Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres hurdles
| Women's 100 metres hurdles at the Games of the XX Olympiad
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium, Munich, West Germany | ||||||||||||
| Date | 4 September 1972 & 8 September 1972 | ||||||||||||
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Annelie Ehrhardt |
 East Germany
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Valeria Bufanu |
 Romania
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Karin Balzer |
East Germany
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These are the official results of the Women's 100 metres hurdles event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. The competition was held on the 4 & 8 of September. This was the first time this distance for women were help at the Olympics the previous distance of 80 metres were discontinued after the 1968 Games. If the Olympics were held two years earlier in 1970 the hands on favorite would have been Cheng Chi of the Republic of China who set several world records in that year. No one was the clear favorite coming into these games. Pam Kilborn and Karin Balzer were back for their third Olympic games.
The top four runners in each heat advanced to the semifinal round.
Top four in each heat advanced to the final round.
Key: WR = world record; OR = Olympic record; DNS = did not start; DNF = did not finish
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