| Final 14:40 wind -1.2m/s | time | elctr | L | | 1. Wyomia Tyus |  United States | 11.4s | 11.49s | 6 | | 2. Edith Marie McGuire | United States | 11.6s | 11.62s | 7 | | 3. Ewa Kłobukowska |  Poland | 11.6s | 11.64s | 1 | | 4. Marilyn White | United States | 11.6s | 11.67s | 8 | | 5. Miguelina Cobián |  Cuba | 11.7s | 11.72s | 4 | | 6. Marilyn Black |  Australia | 11.7s | 11.73s | 5 | | 7. Halina Górecka | Poland | 11.8s | 11.83s | 3 | | 8. Dorothy Hyman |  Great Britain | 11.9s | 11.90s | 2 |
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| | | Venue: Olympic Stadium, Tokyo 57,363 (48,000 seats). | | 44 competitors from 28 nations. |
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| | | First 4 from each of 2 Semis advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | time | | | 1. Miguelina Cobián | Cuba | 11.6s | Q | | 2. Marilyn Black | Australia | 11.6s | Q | | 3. Edith Marie McGuire | United States | 11.6s | Q | | 4. Halina Gorecka | Poland | 11.7s | Q | | 5. Galina Popova |  Soviet Union | 11.8s | | | 6. Daphne Arden | Great Britain | 11.8s | | | 7. Eva Lehocká |  Czechoslovakia | 11.9s | | | 8. Carmen L. Smith |  Jamaica | 11.9s | |
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| Semi 2 | time | | | 1. Wyomia Tyus | United States | 11.3s | Q | | 2. Ewa Kłobukowska | Poland | 11.4s | Q | | 3. Marilyn White | United States | 11.5s | Q | | 4. Dorothy Hyman | Great Britain | 11.6s | Q | | 5. Irene Piotrowski |  Canada | 11.7s | | | 6. Renāte Lāce | Soviet Union | 11.7s | | | 7. Marko Nemeshazi |  Hungary | 11.7s | | | 8. Margaret Burvill | Australia | 11.8s | |
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McGuire (11.47), the favourite, Kłobukowska (11.45) and Tyus
(11.35w) were the most impressive heat winners. Tyus was best in the
second round, clocking a startling 11.23, the fastest auto time ever, to
crack Rudolph’s Olympic best. She confirmed her form next day with
a 11.40-11.42 win over Kłobukowska in the semi-finals.
Tyus was away quickly in the final, and her pick-up took her to an
impregnable lead. She won by over a metre from McGuire, with
Kłobukowska finishing quickly to overtake White for the bronze
medal, thereby depriving the USA from achieving a clean sweep.
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| | | First 4 from each of 4 Quarterts advanced to Semi-Finals. |
| Quarter 1 | time | | | 1. Wyomia Tyus | United States | 11.2s | Q, OR,=WR | | 2. Dorothy Hyman | Great Britain | 11.5s | Q | | 3. Galina Popova | Soviet Union | 11.5s | Q | | 4. Irene Piotrowski | Canada | 11.6s | Q | | 5. Barbara Sobotta | Poland | 11.8s | | | 6. Avis McIntosh |  New Zealand | 12.0s | | | 7. Irene Muyanga |  Uganda | 12.2s | |
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| Quarter 2 | time | | | 1. Marilyn Black | Australia | 11.4s | Q | | 2. Marilyn White | United States | 11.5s | Q | | 3. Renāte Lāce | Soviet Union | 11.6s | Q | | 4. Carmen L. Smith | Jamaica | 11.7s | Q | | 5. Heilwig Jacob |  UT Germany | 11.7s | | | 6. Danielle Guéneau |  France | 11.8s | | | 7. Clarice Ahanotu |  Nigeria | 11.8s | | | 8. Ulla-Britt Wieslander |  Sweden | 11.9s | |
