# Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres sprint event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place on September 1 & 2.

## Results
### Heats

Top five in each heat (blue) and the next two fastest (pink) advanced to quarterfinal round.

### Heat 1

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Silvia Chivás | Cuba | 3 | 11.18 | WJR |
| 2 | Annegret Richter | West Germany | 7 | 11.30 |
| 3 | Wilma van Gool | Netherlands | 4 | 11.43 |
| 4 | Andrea Lynch | Great Britain | 1 | 11.52 |
| 5 | Mattiline Render | United States | 5 | 11.60 |
| 6 | Juana Mosquera | Colombia | 8 | 11.64 |
| 7 | Marion Hoffman | Australia | 6 | 11.68 |
| 8 | Missie Misomali | Malawi | 2 | 12.78 |

### Heat 2

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Time |
| 1 | Esther Shakhamorov | Israel | 7 | 11.45 |
| 2 | Ivanka Valkova | Bulgaria | 1 | 11.49 |
| 3 | Eva Glesková | Czechoslovakia | 5 | 11.50 |
| 4 | Evelin Kaufer | East Germany | 8 | 11.59 |
| 5 | Galina Bukharina | Soviet Union | 3 | 11.69 |
| 6 | Beatrice Lungu | Zambia | 4 | 12.42 |
| 7 | Fatima El-Faquir | Morocco | 2 | 12.56 |
| 8 | Russel Carrero | Nicaragua | 6 | 13.45 |

### Heat 3

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Time |
| 1 | Iris Davis | United States | 3 | 11.34 |
| 2 | Alice Anum | Ghana | 5 | 11.54 |
| 3 | Anita Neil | Great Britain | 8 | 11.55 |
| 4 | Cecilia Molinari | Italy | 1 | 11.61 |
| 5 | Pam Kilborn | Australia | 4 | 11.73 |
| 6 | Linda Haglund | Sweden | 2 | 11.97 |
| 7 | Freida Nicholls-Davy | Barbados | 7 | 12.16 |
| 8 | Irene Fitzner | Argentina | 6 | 12.51 |

### Heat 4

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Time |
| 1 | Renate Stecher | East Germany | 5 | 11.31 |
| 2 | Rosie Allwood | Jamaica | 4 | 11.46 |
| 3 | Barbara Ferrell | United States | 3 | 11.47 |
| 4 | Hannah Afriyie | Ghana | 1 | 11.90 |
| 5 | Laura Nappi | Italy | 6 | 12.02 |
| 6 | Carolina Rieuwpassa | Indonesia | 7 | 12.23 |
| 7 | Amelita Alanes | Philippines | 2 | 12.37 |
| 8 | Meas Kheng | Khmer Republic | 8 | 12.72 |

### Heat 5

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Time |
| 1 | Raelene Boyle | Australia | 7 | 11.37 |
| 2 | Carmen Valdés | Cuba | 1 | 11.53 |
| 3 | Ingrid Becker | West Germany | 3 | 11.55 |
| 4 | Lyudmila Zharkova | Soviet Union | 8 | 11.56 |
| 5 | Ellen Strophal | East Germany | 4 | 11.63 |
| 6 | Tuula Rautanen | Finland | 6 | 11.89 |
| 7 | Emilie Edet | Nigeria | 2 | 12.06 |
| 8 | Mireille Joseph | Haiti | 5 | 13.84 |

### Heat 6

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Time |
| 1 | Elfgard Schittenhelm | West Germany | 1 | 11.32 |
| 2 | Irena Szewińska | Poland | 8 | 11.33 |
| 3 | Sylviane Telliez | France | 6 | 11.36 |
| 4 | Sonia Lannaman | Great Britain | 4 | 11.45 |
| 5 | Brenda Matthews | New Zealand | 2 | 11.77 |
| 6 | María Luisa Vilca | Peru | 5 | 11.85 |
| 7 | Claudette Powell | Bahamas | 3 | 12.01 |
| - | Nadezhda Bezfamilnaya | Soviet Union | 7 | DNS |

## Quarterfinals

Top four in each heat advanced to semifinal round (blue).

