Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres

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Women's 100 metres
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Date October 14–15
Competitors 42 from 22 nations
Winning time 11.0 WR
Medalists
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1st Wyomia Tyus  United States
2nd Barbara Ferrell  United States
3rd Irena Szewińska  Poland
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Athletics at the
1968 Summer Olympics
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Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men
5000 m men
10,000 m men
80 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
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 competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. The event was held at the University Olympic Stadium on October 14–15.

Competition format

The Women's 100m competition consisted of heats (Round 1), Quarterfinals, Semifinals and a Final. The five fastest competitors from each race in the heats qualified for the quarterfinals. The four fastest runners from each of the quarterfinal races advanced to the semifinals, where again the top four from each race advance to the final.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

World record  Irena Szewińska (POL) 11.1 Prague, Czechoslovakia July 9, 1965
Olympic record  Wyomia Tyus (USA) 11.2 Tokyo, Japan October 15, 1964

Results

Round 1

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Wyomia Tyus  United States 11.2 Q
2 Val Peat  Great Britain 11.5 Q
3 Violetta Quesada  Cuba 11.6 Q
4 Marijana Lubej  Yugoslavia 11.6 Q
5 Debbie Miller  Canada 11.7 Q
6 Sylviane Telliez  France 12.0
7 Esperanza Girón  Mexico 12.2

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Margaret Bailes  United States 11.2 Q
2 Irene Piotrowski  Canada 11.3 Q
3 Miguelina Cobián  Cuba 11.4 Q
4 Pam Kilborn  Australia 11.6 Q
5 Gabrielle Meyer  France 11.6 Q
6 Alicia Kaufmanas  Argentina 11.8
7 Carmen Smith  Jamaica 11.9

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Dianne Bowering-Burge  Australia 11.5 Q
2 Fulgencia Romay  Cuba 11.5 Q
3 Lyudmila Samotyosova  Soviet Union 11.5 Q
4 Anita Neil  Great Britain 11.6 Q
5 Oyeronke Akindele  Nigeria 11.6 Q
6 Vilma Charlton  Jamaica 11.7
7 Ulla-Britt Wieslander  Sweden 11.8

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Irena Szewińska  Poland 11.3 Q
2 Raelene Boyle  Australia 11.4 Q
3 Chi Cheng  Republic of China 11.4 Q
4 Della James-Pascoe  Great Britain 11.7 Q
5 Karin Reichert-Frisch  West Germany 11.9 Q
6 Mária Kiss  Hungary 12.0
N/A Lydia Stephens  Kenya DNF

Heat 5

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Eva Lehocká-Glesková  Czechoslovakia 11.6 Q
2 Renate Meyer  West Germany 11.7 Q
3 Lyudmila Golomazova  Soviet Union 11.7 Q
4 Truus Hennipman-Cruiming  Netherlands 11.7 Q
5 Stephanie Berto  Canada 11.8 Q
6 Margit Markó-Nemesházi  Hungary 11.9
7 Josefa Vicent  Uruguay 12.5

Heat 6

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Barbara Ferrell  United States 11.2 Q
2 Lyudmila Maslakova  Soviet Union 11.5 Q
3 Wilma van Gool-van den Berg  Netherlands 11.5 Q
4 Olajumoke Bodunrin  Nigeria 11.6 Q
5 Györgyi Balogh-Szomov  Hungary 11.8 Q
6 Halina Górecka  West Germany 11.8
7 Cecilia Sosa  El Salvador 13.7

Quarterfinals

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Barbara Ferrell  United States 11.1 Q
2 Eva Lehocká-Glesková  Czechoslovakia 11.2 Q
3 Della James-Pascoe  Great Britain 11.3 Q
4 Miguelina Cobián  Cuba 11.4 Q
5 Lyudmila Maslakova  Soviet Union 11.4
6 Pam Kilborn  Australia 11.4
7 Truus Hennipman-Cruiming  Netherlands 11.5
8 Karin Reichert-Frisch  West Germany 11.6

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Wyomia Tyus  United States 11.0 Q
2 Chi Cheng  Republic of China 11.3 Q
3 Wilma van Gool-van den Berg  Netherlands 11.4 Q
4 Lyudmila Golomazova  Soviet Union 11.5 Q
5 Marijana Lubej  Yugoslavia 11.6
6 Anita Neil  Great Britain 11.6
7 Debbie Miller  Canada 11.6

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Raelene Boyle  Australia 11.2 Q OR
2 Margaret Bailes  United States 11.3 Q
3 Val Peat  Great Britain 11.3 Q
4 Lyudmila Samotyosova  Soviet Union 11.4 Q
5 Violetta Quesada  Cuba 11.6
6 Renate Meyer  West Germany 11.6
7 Oyeronke Akindele  Nigeria 11.7

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Irena Szewińska  Poland 11.1 Q
2 Dianne Bowering-Burge  Australia 11.3 Q
3 Irene Piotrowski  Canada 11.3 Q
4 Fulgencia Romay  Cuba 11.4 Q
5 Gabrielle Meyer  France 11.6
6 Györgyi Balogh-Szomov  Hungary 11.7

Semi Finals

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Irena Szewińska  Poland 11.3
2 Barbara Ferrell  United States 11.3
3 Dianne Bowering-Burge  Australia 11.4
4 Chi Cheng  Republic of China 11.4
5 Fulgencia Romay  Cuba 11.5
6 Irene Piotrowski  Canada 11.5
7 Della James-Pascoe  Great Britain 11.6
8 Lyudmila Golomazova  Soviet Union 11.7

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Wyomia Tyus  United States 11.3
2 Raelene Boyle  Australia 11.4
3 Margaret Bailes  United States 11.5
4 Miguelina Cobián  Cuba 11.6
5 Lyudmila Samotyosova  Soviet Union 11.6
6 Eva Lehocká-Glesková  Czechoslovakia 11.7
7 Wilma van Gool-van den Berg  Netherlands 11.8
8 Val Peat  Great Britain 11.8

Final

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st Wyomia Tyus  United States 11.0 WR
2nd Barbara Ferrell  United States 11.1
3rd Irena Szewińska  Poland 11.1
4 Raelene Boyle  Australia 11.1 WJR
5 Margaret Bailes  United States 11.3
6 Dianne Bowering-Burge  Australia 11.4
7 Chi Cheng  Republic of China 11.5
8 Miguelina Cobián  Cuba 11.6

References

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