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| Quarter 3 | time | | | 1. Edith Marie McGuire | United States | 11.4s | Q | | 2. Halina Gorecka | Poland | 11.5s | Q | | 3. Miguelina Cobián | Cuba | 11.5s | Q | | 4. Marko Nemeshazi | Hungary | 11.5s | Q | | 5. Dianne Marie Bowering | Australia | 11.7s | | | 6. Rose Hart |  Ghana | 11.9s | | | 7. Inge Aigner |  Austria | 12.0s | | | 8. Renate Meyer | UT Germany | 12.1s | |
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| Quarter 4 | time | | | 1. Ewa Kłobukowska | Poland | 11.4s | Q | | 2. Daphne Arden | Great Britain | 11.5s | Q | | 3. Eva Lehocká | Czechoslovakia | 11.6s | Q | | 4. Margaret Burvill | Australia | 11.7s | Q | | 5. Doreen Porter | New Zealand | 11.8s | | | 6. Christiane Cadic | France | 12.0s | | | 7. Galina Gaida | Soviet Union | 12.0s | |
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| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Marilyn Elaine White | United States | 11.2s | Q | | 2. Daphne Arden | Great Britain | 11.5s | Q | | 3. Renāte Lāce | Soviet Union | 11.6s | Q | | 4. Dianne Bowering-Burge | Australia | 11.8s | Q | | 5. Rose Hart | Ghana | 11.9s | Q | | 6. Erzsébet Bartos | Hungary | 11.9s | | | 7. Mona Sulaiman |  Philippines | 12.0s | | | -. Jean Mitchell |  Panama | DNS | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Edith Marie McGuire | United States | 11.4s | Q | | 2. Barbara Sobotta | Poland | 11.8s | Q | | 3. Christiane Cadic | France | 12.0s | Q | | 4. Renate Meyer | UTeam Germany | 12.0s | Q | | 5. Inge Aigner | Austria | 12.0s | Q | | 6. Marcela Daniel | Panama | 12.6s | | | 7. Simin Safamehr |  Iran | 13.2s | |
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| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Ewa Kłobukowska | Poland | 11.?s | Q | | 2. Margit Nemesházi | Hungary | 11.7s | Q | | 3. Daniele Gueneau | France | 12.0s | Q | | 4. Avis McIntosh | New Zealand | 12.0s | Q | | 5. Ulla-Britt Wieslander | Sweden | 12.0s | Q | | 6. Louise Sydranski |  Israel | 12.1s | | | -. Erika Pollmann | UT Germany | Q Dss | |
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| Heat 4 | time | | | 1. Dorothy Hyman | Great Britain | 11.6s | Q | | 2. Doreen Porter | New Zealand | 11.7s | Q | | 3. Galina Popova | Soviet Union | 11.8s | Q | | 4. Clarice Ahanotu | Nigeria | 11.9s | Q | | 5. Irene Muyanga | Uganda | 12.0s | Q | | 6. Johanna Bijleveld |  Netherlands | 12.3s | | | 7. Delceita Oakley | Panama | 12.3s | |
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| Heat 5 | time | | | 1. Wyomia Tyus | United States | 11.3s | Q | | 2. Halina Gorecka | Poland | 11.5s | Q | | 3. Irene Piotrowski | Canada | 11.5s | Q | | 4. Margaret Burvill | Australia | 11.6s | Q | | 5. Carmen Smith | Jamaica | 11.7s | Q | | 6. Esperanza Girón |  Mexico | 12.2s | | | 7. Kusolwan Sorut |  Thailand | 12.6s | | | 8. Christiana Boateng | Ghana | 12.9s | |
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| Heat 6 | time | | | 1. Marilyn Black | Australia | 11.5s | Q | | 2. Miguelina Cobián | Cuba | 11.6s | Q | | 3. Eva Lehocká | Czechoslovakia | 11.8s | Q | | 4. Galina Gayda | Soviet Union | 11.9s | Q | | 5. Heilwig Jacob | UT Germany | 11.9s | Q | | 6. Madeleine Cobb | Great Britain | 12.0s | | | 7. Margarita Formeiro |  Argentina | 12.2s | | | 8. Song Yang-ja |  South Korea | 12.7s | |
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