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Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres

Women's 100 metres
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium
Dates September 1 (heats and quarterfinals)
September 2 (semifinals and final)
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Wilma Rudolph
 United States
2nd, silver medalist(s) Dorothy Hyman
 Great Britain
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Giuseppina Leone
 Italy
← 1956
1964 →
1st, gold medalist(s) Wilma Rudolph
 United States
2nd, silver medalist(s) Dorothy Hyman
 Great Britain
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 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


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