11.43
4	Andrea Lynch	Great Britain	1	11.52
5	Mattiline Render	United States	5	11.60
6	Juana Mosquera	Colombia	8	11.64
7	Marion Hoffman	Australia	6	11.68
8	Missie Misomali	Malawi	2	12.78

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Lane	Time
1	Esther Shakhamorov	Israel	7	11.45
2	Ivanka Valkova	Bulgaria	1	11.49
3	Eva Lehocká	Czechoslovakia	5	11.50
4	Evelin Kaufer	East Germany	8	11.59
5	Galina Bukharina	Soviet Union	3	11.69
6	Beatrice Lungu	Zambia	4	12.42
7	Fatima El-Faquir	Morocco	2	12.56
8	Russel Carrero	Nicaragua	6	13.45

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Lane	Time
1	Iris Davis	United States	3	11.34
2	Alice Anum	Ghana	5	11.54
3	Anita Neil	Great Britain	8	11.55
4	Cecilia Molinari	Italy	1	11.61
5	Pam Kilborn	Australia	4	11.73
6	Linda Haglund	Sweden	2	11.97
7	Freida Nicholls	Barbados	7	12.16
8	Irene Fitzner	Argentina	6	12.51

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Lane	Time
1	Renate Stecher	East Germany	5	11.31
2	Rosie Allwood	Jamaica	4	11.46
3	Barbara Ferrell	United States	3	11.47
4	Hannah Afriyie	Ghana	1	11.90
5	Laura Nappi	Italy	6	12.02
6	Carolina Rieuwpassa	Indonesia	7	12.23
7	Amelita Alanes	Philippines	2	12.37
8	Meas Kheng	Khmer Republic	8	12.72

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Lane	Time
1	Raelene Boyle	Australia	7	11.37
2	Carmen Valdés	Cuba	1	11.53
3	Ingrid Becker	West Germany	3	11.55
4	Lyudmila Zharkova	Soviet Union	8	11.56
5	Ellen Strophal	East Germany	4	11.63
6	Tuula Rautanen	Finland	6	11.89
7	Emilie Edet	Nigeria	2	12.06
8	Mireille Joseph	Haiti	5	13.84

Heat 6

Rank	Name	Nationality	Lane	Time
1	Elfgard Schittenhelm	West Germany	1	11.32
2	Irena Szewińska	Poland	8	11.33
3	Sylviane Telliez	France	6	11.36
4	Sonia Lannaman	Great Britain	4	11.45
5	Brenda Matthews	New Zealand	2	11.77
6	María Luisa Vilca	Peru	5	11.85
7	Claudette Powell	Bahamas	3	12.01
-	Nadezhda Bezfamilnaia	Soviet Union	7	DNS

Quarterfinals

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

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Lane	Time
1	Silvia Chivás	Cuba	3	11.22
2	Raelene Boyle	Australia	7	11.30
3	Barbara Ferrell	United States	5	11.38
4	Esther Shakhamorov	Israel	6	11.46
5	Ellen Strophal	East Germany	8	11.48
6	Anita Neil	Great Britain	2	11.58
7	Cecilia Molinari	Italy	1	11.63
8	Brenda Matthews	New Zealand	4	11.87

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Lane	Time
1	Renate Stecher	East Germany	5	11.27
2	Irena Szewińska	Poland	6	11.49
T3	Ingrid Becker	West Germany	4	11.52
T3	Rosie Allwood	Jamaica	8	11.52
5	Sonia Lannaman	Great Britain	7	11.72
6	Pam Kilborn	Australia	1	11.85
7	Hannah Afriyie	Ghana	2	12.04
8	Laura Nappi	Italy	3	12.13

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Lane	Time
1	Annegret Richter	West Germany	8	11.33
2	Eva Lehocká	Czechoslovakia	7	11.43
3	Alice Anum	Ghana	5	11.45
4	Andrea Lynch	Great Britain	3	11.57
5	Sylviane Telliez	France	6	11.64
6	Mattiline Render	United States	2	11.67
7	Marion Hoffman	Australia	4	11.78
8	Galina Bukharina	Soviet Union	1	11.81

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Lane	Time
1	Iris Davis	United States	1	11.27
2	Elfgard Schittenhelm	West Germany	8	11.42
3	Carmen Valdés	Cuba	6	11.46
4	Lyudmila Zharkova	Soviet Union	4	11.46
5	Wilma van Gool	Netherlands	7	11.47
6	Ivanka Valkova	Bulgaria	5	11.48
7	Evelin Kaufer	East Germany	3	11.55
8	Juana Mosquera	Colombia	2	11.66

Semifinals

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

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Lane	Time
1	Renate Stecher	East Germany	2	11.18
2	Iris Davis	United States	3	11.36
3	Eva Lehocká	Czechoslovakia	1	11.43
4	Alice Anum	Ghana	4	11.47
5	Elfgard Schittenhelm	West Germany	6	11.49
6	Carmen Valdés	Cuba	8	11.52
7	Ingrid Becker	West Germany	7	11.53
8	Rosie Allwood	Jamaica	5	11.58

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Lane	Time
1	Raelene Boyle	Australia	8	11.32
2	Silvia Chivás	Cuba	6	11.33
3	Annegret Richter	West Germany	7	11.39
4	Barbara Ferrell	United States	4	11.49
5	Esther Shakhamorov	Israel	1	11.49
6	Irena Szewińska	Poland	2	11.54
7	Andrea Lynch	Great Britain	5	11.64
8	Lyudmila Zharkova	Soviet Union	3	11.67

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Lane	Time	Notes
	Renate Stecher	East Germany	3	11.07	WR
	Raelene Boyle	Australia	1	11.23
	Silvia Chivás	Cuba	6	11.24
4	Iris Davis	United States	4	11.32
5	Annegret Richter	West Germany	2	11.38
6	Alice Anum	Ghana	8	11.41
7	Barbara Ferrell	United States	5	11.45
8	Eva Lehocká	Czechoslovakia	7	12.48

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

References

• Sports Reference
• Official report