# Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres was the shortest of the four women's track races in the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 15 October and 16 October 1964. 45 athletes from 27 nations entered, with 1 not starting in the first round. The first two rounds were held on 15 October, with the semifinals and the final on 16 October.

## Results
### First round

The top five runners in each of the 6 heats advanced.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Marilyn White | United States | 11.2 | Q |
| 2 | Daphne Arden | Great Britain | 11.5 | Q |
| 3 | Renāte Lāce | Soviet Union | 11.6 | Q |
| 4 | Dianne Bowering-Burge | Australia | 11.8 | Q |
| 5 | Rose Hart | Ghana | 11.9 | Q |
| 6 | Erzsébet Bartos | Hungary | 11.9 | |
| 7 | Mona Sulaiman | Philippines | 12.0 | |
| — | Jean Mitchell | Panama | DNS | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Edith McGuire | United States | 11.4 | Q |
| 2 | Barbara Sobotta | Poland | 11.8 | Q |
| 3 | Christiane Cadic | France | 12.0 | Q |
| 4 | Renate Meyer | United Team of Germany | 12.0 | Q |
| 5 | Inge Aigner | Austria | 12.0 | Q |
| 6 | Marcela Daniel | Panama | 12.6 | |
| 7 | Simin Safamehr | Iran | 13.2 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ewa Kłobukowska | Poland | Unknown | Q |
| 2 | Margit Nemesházi | Hungary | 11.7 | Q |
| 3 | Daniele Gueneau | France | 12.0 | Q |
| 4 | Avis McIntosh | New Zealand | 12.0 | Q |
| 5 | Ulla-Britt Wieslander | Sweden | 12.0 | Q |
| 6 | Louise Sydranski | Israel | 12.1 | |
| — | Erika Pollmann | United Team of Germany | DSQ | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Dorothy Hyman | Great Britain | 11.6 | Q |
| 2 | Doreen Porter | New Zealand | 11.7 | Q |
| 3 | Galina Popova | Soviet Union | 11.8 | Q |
| 4 | Clarice Ahanotu | Nigeria | 11.9 | Q |
| 5 | Irene Muyanga | Uganda | 12.0 | Q |
| 6 | Johanna Bijleveld | Netherlands | 12.3 | |
| 7 | Delceita Oakley | Panama | 12.3 | |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Wyomia Tyus | United States | 11.3 | Q |
| 2 | Halina Gorecka | Poland | 11.5 | Q |
| 3 | Irene Piotrowski | Canada | 11.5 | Q |
| 4 | Margaret Burvill | Australia | 11.6 | Q |
| 5 | Carmen Smith | Jamaica | 11.7 | Q |
| 6 | Esperanza Girón | Mexico | 12.2 | |
| 7 | Kusolwan Sorut | Thailand | 12.6 | |
| 8 | Christiana Boateng | Ghana | 12.9 | |

#### Heat 6

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Marilyn Black | Australia | 11.5 | Q |
| 2 | Miguelina Cobián | Cuba | 11.6 | Q |
| 3 | Eva Lehocká | Czechoslovakia | 11.8 | Q |
| 4 | Galina Gayda | Soviet Union | 11.9 | Q |
| 5 | Heilwig Jacob | United Team of Germany | 11.9 | Q |
| 6 | Madeleine Cobb | Great Britain | 12.0 | |
| 7 | Margarita Formeiro | Argentina | 12.2 | |
| 8 | Song Yang-ja | South Korea | 12.7 | |

### Second round

The top four runners in each of the four heats advanced to the semifinals.

#### Quarterfinal 1

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Wyomia Tyus | United States | 11.2 | Q, OR, =WR |
| 2 | Dorothy Hyman | Great Britain | 11.5 | Q |
| 3 | Galina Popova | Soviet Union | 11.5 | Q |
| 4 | Irene Piotrowski | Canada | 11.6 | Q |
| 5 | Barbara Sobotta | Poland | 11.8 | |
| 6 | Avis McIntosh$^†$ | New Zealand | 12.0 | |
| 7 | Irene Muyanga | Uganda | 12.2 | |
$^†$ In the Second Round results as per the Official Olympic report, Avis McIntosh, of New Zealand, was erroneously mentioned as a Dutch athlete.

#### Quarterfinal 2

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Marilyn Black | Australia | 11.4 | Q |
| 2 | Marilyn White | United States | 11.5 | Q |
| 3 | Renāte Lāce | Soviet Union | 11.6 | Q |
| 4 | Carmen L. Smith | Jamaica | 11.7 | Q |
| 5 | Heilwig Jacob | United Team of Germany | 11.7 | |
| 6 | Danielle Guéneau | France | 11.8 | |
| 7 | Clarice Ahanotu | Nigeria | 11.8 | |
| 8 | Ulla-Britt Wieslander | Sweden | 11.9 | |

#### Quarterfinal 3

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Edith McGuire | United States | 11.4 | Q |
| 2 | Halina Gorecka | Poland | 11.5 | Q |
| 3 | Miguelina Cobián | Cuba | 11.5 | Q |
| 4 | Marko Nemeshazi | Hungary | 11.5 | Q |
| 5 | Dianne Marie Bowering | Australia | 11.7 | |
| 6 | Rose Hart | Ghana | 11.9 | |
| 7 | Inge Aigner | Austria | 12.0 | |
| 8 | Renate Meyer | United Team of Germany | 12.1 | |

#### Quarterfinal 4

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ewa Kłobukowska | Poland | 11.4 | Q |
| 2 | Daphne Arden | Great Britain | 11.5 | Q |
| 3 | Eva Lehocká | Czechoslovakia | 11.6 | Q |
| 4 | Margaret Burvill | Australia | 11.7 | Q |
| 5 | Doreen Porter | New Zealand | 11.8 | |
| 6 | Christiane Cadic | France | 12.0 | |
| 7 | Galina Gaida | Soviet Union | 12.0 | |

### Semifinals

The top four runners in each of the two semifinals advanced to the final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Miguelina Cobián | Cuba | 11.6 | Q |
| 2 | Marilyn Black | Australia | 11.6 | Q |
| 3 | Edith McGuire | United States | 11.6 | Q |
| 4 | Halina Gorecka | Poland | 11.7 | Q |
| 5 | Galina Popova | Soviet Union | 11.8 | |
| 6 | Daphne Arden | Great Britain | 11.8 | |
| 7 | Eva Lehocká | Czechoslovakia | 11.9 | |
| 8 | Carmen L. Smith | Jamaica | 11.9 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Wyomia Tyus | United States | 11.3 | Q |
| 2 | Ewa Kłobukowska | Poland | 11.4 | Q |
| 3 | Marilyn White | United States | 11.5 | Q |
| 4 | Dorothy Hyman | Great Britain | 11.6 | Q |
| 5 | Irene Piotrowski | Canada | 11.7 | |
| 6 | Renāte Lāce | Soviet Union | 11.7 | |
| 7 | Marko Nemeshazi | Hungary | 11.7 | |
| 8 | Margaret Burvill | Australia | 11.8 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| | Wyomia Tyus | United States | 11.4 |
| | Edith McGuire | United States | 11.6 |
| | Ewa Kłobukowska | Poland | 11.6 |
| 4 | Marilyn White | United States | 11.6 |
| 5 | Miguelina Cobián | Cuba | 11.7 |
| 6 | Marilyn Black | Australia | 11.7 |
| 7 | Halina Górecka | Poland | 11.8 |
| 8 | Dorothy Hyman | Great Britain | 11.9 |