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Women's 100 metres
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
DateJuly 30 (heats & semifinals)
July 31 (final)
Winning time12.2
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Betty Robinson  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bobbie Rosenfeld  Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ethel Smith  Canada
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The women's 100 metres event at the 1928 Olympic Games took place between July 30 & July 31.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Anni Holdmann  Germany 13.0 Q
2 Edie Robinson  Australia Unknown Q
3 Derna Polazzo  Italy Unknown

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Erna Steinberg  Germany 12.8 Q
2 Mary Washburn  United States 12.8 Q
3 Nettie Grooss  Netherlands 12.8
4 Ruth Svedberg  Sweden Unknown

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Kinue Hitomi  Japan 12.8 Q
2 Jane Bell  Canada 13.0 Q
3 Anne Vrana-O'Brien  United States 13.1
4 Matilde Moraschi  Italy 13.6

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Leni Junker  Germany 12.8 Q
2 Elta Cartwright  United States Unknown Q
3 Yolande Plancke  France Unknown

Heat 5

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Georgette Gagneux  France 13.0 Q
2 Maud Sundberg  Sweden Unknown Q
3 Luigia Bonfanti  Italy Unknown

Heat 6

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Leni Schmidt  Germany 12.8 Q
2 Marjorie Clark  South Africa 13.0 Q
3 Lucienne Velu  France 13.1
4 Rie Briejèr  Netherlands 13.5

Heat 7

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Bobbie Rosenfeld  Canada 12.6 Q
2 Betty Robinson  United States Unknown Q
3 Lies Aengenendt  Netherlands 13.0

Heat 8

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Myrtle Cook  Canada 12.8 Q
2 Norma Wilson  New Zealand 13.0 Q
3 Bets ter Horst  Netherlands 13.0

Heat 9

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Ethel Smith  Canada 12.6 Q
2 Marguerite Radideau  France Unknown Q
3 Zinaida Liepiņa  Latvia Unknown
4 Sidonie Verschueren  Belgium Unknown

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Bobbie Rosenfeld  Canada 12.4 Q, OR
2 Ethel Smith  Canada Unknown Q
3 Georgette Gagneux  France Unknown
4 Anni Holdmann  Germany Unknown
5 Mary Washburn  United States Unknown
6 Marjorie Clark  South Africa Unknown

Semifinal 2

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Betty Robinson  United States 12.4 Q, =OR
2 Myrtle Cook  Canada Unknown Q
3 Edie Robinson  Australia Unknown
4 Kinue Hitomi  Japan Unknown
5 Leni Junker  Germany Unknown
6 Maud Sundberg  Sweden Unknown

Semifinal 3

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Leni Schmidt  Germany 12.8 Q
2 Erna Steinberg  Germany 12.9 Q
3 Jane Bell  Canada Unknown
4 Elta Cartwright  United States Unknown
5 Norma Wilson  New Zealand Unknown
6 Marguerite Radideau  France Unknown

Final

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Betty Robinson  United States 12.2 =WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bobbie Rosenfeld  Canada 12.3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ethel Smith  Canada 12.3
4 Erna Steinberg  Germany 12.4
– Myrtle Cook  Canada DQ
– Leni Schmidt  Germany DQ

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Women's 100 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
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