# Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres sprint event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place between September 1 and September 2.

## Results
### Heats

The fastest four runners in each of the seven heats advanced to the quarterfinal round.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Giuseppina Leone | Italy | 11.87 | Q |
| 2 | Barbara Jones | United States | 11.91 | Q |
| 3 | Eleanor Haslam | Canada | 12.21 | Q |
| 4 | Elizabeth Jenner | Great Britain | 12.39 | Q |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Pat Duggan | Australia | 12.18 | Q |
| 2 | Mona Sulaiman | Philippines | 12.40 | Q |
| 3 | Vivi Markussen | Denmark | 12.53 | Q |
| 4 | Nancy Lewington | Canada | 12.67 | Q |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Mariya Itkina | Soviet Union | 11.83 | Q |
| 2 | Marlene Mathews-Willard | Australia | 12.10 | Q |
| 3 | Olga Šikovec | Yugoslavia | 12.24 | Q |
| 4 | Carlota Gooden | Panama | 12.36 | Q |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jenny Smart | Great Britain | 12.04 | Q |
| 2 | Betty Cuthbert | Australia | 12.21 | Q |
| 3 | Valerie Morgan | New Zealand | 12.61 | Q |
| 4 | Snezhana Kerkova | Bulgaria | 12.66 | Q |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Dorothy Hyman | Great Britain | 11.98 | Q |
| 2 | Gisela Köhler-Birkemeyer | United Team of Germany | 12.31 | Q |
| 3 | Jean Holmes-Mitchell | Panama | 12.52 | Q |
| 4 | Valerie Jerome | Canada | 12.58 | Q |
| 5 | Maeve Kyle | Ireland | 12.59 | |
| 6 | Ilana Adir | Israel | 13.04 | |

#### Heat 6

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Wilma Rudolph | United States | 11.65 | Q |
| 2 | Catherine Capdevielle | France | 11.94 | Q |
| 3 | Halina Richter-Górecka-Herrmann | Poland | 12.13 | Q |
| 4 | Hannelore Raepke | United Team of Germany | 12.45 | Q |

#### Heat 7

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Vera Kalashnikova-Krepkina | Soviet Union | 11.97 | Q |
| 2 | Brunhilde Hendrix | United Team of Germany | 11.99 | Q |
| 3 | Teresa Ciepły-Wieczorek | Poland | 12.25 | Q |
| 4 | Martha Hudson | United States | 12.33 | Q |
| 5 | Aycan Önel | Turkey | 13.59 | |

### Quarterfinals

The fastest three runners in each of the four heats advanced to the semifinal round.

#### Quarterfinal 1

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Wilma Rudolph | United States | 11.70 | Q |
| 2 | Vera Kalashnikova-Krepkina | Soviet Union | 12.14 | Q |
| 3 | Marlene Mathews-Willard | Australia | 12.25 | Q |
| 4 | Gisela Köhler-Birkemeyer | United Team of Germany | 12.26 | |
| 5 | Eleanor Haslam | Canada | 12.46 | |
| 6 | Mona Sulaiman | Philippines | 12.54 | |
| 7 | Valerie Morgan | New Zealand | 12.66 | |

#### Quarterfinal 2

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Mariya Itkina | Soviet Union | 11.88 | Q |
| 2 | Brunhilde Hendrix | United Team of Germany | 12.02 | Q |
| 3 | Halina Richter-Górecka-Herrmann | Poland | 12.10 | Q |
| 4 | Pat Duggan | Australia | 12.32 | |
| 5 | Jean Holmes-Mitchell | Panama | 12.39 | |
| 6 | Elizabeth Jenner | Great Britain | 12.50 | |
| 7 | Snezhana Kerkova | Bulgaria | 12.80 | |

#### Quarterfinal 3

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Giuseppina Leone | Italy | 12.11 | Q |
| 2 | Catherine Capdevielle | France | 12.16 | Q |
| 3 | Jenny Smart | Great Britain | 12.17 | Q |
| 4 | Martha Hudson | United States | 12.30 | |
| 5 | Olga Šikovec | Yugoslavia | 12.61 | |
| 6 | Carlota Gooden | Panama | 12.70 | |
| 7 | Nancy Lewington | Canada | 13.23 | |

#### Quarterfinal 4

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Dorothy Hyman | Great Britain | 11.77 | Q |
| 2 | Barbara Jones | United States | 12.02 | Q |
| 3 | Teresa Ciepły-Wieczorek | Poland | 12.14 | Q |
| 4 | Betty Cuthbert | Australia | 12.18 | |
| 5 | Valerie Jerome | Canada | 12.50 | |
| 6 | Vivi Markussen | Denmark | 12.56 | |

### Semifinals

The fastest three runners in each of the two heats advanced to the final round.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Wilma Rudolph | United States | 11.41 | Q, =WR |
| 2 | Giuseppina Leone | Italy | 11.71 | Q |
| 3 | Jenny Smart | Great Britain | 11.89 | Q |
| 4 | Halina Richter-Górecka-Herrmann | Poland | 11.93 | |
| 5 | Brunhilde Hendrix | United Team of Germany | 11.99 | |
| 6 | Vera Kalashnikova-Krepkina | Soviet Union | 12.08 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Dorothy Hyman | Great Britain | 11.65 | Q |
| 2 | Mariya Itkina | Soviet Union | 11.78 | Q |
| 3 | Catherine Capdevielle | France | 11.82 | Q |
| 4 | Barbara Jones | United States | 11.84 | |
| 5 | Teresa Ciepły-Wieczorek | Poland | 12.05 | |
| 6 | Marlene Mathews-Willard | Australia | 12.05 | |

### Final

Wind = 2.8 m/s. Wind was over the allotted speed. All times in the finals were considered wind assisted and therefore were not counted toward world or Olympic records.
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| | Wilma Rudolph | United States | 11.18 |
| | Dorothy Hyman | Great Britain | 11.43 |
| | Giuseppina Leone | Italy | 11.48 |
| 4 | Mariya Itkina | Soviet Union | 11.54 |
| 5 | Catherine Capdevielle | France | 11.64 |
| 6 | Jenny Smart | Great Britain | 11.72 |