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Women's 100 metres
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates15–16 October
Competitors45 from 27 nations
Winning time11.4
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Wyomia Tyus
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Edith McGuire
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ewa Kłobukowska
 Poland
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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

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Marilyn White  United States 11.2 Q
2 Daphne Arden  Great Britain 11.5 Q
3 Renāte Lāce  Soviet Union 11.6 Q
4 Dianne Bowering-Burge  Australia 11.8 Q
5 Rose Hart  Ghana 11.9 Q
6 Erzsébet Bartos  Hungary 11.9
7 Mona Sulaiman  Philippines 12.0
Jean Mitchell  Panama DNS

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Edith McGuire  United States 11.4 Q
2 Barbara Sobotta  Poland 11.8 Q
3 Christiane Cadic  France 12.0 Q
4 Renate Meyer  United Team of Germany 12.0 Q
5 Inge Aigner  Austria 12.0 Q
6 Marcela Daniel  Panama 12.6
7 Simin Safamehr  Iran 13.2

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Ewa Kłobukowska  Poland Unknown Q
2 Margit Nemesházi  Hungary 11.7 Q
3 Daniele Gueneau  France 12.0 Q
4 Avis McIntosh  New Zealand 12.0 Q
5 Ulla-Britt Wieslander  Sweden 12.0 Q
6 Louise Sydranski  Israel 12.1
Erika Pollmann  United Team of Germany DSQ

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Dorothy Hyman  Great Britain 11.6 Q
2 Doreen Porter  New Zealand 11.7 Q
3 Galina Popova  Soviet Union 11.8 Q
4 Clarice Ahanotu  Nigeria 11.9 Q
5 Irene Muyanga  Uganda 12.0 Q
6 Johanna Bijleveld  Netherlands 12.3
7 Delceita Oakley  Panama 12.3

Heat 5

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Wyomia Tyus  United States 11.3 Q
2 Halina Gorecka  Poland 11.5 Q
3 Irene Piotrowski  Canada 11.5 Q
4 Margaret Burvill  Australia 11.6 Q
5 Carmen Smith  Jamaica 11.7 Q
6 Esperanza Girón  Mexico 12.2
7 Kusolwan Sorut  Thailand 12.6
8 Christiana Boateng  Ghana 12.9

Heat 6

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Marilyn Black  Australia 11.5 Q
2 Miguelina Cobián  Cuba 11.6 Q
3 Eva Lehocká  Czechoslovakia 11.8 Q
4 Galina Gayda  Soviet Union 11.9 Q
5 Heilwig Jacob  United Team of Germany 11.9 Q
6 Madeleine Cobb  Great Britain 12.0
7 Margarita Formeiro  Argentina 12.2
8 Song Yang-ja  South Korea 12.7

Second round

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

Quarterfinal 1

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Wyomia Tyus  United States 11.2 Q, OR, =WR
2 Dorothy Hyman  Great Britain 11.5 Q
3 Galina Popova  Soviet Union 11.5 Q
4 Irene Piotrowski  Canada 11.6 Q
5 Barbara Sobotta  Poland 11.8
6 Avis McIntosh  New Zealand 12.0
7 Irene Muyanga  Uganda 12.2

In the Second Round results as per the Official Olympic report, Avis McIntosh, of New Zealand, was erroneously mentioned as a Dutch athlete.

Quarterfinal 2

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Marilyn Black  Australia 11.4 Q
2 Marilyn White  United States 11.5 Q
3 Renāte Lāce  Soviet Union 11.6 Q
4 Carmen L. Smith  Jamaica 11.7 Q
5 Heilwig Jacob  United Team of Germany 11.7
6 Danielle Guéneau  France 11.8
7 Clarice Ahanotu  Nigeria 11.8
8 Ulla-Britt Wieslander  Sweden 11.9

Quarterfinal 3

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Edith McGuire  United States 11.4 Q
2 Halina Gorecka  Poland 11.5 Q
3 Miguelina Cobián  Cuba 11.5 Q
4 Marko Nemeshazi  Hungary 11.5 Q
5 Dianne Marie Bowering  Australia 11.7
6 Rose Hart  Ghana 11.9
7 Inge Aigner  Austria 12.0
8 Renate Meyer  United Team of Germany 12.1

Quarterfinal 4

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Ewa Kłobukowska  Poland 11.4 Q
2 Daphne Arden  Great Britain 11.5 Q
3 Eva Lehocká  Czechoslovakia 11.6 Q
4 Margaret Burvill  Australia 11.7 Q
5 Doreen Porter  New Zealand 11.8
6 Christiane Cadic  France 12.0
7 Galina Gaida  Soviet Union 12.0

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Miguelina Cobián  Cuba 11.6 Q
2 Marilyn Black  Australia 11.6 Q
3 Edith McGuire  United States 11.6 Q
4 Halina Gorecka  Poland 11.7 Q
5 Galina Popova  Soviet Union 11.8
6 Daphne Arden  Great Britain 11.8
7 Eva Lehocká  Czechoslovakia 11.9
8 Carmen L. Smith  Jamaica 11.9

Semifinal 2

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Wyomia Tyus  United States 11.3 Q
2 Ewa Kłobukowska  Poland 11.4 Q
3 Marilyn White  United States 11.5 Q
4 Dorothy Hyman  Great Britain 11.6 Q
5 Irene Piotrowski  Canada 11.7
6 Renāte Lāce  Soviet Union 11.7
7 Marko Nemeshazi  Hungary 11.7
8 Margaret Burvill  Australia 11.8

Final

Rank Athlete Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Wyomia Tyus  United States 11.4
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Edith McGuire  United States 11.6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ewa Kłobukowska  Poland 11.6
4 Marilyn White  United States 11.6
5 Miguelina Cobián  Cuba 11.7
6 Marilyn Black  Australia 11.7
7 Halina Górecka  Poland 11.8
8 Dorothy Hyman  Great Britain 11.9

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Women's 100 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  2. THE GAMES OF THE XVIII OLYMPIAD TOKYO 1964 The Official Report of the Organizing Committee. the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVIII Olympiad. 1964. p. 89. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
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