# 1969 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 17 September 1969.

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.
* Austria (1)
* Belgium (1)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Czechoslovakia (1)
* East Germany (3)
* Denmark (1)
* Finland (1)
* France (2)
* Iceland (1)
* Luxembourg (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* Poland (2)
* Romania (1)
* Soviet Union (3)
* Sweden (1)
* Great Britain (3)

## Results
### Heats

17 September

#### Heat 1

Wind: -3.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Karin Balzer | East Germany | 11.9 | Q |
| 2 | Else Hadrup | Denmark | 12.0 | Q |
| 3 | Mirosława Sarna | Poland | 12.0 | Q |
| 4 | Mariana Goth | Romania | 12.2 | Q |
| 5 | Anne Van Rensbergen | Belgium | 12.2 | |
| 6 | Ivanka Venkova | Bulgaria | 12.6 | |
| | | | Wind: -3.1 m/s | Wind: -3.1 m/s |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Petra Vogt | East Germany | 11.6 | Q |
| 2 | Anita Neil | Great Britain | 11.9 | Q |
| 3 | Danuta Jędrejek | Poland | 12.1 | Q |
| 4 | Galina Mitrokhina | Soviet Union | 12.2 | Q |
| 5 | Dominique Descatoire | France | 12.7 | |
| 6 | Annette Berger | Luxembourg | 12.9 | |
| 7 | Kristín Jónsdóttir | Iceland | 13.3 | |
| | | | Wind: -2.8 m/s | Wind: -2.8 m/s |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Val Peat | Great Britain | 12.0 | Q |
| 2 | Regina Höfer | East Germany | 12.1 | Q |
| 3 | Eva Glesková | Czechoslovakia | 12.2 | Q |
| 4 | Nadezhda Besfamilnaya | Soviet Union | 12.3 | Q |
| 5 | Mona-Lisa Strandvall | Finland | 12.4 | |
| | | | Wind: -3.5 m/s | Wind: -3.5 m/s |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Wilma van den Berg | Netherlands | 11.9 | Q |
| 2 | Sylviane Telliez | France | 12.0 | Q |
| 3 | Lyudmila Mikhailova | Soviet Union | 12.2 | Q |
| 4 | Madeleine Cobb | Great Britain | 12.2 | Q |
| 5 | Erika Kren | Austria | 12.4 | |
| 6 | Gun Olsson | Sweden | 12.6 | |
| | | | Wind: -2.0 m/s | Wind: -2.0 m/s |

### Semi-finals

17 September

#### Semi-final 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Petra Vogt | East Germany | 11.7 | Q |
| 2 | Anita Neil | Great Britain | 11.7 | Q |
| 3 | Sylviane Telliez | France | 11.8 | Q |
| 4 | Regina Höfer | East Germany | 11.9 | Q |
| 5 | Mirosława Sarna | Poland | 12.0 | |
| 6 | Nadezhda Besfamilnaya | Soviet Union | 12.0 | |
| 7 | Lyudmila Mikhailova | Soviet Union | 12.2 | |
| | Mariana Goth | Romania | DNS | |
| | | | Wind: -1.3 m/s | Wind: -1.3 m/s |

#### Semi-final 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Wilma van den Berg | Netherlands | 11.7 | Q |
| 2 | Karin Balzer | East Germany | 11.8 | Q |
| 3 | Val Peat | Great Britain | 11.9 | Q |
| 4 | Eva Glesková | Czechoslovakia | 11.9 | Q |
| 5 | Else Hadrup | Denmark | 12.0 | |
| 6 | Danuta Jędrejek | Poland | 12.1 | |
| 7 | Galina Mitrokhina | Soviet Union | 12.1 | |
| | Madeleine Cobb | Great Britain | DNS | |
| | | | Wind: -2.3 m/s | Wind: -2.3 m/s |

### Final

17 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Petra Vogt | East Germany | 11.66 | |
| | Wilma van den Berg | Netherlands | 11.74 | |
| | Anita Neil | Great Britain | 11.81 | |
| 4 | Val Peat | Great Britain | 11.87 | |
| 5 | Karin Balzer | East Germany | 11.88 | |
| 6 | Regina Höfer | East Germany | 11.90 | |
| 7 | Eva Glesková | Czechoslovakia | 11.90 | |
| 8 | Sylviane Telliez | France | 11.92 | |
| | | | Wind: -0.4 m/s | Wind: -0.4 m/s |