Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres


The women's 100 metres was the shortest of the four women's track races in the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 15 October and 16 October 1964. 45 athletes from 27 nations entered, with 1 not starting in the first round. The first two rounds were held on 15 October, with the semifinals and the final on 16 October.

Results

First round

The top five runners in each of the 6 heats advanced.

Heat 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Marilyn White11.2
2Daphne Arden11.5
3Renāte Lāce11.6
4Dianne Bowering-Burge11.8
5Rose Hart11.9
6Erzsébet Bartos11.9
7Mona Sulaiman12.0
Jean Mitchell

Heat 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Edith McGuire11.4
2Barbara Sobotta11.8
3Christiane Cadic12.0
4Renate Meyer12.0
5Inge Aigner12.0
6Marcela Daniel12.6
7Simin Safamehr13.2

Heat 3

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Ewa KłobukowskaUnknown
2Margit Nemesházi11.7
3Daniele Gueneau12.0
4Avis McIntosh12.0
5Ulla-Britt Wieslander12.0
6Louise Sydranski12.1
Erika Pollmann

Heat 4

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Dorothy Hyman11.6
2Doreen Porter11.7
3Galina Popova11.8
4Clarice Ahanotu11.9
5Irene Muyanga12.0
6Johanna Bijleveld12.3
7Delceita Oakley12.3

Heat 5

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Wyomia Tyus11.3
2Halina Gorecka11.5
3Irene Piotrowski11.5
4Margaret Burvill11.6
5Carmen Smith11.7
6Esperanza Girón12.2
7Kusolwan Sorut12.6
8Christiana Boateng12.9

Heat 6

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Marilyn Black11.5
2Miguelina Cobián11.6
3Eva Lehocká11.8
4Galina Gayda11.9
5Heilwig Jacob11.9
6Madeleine Cobb12.0
7Margarita Formeiro12.2
8Song Yang-ja12.7

Second round

The top four runners in each of the four heats advanced to the semifinals.

Quarterfinal 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Wyomia Tyus11.2,,
2Dorothy Hyman11.5
3Galina Popova11.5
4Irene Piotrowski11.6
5Barbara Sobotta11.8
6Avis McIntosh12.0
7Irene Muyanga12.2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Marilyn Black11.4
2Marilyn White11.5
3Renāte Lāce11.6
4Carmen L. Smith11.7
5Heilwig Jacob11.7
6Danielle Guéneau11.8
7Clarice Ahanotu11.8
8Ulla-Britt Wieslander11.9

Quarterfinal 3

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Edith McGuire11.4
2Halina Gorecka11.5
3Miguelina Cobián11.5
4Marko Nemeshazi11.5
5Dianne Marie Bowering11.7
6Rose Hart11.9
7Inge Aigner12.0
8Renate Meyer12.1

Quarterfinal 4

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Ewa Kłobukowska11.4
2Daphne Arden11.5
3Eva Lehocká11.6
4Margaret Burvill11.7
5Doreen Porter11.8
6Christiane Cadic12.0
7Galina Gaida12.0

Semifinals

The top four runners in each of the two semifinals advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Miguelina Cobián11.6
2Marilyn Black11.6
3Edith McGuire11.6
4Halina Gorecka11.7
5Galina Popova11.8
6Daphne Arden11.8
7Eva Lehocká11.9
8Carmen L. Smith11.9

Semifinal 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Wyomia Tyus11.3
2Ewa Kłobukowska11.4
3Marilyn White11.5
4Dorothy Hyman11.6
5Irene Piotrowski11.7
6Renāte Lāce11.7
7Marko Nemeshazi11.7
8Margaret Burvill11.8

Final

RankAthleteNationTime
Wyomia Tyus11.4
Edith McGuire11.6
Ewa Kłobukowska11.6
4Marilyn White11.6
5Miguelina Cobián11.7
6Marilyn Black11.7
7Halina Górecka11.8
8Dorothy Hyman11.9