Women's 100 metres at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
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Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
Dates | September 1 (heats and quarterfinals) September 2 (semifinals and final) |
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Wilma Rudolph United States |
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Dorothy Hyman Great Britain |
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Giuseppina Leone Italy |
The women's 100 metres sprint event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place between September 1 and September 2.
The fastest four runners in each of the seven heats advanced to the quarterfinal round.
Heat one
Heat two
Heat three
Heat four
Heat five
Heat six
Heat seven
The fastest three runners in each of the four heats advanced to the semifinal round.
Heat one
Heat two
Heat three
Heat four
The fastest three runners in each of the two heats advanced to the final round.
Heat one
Heat two
Wind = 2.8 m/s.
Wind was over the allotted speed. All time in finals were wind assisted and do not count toward world or Olympic records.
Key: =WR = equaled world record