| Date | 1 – 2 September 1960 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Stadio Olimpico, Roma |
| Participants | 31 from 18 countries |
Betty Cuthbert (AUS) was the defending champion and was back in Roma, but a leg injury hampered her and she did not survive the quarter-finals. In the first semi-final, Wilma Rudolph (USA) equalled the world record of 11.3. She had competed at the 1956 Olympics in the 200 metres, being eliminated in the rounds, and helping the US to a bronze medal in the 4×100 relay. But by 1960 she was the world’s dominant sprinter and was a heavy favorite in the final. The final was run with an aiding 2.8 m/s wind but Rudolph’s time of 11.0 (11.18) was still shockingly fast, though it could not be ratified as a world record because of the wind assistance. A few days later, Rudolph would add the 200 metre gold medal and anchored the Americans to a gold in the 4×100. Quite popular in Roma and Europe, she was dubbed )La Gazelle Noir) (The Black Gazelle) by the European press. She would be the dominant sprinter in the world for 1960-62 retiring after that year.
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | R1 | QF | SF | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 117 | Wilma Rudolph |  USA | 11.5 (1 h6) | 11.5 (1 h1) | 11.3 (1 h1) | 11.0w (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | 188 | Dorothy Hyman |  GBR | 11.8 (1 h5) | 11.6 (1 h4) | 11.5 (1 h2) | 11.3w (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | 181 | Giuseppina Leone |  ITA | 11.7 (1 h1) | 12.0 (1 h3) | 11.6 (2 h1) | 11.3w (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 158 | Mariya Itkina |  URS | 11.7 (1 h3) | 11.7 (1 h2) | 11.7 (2 h2) | 11.4w (4) | |||
| 5 | 133 | Catherine Capdevielle |  FRA | 11.8 (2 h6) | 12.0 (2 h3) | 11.7 (3 h2) | 11.5w (5) | |||
| 6 | 190 | Jenny Smart | GBR | 11.9 (1 h4) | 12.0 (3 h3) | 11.8 (3 h1) | 11.6w (6) | |||
| 4 h1 r3/4 | 143 | Halina Richter |  POL | 12.0 (3 h6) | 11.9 (3 h2) | 11.8 (4 h1) | – | |||
| 4 h2 r3/4 | 116 | Barbara Jones | USA | 11.8 (2 h1) | 11.9 (2 h4) | 11.7 (4 h2) | – | |||
| 5 h1 r3/4 | 74 | Brunhilde Hendrix |  GER | 11.8 (2 h7) | 11.9 (2 h2) | 11.9 (5 h1) | – | |||
| 5 h2 r3/4 | 142 | Teresa Wieczorek | POL | 12.1 (3 h7) | 12.0 (3 h4) | 11.9 (5 h2) | – | |||
| 6 h1 r3/4 | 159 | Vera Krepkina | URS | 11.8 (1 h7) | 12.0 (2 h1) | 12.0 (6 h1) | – | |||
| 6 h2 r3/4 | 2 | Marlene Mathews-Willard |  AUS | 12.0 (2 h3) | 12.1 (3 h1) | 11.9 (6 h2) | – | |||
| 4 h1 r2/4 | 75 | Gisela Birkemeyer | GER | 12.2 (2 h5) | 12.1 (4 h1) | – | – | |||
| 4 h2 r2/4 | 3 | Pat Duggan | AUS | 11.9 (1 h2) | 12.2 (4 h2) | – | – | |||
| 4 h3 r2/4 | 115 | Martha Hudson | USA | 12.2 (4 h7) | 12.2 (4 h3) | – | – | |||
| 4 h4 r2/4 | 1 | Betty Cuthbert | AUS | 12.1 (2 h4) | 12.0 (4 h4) | – | – | |||
| 5 h1 r2/4 | 30 | Eleanor Haslam |  CAN | 12.0 (3 h1) | 12.3 (5 h1) | – | – | |||
| 5 h2 r2/4 | 33 | Jean Holmes |  PAN | 12.4 (3 h5) | 12.3 (5 h2) | – | – | |||
| 5 h3 r2/4 | 98 | Olga Šikovec |  YUG | 12.1 (3 h3) | 12.5 (5 h3) | – | – | |||
| 5 h4 r2/4 | 28 | Valerie Jerome | CAN | 12.5 (4 h5) | 12.4 (5 h4) | – | – | |||
