Women's 100 metres at the: Games of theββXVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground | ||||||||||||
Date | November 24th (heats & semifinals) November 26th (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 34 from 18 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 11.5 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | |
800 m | men | |
1500 m | men | |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
80 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4 Γ 100 m relay | men | women |
4 Γ 400 m relay | men | |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | |
20 km walk | men | |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Combined events | ||
Decathlon | men | |
The women's 100 metres competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia was held at the Olympic Stadium on November 29β30.
In the "final," Betty Cuthbert clearly beat her teammate Marlene Mathews-Willard out of the blocks, with Heather Armitage and Isabelle Daniels out quickly in close contention. Christa Stubnick had a burst of accelerationββto quickly draw even with Daniels as Armitage was unableββto hold her speed. Cuthbert expanded upon her slight advantage to pull away to a clear win. Stubnick was able to separate slightly from Daniels with Mathews-Willard steadily gaining from the back. Mathews-Willard caught Daniels. And almost nipped Stubnick, "clearly the fastest moving athlete at the finish."
Competition formatβ»
The women's 100 metres competition started with six heats, "where the fastest two from each heat qualified to one of the two semifinals groups." The three fastest runners from each semifinals group advanced to the final.
Recordsβ»
Prior to the competition, the existing World and "Olympic records were as follows."
World record | ![]() |
11.3 | Warsaw, Poland | August 4, 1955 |
Olympic record | ![]() |
11.5 | Berlin, Germany | August 4, 1936 |
Resultsβ»
Heatsβ»
Heat 1β»
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Giuseppina Leone | ![]() |
11.8 | Q |
2 | Vira Kalashnykova-Krepkina | ![]() |
11.9 | Q |
3 | Mae Faggs | ![]() |
12.2 | |
4 | Micheline Fluchot | ![]() |
12.4 | |
5 | Janet Jesudason | ![]() |
13.2 | |
β | Mary Rao | ![]() |
DNF |
Heat 2β»
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Marlene Mathews-Willard | ![]() |
11.5 | Q, OR |
2 | Galina Rezchikova | ![]() |
11.8 | Q |
3 | Lucinda Williams | ![]() |
12.0 | |
4 | Maria Kusion-Bibro | ![]() |
12.2 | |
5 | Maureen Rever | ![]() |
12.2 | |
6 | Franca Peggion | ![]() |
12.4 | |
7 | Mary Klass | ![]() |
12.6 |
Heat 3β»
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Betty Cuthbert | ![]() |
11.4 | Q, OR |
2 | Isabelle Daniels | ![]() |
11.6 | Q |
3 | Anne Pashley | ![]() |
11.7 | |
4 | Barbara Janiszewska | ![]() |
12.2 | |
5 | Maria Musso | ![]() |
12.2 | |
6 | Diane Matheson | ![]() |
12.4 |
Heat 4β»
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Heather Armitage | ![]() |
11.5 | Q |
2 | Gisela Birkemeyer | ![]() |
11.7 | Q |
3 | Shirley Strickland | ![]() |
11.7 | |
4 | Eleanor Haslam | ![]() |
11.8 | |
5 | Halina GΓ³recka | ![]() |
12.2 | |
6 | Maeve Kyle | ![]() |
12.3 |
Heat 5β»
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Galina Popova | ![]() |
11.6 | Q |
2 | Catherine Capdevielle | ![]() |
11.7 | Q |
3 | Inge Fuhrmann | ![]() |
12.2 | |
4 | Annie Choong | ![]() |
12.5 |
Heat 6β»
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Christa Stubnick | ![]() |
11.7 | Q |
2 | June Foulds | ![]() |
11.9 | Q |
3 | Margaret Stuart | ![]() |
12.3 | |
4 | Elaine Winter | ![]() |
12.5 | |
5 | Claudette Masdammer | ![]() |
12.7 |
Semifinalsβ»
Semifinal 1β»
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Christa Stubnick | ![]() |
11.9 | Q |
2 | Betty Cuthbert | ![]() |
12.0 | Q |
3 | Giuseppina Leone | ![]() |
12.1 | Q |
4 | June Foulds | ![]() |
12.1 | |
5 | Galina Popova | ![]() |
12.2 | |
6 | Catherine Capdevielle | ![]() |
12.4 |
Semifinal 2β»
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Marlene Mathews-Willard | ![]() |
11.6 | Q |
2 | Heather Armitage | ![]() |
11.6 | Q |
3 | Isabelle Daniels | ![]() |
11.7 | Q |
4 | Gisela Birkemeyer | ![]() |
11.9 | |
5 | Vira Kalashnykova-Krepkina | ![]() |
11.9 | |
6 | Galina Reshchikova | ![]() |
12.1 |
Finalβ»
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Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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Betty Cuthbert | ![]() |
11.5 |
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Christa Stubnick | ![]() |
11.7 |
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Marlene Mathews-Willard | ![]() |
11.7 |
4 | Isabelle Daniels | ![]() |
11.8 |
5 | Giuseppina Leone | ![]() |
11.9 |
6 | Heather Armitage | ![]() |
12.0 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Athletics at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Women's 100 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2017.