| Final wind 0.6m/s | time | L | | 1. Annelie Ehrhardt |  East Germany | 12.59s WR | 6 | | 2. Valeria Bufanu |  Romania | 12.84s | 7 | | 3. Karin Balzer | East Germany | 12.90s | 5 | | 4. Pam Kilborn |  Australia | 12.98s | 3 | | 5. Teresa Nowak |  Poland | 13.17s | 1 | | 6. Danuta Straszyńska | Poland | 13.18s | 8 | | 7. Annerose Krumpholz | East Germany | 13.27s | 2 | | 8. Grażyna Rabsztyn | Poland | 13.44s | 4 |
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Semi-Final - Thursday, 7th September | | First 4 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | time | L | | 1. Valeria Bufanu | Romania | 12.84s | 1 | | 2. Pam Kilborn | Australia | 12.95s | 8 | | 3. Karin Balzer | East Germany | 12.97s | 6 | | 4. Teresa Nowak | Poland | 13.10s | 4 | | 5. Patty Johnson |  United States | 13.26s | 5 | | 6. Margit Bach |  West Germany | 13.31s | 3 | | 7. Mamie Rallins | United States | 13.76s | 2 | | -. Meta Antenen |  Switzerland | DNF | 7 |
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| Semi 2 | time | L | | 1. Annelie Ehrhardt | East Germany | 12.73s | 2 | | 2. Danuta Straszyńska | Poland | 12.91s | 3 | | 3. Annerose Krumpholz | East Germany | 13.24s | 7 | | 4. Grażyna Rabsztyn | Poland | 13.24s | 8 | | 5. Jacqueline André |  France | 13.30s | 5 | | 6. Heidi Schüller | West Germany | 13.33s | 6 | | 7. Lacey O'Neal | United States | 13.89s | 1 | | -. Esther Shakhamorov |  Israel | DNS | 4 |
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Ehrhardt had run 12.5 twice during 1972, and confirmed her status as
favourite with 12.70 in the first heat, more than 2m ahead of Ryan
(12.93), with Bufanu the only other athlete under 13.00 in the first
round. Ehrhardt (12.73) and Bufanu (12.84), were the semi winners.
In the final Ryan and Ehrhardt were away fastest, and the German
flowed away from the field, gaining ground with every stride, to win
by the largest margin of victory in the women’s Olympic sprint hurdles.
Behind her Balzer went past Ryan halfway through the race, but could
not withstand the finish of Bufanu, who passed the German after the
ninth hurdle. Ehrhardt’s 12.59 would remain the electrically-timed
world record for nearly six years.
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Heats - Monday, 4th September | | First 4 from each of 4 Heats advanced to Semi-Finals. |
| Heat 1 | time | L | | 1. Annelie Ehrhardt | East Germany | 12.70s OR | 3 | | 2. Pam Kilborn | Australia | 12.93s | 1 | | 3. Teresa Nowak | Poland | 13.16s | 5 | | 4. Esther Shakhamorov | Israel | 13.17s | 2 | | 5. Judy Vernon |  Great Britain | 13.37s | 6 | | 6. Lucila Salao |  Philippines | 15.15s | 7 | | -. Edith Noding |  Peru | DNS | 4 |
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| Heat 2 | time | L | | 1. Valeria Bufanu | Romania | 12.94s | 2 | | 2. Danuta Straszyńska | Poland | 13.03s | 1 | | 3. Margit Bach | West Germany | 13.46s | 5 | | 4. Lacey O'Neal | United States | 13.78s | 3 | | 5. Brenda Matthews |  New Zealand | 13.81s | 4 | | 6. Penny Gillies | Australia | 13.82s | 6 |
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| Heat 3 | time | L | | 1. Grażyna Rabsztyn | Poland | 13.29s | 1 | | 2. Annerose Krumpholz | East Germany | 13.31s | 3 | | 3. Mamie Rallins | United States | 13.51s | 4 | | 4. Meta Antenen | Switzerland | 13.61s | 2 | | 5. Maureen Caird | Australia | 13.63s | 6 | | 6. Margaret Murphy |  Ireland | 15.89s | 5 | | -. Mary Peters | Great Britain | DNS | 7 |
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| Heat 4 | time | L | | 1. Karin Balzer | East Germany | 13.10s | 7 | | 2. Patty Johnson | United States | 13.28s | 3 | | 3. Jacqueline André | France | 13.33s | 2 | | 4. Heidi Schüller | West Germany | 13.50s | 6 | | 5. Ann Wilson | Great Britain | 13.53s | 1 | | 6. Gunhild Olsson |  Sweden | 14.37s | 5 | | 7. Emilie Edet |  Nigeria | 14.67s | 4 |
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