| 6 h1 r2/4 | 16 | Mona Sulaiman |  PHI | 12.1 (2 h2) | 12.4 (6 h1) | – | – | |||
| 6 h2 r2/4 | 189 | Ann Jenner | GBR | 12.2 (4 h1) | 12.4 (6 h2) | – | – | |||
| 6 h3 r2/4 | 34 | Carlota Gooden | PAN | 12.2 (4 h3) | 12.6 (6 h3) | – | – | |||
| 6 h4 r2/4 | 70 | Vivi Markussen |  DEN | 12.2 (3 h2) | 12.4 (6 h4) | – | – | |||
| 7 h1 r2/4 | 18 | Val Morgan |  NZL | 12.5 (3 h4) | 12.5 (7 h1) | – | – | |||
| 7 h2 r2/4 | 43 | Snezhana Kerkova |  BUL | 12.6 (4 h4) | 12.7 (7 h2) | – | – | |||
| 7 h3 r2/4 | 29 | Nancy Lewington | CAN | 12.4 (4 h2) | 13.1 (7 h3) | – | – | |||
| 4 h6 r1/4 | 76 | Hannelore Raepke | GER | 12.3 (4 h6) | – (DNS h4) | – | – | |||
| 5 h5 r1/4 | 213 | Maeve Kyle |  IRL | 12.5 (5 h5) | – | – | – | |||
| 5 h7 r1/4 | 214 | Aycan Önel |  TUR | 13.4 (5 h7) | – | – | – | |||
| 6 h5 r1/4 | 206 | Ilana Adir |  ISR | 12.9 (6 h5) | – | – | – | |||
| 48 | Siloo Mystri |  IND | – (DNS h6) | – | – | – | ||||
| 22 | Ulla Flegel |  AUT | – (DNS h1) | – | – | – | ||||
| 210 | Erzsébet Heldt |  HUN | – (DNS h2) | – | – | – | ||||
| 209 | Antónia Munkácsi | HUN | – (DNS h3) | – | – | – | ||||
| 35 | Alena Stolzová |  TCH | – (DNS h4) | – | – | – | ||||
| 160 | Irina Press | URS | – (DNS h2) | – | – | – |
| Date | 1 September 1960 — 9:00 |
|---|---|
| Format | Top 4 in each heat advanced to the quarter-finals. |
| Wind | 0.0 m/s |
|---|
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time (Hand) | Time (Automatic) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Giuseppina Leone | ITA | 11.7 | 11.87 | ||
| 2 | 5 | Barbara Jones | USA | 11.8 | 11.91 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Eleanor Haslam | CAN | 12.0 | 12.21 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Ann Jenner | GBR | 12.2 | 12.39 | ||
| 1 | Ulla Flegel | AUT | – | – |
| Wind | 0.0 m/s |
|---|
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time (Hand) | Time (Automatic) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Pat Duggan | AUS | 11.9 | 12.18 | ||
| 2 | 6 | Mona Sulaiman | PHI | 12.1 | 12.40 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Vivi Markussen | DEN | 12.2 | 12.53 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Nancy Lewington | CAN | 12.4 | 12.67 | ||
| 4 | Erzsébet Heldt | HUN | – | – | |||
| 5 | Irina Press | URS | – | – |
| Wind | 0.0 m/s |
|---|
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time (Hand) | Time (Automatic) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Mariya Itkina | URS | 11.7 | 11.83 | ||
| 2 | 5 | Marlene Mathews-Willard | AUS | 12.0 | 12.10 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Olga Šikovec | YUG | 12.1 | 12.24 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Carlota Gooden | PAN | 12.2 | 12.36 | ||
| 4 | Antónia Munkácsi | HUN | – | – |
| Wind | 0.0 m/s |
|---|
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time (Hand) | Time (Automatic) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Jenny Smart | GBR | 11.9 | 12.04 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Betty Cuthbert | AUS | 12.1 | 12.21 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Val Morgan | NZL | 12.5 | 12.61 | ||
