Women 100m Athletics XVII Olympic Games Roma, Italy 1960 - Friday, 2nd September - Gold Medal: Wilma Rudolph, United States
Final 16:20 Wind 2.8m/stimeelectrL
1. Wilma RudolphUSA United States11.0s11.18s3
2. Dorothy HymanGBR Great Britain11.3s11.43s2
3. Giuseppina LeoneITA Italy11.3s11.48s6
4. Marija ItkinaURS Soviet Union11.4s11.54s4
5. Catherine CapdevielleFRA France11.5s11.64s1
6. Jenny SmartGBR Great Britain11.6s11.72s5
Venue: Stadio Olimpico, Roma. 65,000. 31 competitors from 19 nations.

world Women 100m History

RounddateHAthl.
Semi-Finals02.09212
Quarter-Finals01.09428
Heats01.09735
World Record: 11.3s Shirley Strickland, Australia Warsaw, Poland 4 August 1955 11.3s Vera Krepkina, Soviet Union Kiev, Soviet Union 13 September 1958
Olympic Record: 11.4s Eslisabeth Cuthbert, Australia Melbourne, Australia November 26,1952 23.4s Elisabeth Cuthbert, Australia Melbourne, Australia November 24,1956.

Semi-Finals - Friday 02.09 15:00

First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final.
Semi 1timeelectr
1. Wilma RudolphUSA United States11.3s11.41s
2. Giuseppina LeoneITA Italy11.6s11.71s
3. Jenny SmartGBR Great Britain11.8s11.89s
4. Halina HerrmannPOL Poland11.8s11.93s
5. Brunhilde HendrixGER Germany11.9s11.99s
6. Vera KrepkinaURS Soviet Union12.0s12.08s
Semi 2timeelectr
1. Dorothy HymanGBR Great Britain11.5s11.65s
2. Marija ItkinaURS Soviet Union11.7s11.78s
3. Catherine CapdevielleFRA France11.7s11.82s
4. Barbara JonesUSA United States11.7s11.84s
5. Teresa CiepłyPOL Poland11.9s12.05s
6. Marlene MathewsAUS Australia11.9s12.05s
Wilma Rudolph clocked 11.5 in the first two rounds, while pre-race favourites Cuthbert and Mathews-Willard were both encumbered by injury problems, Cuthbert not making it past the quarter-finals. Rudolph equalled the world record with 11.3 (11.41) in the first semi- final, with Britain’s Hyman running 11.5 (11.65) in the other heat. Rudolph was sufficiently relaxed to fall asleep on a massage table 30 minutes before the final. She dominated the race, amazing and delight- ing onlookers with her elegance and power in sweeping to a 2.5m win in an unheard of 11.0 (11.18). Unfortunately the race was aided by a wind of 2.75, nullifying it for record purposes, but no-one watching was in any doubt that they had witnessed the fastest run ever by a woman. Hyman edged veteran Leone for second, with Maria Itkina, the all-round sprinter from the USSR, half a metre behind the Italian.

Quarter-Finals - Thursday 01.09 15:00

First 3 from each Quarter advanced to Semi-Finals.
Quarter 1timeelectr
1. Wilma RudolphUSA United States11.5s11.70s
2. Vera KrepkinaURS Soviet Union12.0s12.14s
3. Marlene MathewsAUS Australia12.1s12.25s
4. Gisela BirkemeyerGER Germany12.1s12.26s
5. Eleanor HaslamCAn Canada12.3s12.46s
6. Mona SulaimanPHI Philippines12.4s12.54s
7. Valerie MorganNZL New Zealand12.5s12.66s
Quarter 2timeelectr
1. Marija ItkinaURS Soviet Union11.7s11.88s
2. Brunhilde HendrixGER Germany11.9s12.07s?
3. Halina HerrmannPOL Poland11.9s12.10s
4. Patricia DugganAUS Australia12.2s12.32s
5. Jean Holmes-MitchellPAN Panama12.3s12.39s
6. Elizabeth JennerGBR Great Britain12.4s12.50s
7. Snezhana KerkovaBUL Bulgarien12.7s12.80s
Quarter 3timeelectr
1. Giuseppina LeoneITA Italy12.0s12.11s
2. Catherine CapdevielleFRA France12.0s12.16s
3. Jenny SmartGBR Great Britain12.0s12.17s
4. Martha HudsonUSA United States12.2s12.30s
5. Olga ŠikovecYUG Yugoslavia12.5s12.61s
6. Carlota GoodenPAN Panama12.6s12.70s
7. Nancy LewingtonCAn Canada13.1s13.23s
Quarter 4timeelectr
1. Dorothy HymanGBR Great Britain11.6s11.77s
2. Barbara JonesUSA United States11.9s12.02s
3. Teresa CiepłyPOL Poland12.0s12.14s
4. Betty CuthbertAUS Australia12.0s12.18s
5. Valerie JeromeCAn Canada12.4s12.50s
6. Vivi MarkussenDEN Denmark12.4s12.56s
-. H. RaepkeGER GermanyDNS

Heats - Thursday 01.09 9:00

First 4 from each Heat advanced to Quarter-Finals.
Heat 1timeelectr
1. Giuseppina LeoneITA Italy11.7s11.87s
2. Barbara JonesUSA United States11.8s11.91s
3. Eleanor HaslamCAn Canada12.0s12.21s
4. Elizabeth JennerGBR Great Britain12.2s12.39s
-. U. FlegelAUT AustriaDNS
Heat 2timeelectr
1. Patricia DugganAUS Australia11.9s12.18s
2. Mona SulaimanPHI Philippines12.1s12.40s
3. Vivi MarkussenDEN Denmark12.2s12.53s
4. Nancy LewingtonCAn Canada12.4s12.67s
-. E. HeldtHUN HungaryDNS
Heat 3timeelectr
1. Marija ItkinaURS Soviet Union11.7s11.83s
2. Marlene MathewsAUS Australia12.0s12.10s
3. Olga ŠikovecYUG Yugoslavia10.5s10.75s
4. Carlota GoodenPAN Panama12.2s12.36s
-. A. MunkacsiHUN HungaryDNS
Heat 4timeelectr
1. Jenny SmartGBR Great Britain11.9s12.04s
2. Betty CuthbertAUS Australia12.1s12.21s
3. Valerie MorganNZL New Zealand12.5s12.61s
4. Snezhana KerkovaBUL Bulgarien12.6s12.66s
-. A. StolzovaTCH CzechoslovakiaDNS
Heat 5timeelectr
1. Dorothy HymanGBR Great Britain11.8s11.98s
2. Gisela BirkemeyerGER Germany12.2s12.31s
3. Jean Holmes-MitchellPAN Panama12.4s12.52s
4. Valerie JeromeCAn Canada12.5s12.58s
5. Maeve KyleIRL Ireland12.5s12.59s
6. Ilana AdirISR Israel12.9s13.04s
Heat 6timeelectr
1. Wilma RudolphUSA United States11.5s11.65s
2. Catherine CapdevielleFRA France11.8s11.94s
3. Halina HerrmannPOL Poland12.0s12.13s
4. Hannelore RaepkeGER Germany12.3s12.45s
Heat 7timeelectr
1. Vera KrepkinaURS Soviet Union11.8s11.97s
2. Brunhilde HendrixGER Germany11.8s11.99s
3. Teresa CiepłyPOL Poland12.1s12.25s
4. Martha HudsonUSA United States12.2s12.33s
5. Aycan ÖnelTUR Turkey13.4s13.59s
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