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

Women's 100 metres at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	15–16 October
Competitors	45 from 27 nations
Medalists
Wyomia Tyus   United States   Edith McGuire   United States   Ewa Kłobukowska   Poland

Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics
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 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.

First round, heat 1

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Marilyn White	United States	11.2 seconds
2	Daphne Arden	Great Britain	11.5 seconds
3	Renata Latse	Soviet Union	11.6 seconds
4	Dianne Marie Bowering	Australia	11.8 seconds
5	Rose Hart	Ghana	11.9 seconds
6	Heldt Bartoss	Hungary	11.9 seconds
7	Mona Sulaiman	Philippines	12.0 seconds
—	Jean Mitchell	Panama	Did not start

First round, heat 2

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

First round, heat 3

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Ewa Kłobukowska	Poland	Unknown
2	Marko Nemeshazi	Hungary	11.7 seconds
3	Daniele Gueneau	France	12.0 seconds
4	Avis McIntosh	New Zealand	12.0 seconds
5	Ulla-Britt Wieslander	Sweden	12.0 seconds
6	Louise Sydranski	Israel	12.1 seconds
7	Erika Pollmann	United Team of Germany	Disqualified

First round, heat 4

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

First round, heat 5

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Wyomia Tyus	United States	11.3 seconds
2	Halina Gorecka	Poland	11.5 seconds
3	Irene Piotrowski	Canada	11.5 seconds
4	Margaret Burvill	Australia	11.6 seconds
5	Carmen L. Smith	Jamaica	11.7 seconds
6	E. E. Giron Olivares	Mexico	12.2 seconds
7	Kusolwan Soraja	Thailand	12.6 seconds
8	Christiana Boateng	Ghana	12.9 seconds

First round, heat 6

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Marilyn Black	Australia	11.5 seconds
2	Miguelina Cobián	Cuba	11.6 seconds
3	Eva Lehocka	Czechoslovakia	11.8 seconds
4	Galina Gaida	Soviet Union	11.9 seconds
5	Heilwig Jacob	United Team of Germany	11.9 seconds
6	Madeleine Cobb	Great Britain	12.0 seconds
7	Maria Formeiro	Argentina	12.2 seconds
8	Song Yang Ja	South Korea	12.7 seconds

Second round

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

Second round, heat 1

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

• ^† = In the Second Round result of the Official Olympic report,^[1] Avis McIntosh, of New Zealand, was mentioned as a Dutch athlete which seems an obvious typo.

Second round, heat 2

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

Second round, heat 3

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

Second round, heat 4

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

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

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

Semifinal 2

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

Final

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Wyomia Tyus	United States	11.4 seconds
2	Edith McGuire	United States	11.6 seconds
3	Ewa Kłobukowska	Poland	11.6 seconds
4	Marilyn White	United States	11.6 seconds
5	Miguelina Cobián	Cuba	11.7 seconds
6	Marilyn Black	Australia	11.7 seconds
7	Halina Górecka	Poland	11.8 seconds
8	Dorothy Hyman	Great Britain	11.9 seconds

References

• Official Report