1960 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 100 m (women)

sport	athletics
discipline	100 meter run
gender	Women
Attendees	31 athletes from 18 countries
Competition location	Stadio Olimpico
Competition phase	September 1, 1960 (prelims / quarter-finals) September 2, 1960 (semi-finals / finals)
Medalists Wilma Rudolph ( USA )   Dorothy Hyman ( GBR )   Giuseppina Leone ( ITA )

The women's 100-meter run at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome was held on September 1 and 2, 1960 at the Stadio Olimpico . 31 athletes took part.

The American Wilma Rudolph became Olympic champion . She won ahead of the British Dorothy Hyman and the Italian Giuseppina Leone .

Athletes from Switzerland and Austria did not take part. Three German sprinters started. Brunhilde Hendrix reached the semifinals and was eliminated there in fifth. Gisela Birkemeyer failed in fourth in the quarterfinals. Hannelore Raepke also qualified for the quarter-finals, but did not start.

Existing records

Olympic Champion Wilma Rudolph (USA)

World record	11.3 s	Shirley Strickland de la Hunty ( Australia )	Warsaw , Poland	4th August 1955
		Wera Krepkina ( Soviet Union )	Kiev , Soviet Union (now Ukraine )	September 13, 1958
Olympic record	11.4 s	Betty Cuthbert ( Australia )	Third run from Melbourne	November 24, 1956

Conducting the competition

The runners started seven heats on September 1st. The four best runners qualified for the quarter-finals on the same day on which the three best runners reached the semi-finals. The two preliminary rounds and the final were held on September 2nd. The three fastest runners from the semifinals made it to the final.

Note: The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue.

Time schedule

September 1st, 9:00 a.m .: Preliminaries
September 1st, 3:00 p.m .: Quarter-finals
September 2nd, 3:00 p.m .: Semi-finals
September 2nd, 4:20 p.m .: Final

Prelims

Date: September 1, 1960, from 9:00 a.m.

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Giuseppina Leone	Italy	11.7 s	11.87 s
2	Barbara Jones	United States	11.8 s	11.91 s
3	Eleanor Haslam	Canada	12.0 s	12.21 s
4th	Elizabeth Jenner	Great Britain	12.2 s	12.39 s

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Patricia Duggan	Australia	11.9 s	12.18 s
2	Mona Sulaiman	Philippines	12.1 s	12.40 s
3	Vivi Markussen	Denmark	12.2 s	12.53 s
4th	Nancy Lewington	Canada	12.4 s	12.67 s

Forward 3

Olga Šikovec from Yugoslavia reached the quarter-finals.

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Marija Itkina	Soviet Union	11.7 s	11.83 s
2	Marlene Mathews	Australia	12.0 s	12.10 s
3	Olga Šikovec	Yugoslavia	10.5 s	10.75 s
4th	Carlota Gooden	Panama	12.2 s	12.36 s

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Jenny Smart	Great Britain	11.9 s	12.04 s
2	Betty Cuthbert	Australia	12.1 s	12.21 s
3	Valerie Morgan	New Zealand	12.5 s	12.61 s
4th	Sneschana Kerkowa	Bulgaria	12.6 s	12.66 s

Forward 5

At the age of 16, the Canadian Valerie Jerome was the youngest participant in the Olympic athletics of Rome .

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Dorothy Hyman	Great Britain	11.8 s	11.98 s
2	Gisela Birkemeyer	Germany	12.2 s	12.31 s
3	Jean Holmes-Mitchell	Panama	12.4 s	12.52 s
4th	Valerie Jerome	Canada	12.5 s	12.58 s
5	Maeve Kyle	Ireland	12.5 s	12.59 s
6th	Ilana Adir	Israel	12.9 s	13.04 s

Forward 6

The German Hannelore Raepke qualified for the quarter-finals, but did not appear there.

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Wilma Rudolph	United States	11.5 s	11.65 s
2	Catherine Capdevielle	France	11.8 s	11.94 s
3	Halina Herrmann	Poland	12.0 s	12.13 s
4th	Hannelore Raepke	Germany	12.3 s	12.45 s

Forward 7

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Wera Krepkina	Soviet Union	11.8 s	11.97 s
2	Brunhilde Hendrix	Germany	11.8 s	11.99 s
3	Teresa Ciepły	Poland	12.1 s	12.25 s
4th	Martha Hudson	United States	12.2 s	12.33 s
5	Aycan Oil	Turkey	13.4 s	13.59 s

Quarter finals

Date: September 1, 1960, from 3 p.m.

