Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres
| Women's 100 metres at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
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| Venue | Estadio Olímpico Universitario | ||||||||||||
| Date | October 14–15 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 42 from 22 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 11.0 WR | ||||||||||||
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Wyomia Tyus |
 United States
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Barbara Ferrell |
United States
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Irena Szewińska |
 Poland
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The Women's 100 metres competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. The event was held at the University Olympic Stadium on October 14–15.
The Women's 100m competition consisted of heats (Round 1), Quarterfinals, Semifinals and a Final. The five fastest competitors from each race in the heats qualified for the quarterfinals. The four fastest runners from each of the quarterfinal races advanced to the semifinals, where again the top four from each race advance to the final.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
Heat 1
Heat 2
Heat 3
Heat 4
Heat 5
Heat 6
Heat 1
Heat 2
Heat 3
Heat 4
Heat 1
Heat 2
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