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Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metres

Women's 100 metres
at the Games of the X Olympiad
Venue Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Dates August 1 (heats and semifinals)
August 2 (final)
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Stanisława Walasiewicz  Poland
2nd, silver medalist(s) Hilda Strike  Canada
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Wilhelmina von Bremen  United States
← 1928
1936 →
1st, gold medalist(s) Stanisława Walasiewicz  Poland
2nd, silver medalist(s) Hilda Strike  Canada
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Wilhelmina von Bremen  United States

The women's 100 metres sprint event at the 1932 Olympic Games took place between August 1 and August 2 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The final was won by Pole Stanisława Walasiewicz.

In 1980, after her shooting death as a bystander at an armed robbery, 1932 race winner Stanisława Walasiewicz was revealed to be intersex, and possibly ineligible to compete under modern gender determination tests. No change has been made to the records for the 1932 women's 100 metres race.

Key: =WR = Equalled world record


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