Run 1

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Wilma Rudolph	United States	11.5 s	11.70 s
2	Wera Krepkina	Soviet Union	12.0 s	12.14 s
3	Marlene Mathews	Australia	12.1 s	12.25 s
4th	Gisela Birkemeyer	Germany	12.1 s	12.26 s
5	Eleanor Haslam	Canada	12.3 s	12.46 s
6th	Mona Sulaiman	Philippines	12.4 s	12.54 s
7th	Valerie Morgan	New Zealand	12.5 s	12.66 s

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Marija Itkina	Soviet Union	11.7 s	11.88 s
2	Brunhilde Hendrix	Germany	11.9 s	10.37 s
3	Halina Herrmann	Poland	11.9 s	12.10 s
4th	Patricia Duggan	Australia	12.2 s	12.32 s
5	Jean Holmes-Mitchell	Panama	12.3 s	12.39 s
6th	Elizabeth Jenner	Great Britain	12.4 s	12.50 s
7th	Sneschana Kerkowa	Bulgaria	12.7 s	12.80 s

Run 3

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Giuseppina Leone	Italy	12.0 s	12.11 s
2	Catherine Capdevielle	France	12.0 s	12.16 s
3	Jenny Smart	Great Britain	12.0 s	12.17 s
4th	Martha Hudson	United States	12.2 s	12.30 s
5	Olga Šikovec	Yugoslavia	12.5 s	12.61 s
6th	Carlota Gooden	Panama	12.6 s	12.70 s
7th	Nancy Lewington	Canada	13.1 s	13.23 s

Run 4

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Dorothy Hyman	Great Britain	11.6 s	11.77 s
2	Barbara Jones	United States	11.9 s	12.02 s
3	Teresa Ciepły	Poland	12.0 s	12.14 s
4th	Betty Cuthbert	Australia	12.0 s	12.18 s
5	Valerie Jerome	Canada	12.4 s	12.50 s
6th	Vivi Markussen	Denmark	12.4 s	12.56 s

Semifinals

The Polish Teresa Ciepły was eliminated in the semi-finals.

Date: September 2, 1960, from 3 p.m.

Run 1

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Wilma Rudolph	United States	11.3 s	11.41 s	WRe / OR
2	Giuseppina Leone	Italy	11.6 s	11.71 s
3	Jenny Smart	Great Britain	11.8 s	11.89 s
4th	Halina Herrmann	Poland	11.8 s	11.93 s
5	Brunhilde Hendrix	Germany	11.9 s	11.99 s
6th	Wera Krepkina	Soviet Union	12.0 s	12.08 s

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Dorothy Hyman	Great Britain	11.5 s	11.65 s
2	Marija Itkina	Soviet Union	11.7 s	11.78 s
3	Catherine Capdevielle	France	11.7 s	11.82 s
4th	Barbara Jones	United States	11.7 s	11.84 s
5	Teresa Ciepły	Poland	11.9 s	12.05 s
6th	Marlene Mathews	Australia	11.9 s	12.05 s

final

Finish: Wilma Rudolph (USA) ahead of Dorothy Hyman (GBR) and Giuseppina Leone (ITA)

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Wilma Rudolph	United States	11.0 s	11.18 s	Times due to the strong tail wind of 2.75 m / s not on the best list
2	Dorothy Hyman	Great Britain	11.3 s	11.43 s
3	Giuseppina Leone	Italy	11.3 s	11.48 s
4th	Marija Itkina	Soviet Union	11.4 s	11.54 s
5	Catherine Capdevielle	France	11.5 s	11.64 s
6th	Jenny Smart	Great Britain	11.6 s	11.72 s

Date: September 2, 1960, from 3 p.m.

The Australian Olympic champion of 1956 , Betty Cuthbert, suffered from an injury and was eliminated early in the quarter-finals. The favorite role now fell to US runner Wilma Rudolph, who had set the world record in the semifinals .

The 20-year-old African American was in the lead right from the start and won the race with three tenths of a second ahead of the two officially simultaneous runners Dorothy Hyman from Great Britain and Giuseppina Leone from Italy. The class times achieved in the final were not on the best list due to a strong tail wind of 2.75 m / s.

Wilma Rudolph, who was to win two more gold medals in Rome , was called the "black gazelle" because of her running style.

Giuseppina Leone won the first Italian medal over 100 meters .

literature

• Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, pp. 220f

Web links

• SportsReference 100 m , accessed October 21, 2017
• Official report pp. 181-185, engl. (PDF), accessed on October 21, 2017
• Wilma Rudolph at Rome 1960 | Epic Olympic Moments , range 0:00 min - 0:26 min, published December 11, 2015 on youtube.com, accessed October 21, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 100m women , accessed October 21, 2017
2. ^ Official Report of the 1960 Olympic Games , p. 63 at library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 21, 2017
3. ↑ Official Report of the 1960 Olympic Games , p. 181/183 (English) at library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 21, 2017
4. ↑ Official Report of the 1960 Olympic Games , p. 183 (English) at library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 21, 2017
5. ↑ ^{a b} Official Report of the 1960 Olympic Games , p. 184 (English) at library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 21, 2017
6. ↑ SportsReference , accessed October 21, 2017