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

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Women's 100 metres hurdles
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium, Munich, West Germany
Date4 September 1972 & 8 September 1972
Competitors25 from 15 nations
Winning time12.59 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Annelie Ehrhardt
 East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Valeria Bufanu
 Romania
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Karin Balzer
 East Germany
← 1968
1976 →

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 was held at the Olympics; the previous distance of 80 metres were discontinued after the 1968 Games. Pam Kilborn and Karin Balzer were back for their third Olympic games.[1]

Heats

The top four runners in each heat advanced to the semifinal round.

Heat one

Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time Notes
1 Annelie Ehrhardt  East Germany 3 12.70 OR
2 Pam Kilborn  Australia 1 12.93
3 Teresa Nowak  Poland 5 13.16
4 Esther Shakhamorov  Israel 2 13.17
5 Judy Vernon  Great Britain 6 13.37
6 Lucila Salao  Philippines 7 15.15
- Edith Noding  Peru 4 DNS

Heat two

Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time
1 Valeria Bufanu  Romania 2 12.94
2 Danuta Straszyńska  Poland 1 13.03
3 Margit Bach  West Germany 5 13.46
4
Lacey O’Neal
 United States 3 13.78
5 Brenda Matthews  New Zealand 4 13.81
6 Penny Gillies  Australia 6 13.82

Heat three

Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time
1 Grażyna Rabsztyn  Poland 1 13.29
2
Annerose Krumpholz
 East Germany 3 13.31
3 Mamie Rallins  United States 4 13.51
4 Meta Antenen  Switzerland 2 13.61
5 Maureen Caird  Australia 6 13.63
6 Margaret Murphy  Ireland 5 15.89
- Mary Peters  Great Britain 7 DNS

Heat four

Left-right: Ann Wilson, Patty Johnson, Jacqueline André in heat four
Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time
1 Karin Balzer  East Germany 7 13.10
2 Patty Johnson  United States 3 13.28
3 Jacqueline André  France 2 13.33
4 Heidi Schüller  West Germany 6 13.50
5 Ann Wilson  Great Britain 1 13.53
6 Gunhild Olsson  Sweden 5 14.37
7 Emilie Edet  Nigeria 4 14.67

Semifinals

Top four in each heat advanced to the final round.

Heat one

Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time
1 Valeria Bufanu  Romania 1 12.84
2 Pam Kilborn  Australia 8 12.95
3 Karin Balzer  East Germany 6 12.97
4 Teresa Nowak  Poland 4 13.10
5 Patty Johnson  United States 5 13.26
6 Margit Bach  West Germany 3 13.31
7 Mamie Rallins  United States 2 13.76
- Meta Antenen  Switzerland 7 DNF

Heat two

Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time
1 Annelie Ehrhardt  East Germany 2 12.73
2 Danuta Straszyńska  Poland 3 12.91
3
Annerose Krumpholz
 East Germany 7 13.24
4 Grażyna Rabsztyn  Poland 8 13.24
5 Jacqueline André  France 5 13.30
6 Heidi Schüller  West Germany 6 13.33
7
Lacey O’Neal
 United States 1 13.89
- Esther Shakhamorov  Israel 4 DNS

Final

Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Annelie Ehrhardt  East Germany 6 12.59 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Valeria Bufanu  Romania 7 12.84
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Karin Balzer  East Germany 5 12.90
4 Pam Kilborn  Australia 3 12.98
5 Teresa Nowak  Poland 1 13.17
6 Danuta Straszyńska  Poland 8 13.18
7
Annerose Krumpholz
 East Germany 2 13.27
8 Grażyna Rabsztyn  Poland 4 13.44

Key: WR = world record; OR = Olympic record; DNS = did not start; DNF = did not finish

References

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Hurdles". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2017.