### Quarterfinal 1

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Time |
| 1 | Silvia Chivás | Cuba | 3 | 11.22 |
| 2 | Raelene Boyle | Australia | 7 | 11.30 |
| 3 | Barbara Ferrell | United States | 5 | 11.38 |
| 4 | Esther Shakhamorov | Israel | 6 | 11.46 |
| 5 | Ellen Strophal | East Germany | 8 | 11.48 |
| 6 | Anita Neil | Great Britain | 2 | 11.58 |
| 7 | Cecilia Molinari | Italy | 1 | 11.63 |
| 8 | Brenda Matthews | New Zealand | 4 | 11.87 |

### Quarterfinal 2

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Time |
| 1 | Renate Stecher | East Germany | 5 | 11.27 |
| 2 | Irena Szewińska | Poland | 6 | 11.49 |
| T3 | Ingrid Becker | West Germany | 4 | 11.52 |
| T3 | Rosie Allwood | Jamaica | 8 | 11.52 |
| 5 | Sonia Lannaman | Great Britain | 7 | 11.72 |
| 6 | Pam Kilborn | Australia | 1 | 11.85 |
| 7 | Hannah Afriyie | Ghana | 2 | 12.04 |
| 8 | Laura Nappi | Italy | 3 | 12.13 |

### Quarterfinal 3

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Time |
| 1 | Annegret Richter | West Germany | 8 | 11.33 |
| 2 | Eva Glesková | Czechoslovakia | 7 | 11.43 |
| 3 | Alice Anum | Ghana | 5 | 11.45 |
| 4 | Andrea Lynch | Great Britain | 3 | 11.57 |
| 5 | Sylviane Telliez | France | 6 | 11.64 |
| 6 | Mattiline Render | United States | 2 | 11.67 |
| 7 | Marion Hoffman | Australia | 4 | 11.78 |
| 8 | Galina Bukharina | Soviet Union | 1 | 11.81 |

### Quarterfinal 4

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Time |
| 1 | Iris Davis | United States | 1 | 11.27 |
| 2 | Elfgard Schittenhelm | West Germany | 8 | 11.42 |
| 3 | Carmen Valdés | Cuba | 6 | 11.46 |
| 4 | Lyudmila Zharkova | Soviet Union | 4 | 11.46 |
| 5 | Wilma van Gool | Netherlands | 7 | 11.47 |
| 6 | Ivanka Valkova | Bulgaria | 5 | 11.48 |
| 7 | Evelin Kaufer | East Germany | 3 | 11.55 |
| 8 | Juana Mosquera | Colombia | 2 | 11.66 |

## Semifinals

Top four in each heat advanced to the final round (blue).

### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Time |
| 1 | Renate Stecher | East Germany | 2 | 11.18 |
| 2 | Iris Davis | United States | 3 | 11.36 |
| 3 | Eva Glesková | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 11.43 |
| 4 | Alice Anum | Ghana | 4 | 11.47 |
| 5 | Elfgard Schittenhelm | West Germany | 6 | 11.49 |
| 6 | Carmen Valdés | Cuba | 8 | 11.52 |
| 7 | Ingrid Becker | West Germany | 7 | 11.53 |
| 8 | Rosie Allwood | Jamaica | 5 | 11.58 |

### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Time |
| 1 | Raelene Boyle | Australia | 8 | 11.32 |
| 2 | Silvia Chivás | Cuba | 6 | 11.33 |
| 3 | Annegret Richter | West Germany | 7 | 11.39 |
| 4 | Barbara Ferrell | United States | 4 | 11.49 |
| 5 | Esther Shakhamorov | Israel | 1 | 11.49 |
| 6 | Irena Szewińska | Poland | 2 | 11.54 |
| 7 | Andrea Lynch | Great Britain | 5 | 11.64 |
| 8 | Lyudmila Zharkova | Soviet Union | 3 | 11.67 |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Lane | Time | Notes |
| | Renate Stecher | East Germany | 3 | 11.07 | WR |
| | Raelene Boyle | Australia | 1 | 11.23 | |
| | Silvia Chivás | Cuba | 6 | 11.24 | |
| 4 | Iris Davis | United States | 4 | 11.32 | |
| 5 | Annegret Richter | West Germany | 2 | 11.38 | |
| 6 | Alice Anum | Ghana | 8 | 11.41 | |
| 7 | Barbara Ferrell | United States | 5 | 11.45 | |
| 8 | Eva Glesková | Czechoslovakia | 7 | 12.48 | |
Key: WR = world record; DNS = did not start; T = Tie