| 4 | 5 | Snezhana Kerkova | BUL | 12.6 | 12.66 | ||
| 3 | Alena Stolzová | TCH | – | – |
| Wind | 0.0 m/s |
|---|
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time (Hand) | Time (Automatic) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Dorothy Hyman | GBR | 11.8 | 11.98 | ||
| 2 | 5 | Gisela Birkemeyer | GER | 12.2 | 12.31 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Jean Holmes | PAN | 12.4 | 12.52 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Valerie Jerome | CAN | 12.5 | 12.58 | ||
| 5 | 6 | Maeve Kyle | IRL | 12.5 | 12.59 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Ilana Adir | ISR | 12.9 | 13.04 |
| Wind | 0.0 m/s |
|---|
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time (Hand) | Time (Automatic) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Wilma Rudolph | USA | 11.5 | 11.65 | ||
| 2 | 3 | Catherine Capdevielle | FRA | 11.8 | 11.94 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Halina Richter | POL | 12.0 | 12.13 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Hannelore Raepke | GER | 12.3 | 12.45 | ||
| 1 | Siloo Mystri | IND | – | – |
| Wind | 0.0 m/s |
|---|
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time (Hand) | Time (Automatic) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Vera Krepkina | URS | 11.8 | 11.97 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Brunhilde Hendrix | GER | 11.8 | 11.99 | ||
| 3 | 4 | Teresa Wieczorek | POL | 12.1 | 12.25 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Martha Hudson | USA | 12.2 | 12.33 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Aycan Önel | TUR | 13.4 | 13.59 |
| Date | 1 September 1960 — 15:00 |
|---|---|
| Format | Top 3 in each heat advanced to the semi-finals. |
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Time (automatic) | Time (hand) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 117 | Wilma Rudolph | USA | 11.70 | 11.5 | ||
| 2 | 188 | Dorothy Hyman | GBR | 11.77 | 11.6 | ||
| 3 | 158 | Mariya Itkina | URS | 11.88 | 11.7 | ||
| =4 | 74 | Brunhilde Hendrix | GER | 12.02 | 11.9 | ||
| =4 | 116 | Barbara Jones | USA | 12.02 | 11.9 | ||
| 6 | 143 | Halina Richter | POL | 12.10 | 11.9 | ||
| 7 | 181 | Giuseppina Leone | ITA | 12.11 | 12.0 | ||
| =8 | 159 | Vera Krepkina | URS | 12.14 | 12.0 | ||
| =8 | 142 | Teresa Wieczorek | POL | 12.14 | 12.0 | ||
| 10 | 133 | Catherine Capdevielle | FRA | 12.16 | 12.0 | ||
| 11 | 190 | Jenny Smart | GBR | 12.17 | 12.0 | ||
| 12 | 1 | Betty Cuthbert | AUS | 12.18 | 12.0 | ||
| 13 | 2 | Marlene Mathews-Willard | AUS | 12.25 | 12.1 | ||
| 14 | 75 | Gisela Birkemeyer | GER | 12.26 | 12.1 | ||
| 15 | 115 | Martha Hudson | USA | 12.30 | 12.2 | ||
| 16 | 3 | Pat Duggan | AUS | 12.32 | 12.2 | ||
| 17 | 33 | Jean Holmes | PAN | 12.39 | 12.3 | ||
| 18 | 30 | Eleanor Haslam | CAN | 12.46 | 12.3 | ||
| =19 | 189 | Ann Jenner | GBR | 12.50 | 12.4 | ||
| =19 | 28 | Valerie Jerome | CAN | 12.50 | 12.4 | ||
| 21 | 16 | Mona Sulaiman | PHI | 12.54 | 12.4 | ||
| 22 | 70 | Vivi Markussen | DEN | 12.56 | 12.4 | ||
| 23 | 98 | Olga Šikovec | YUG | 12.61 | 12.5 | ||
| 24 | 18 | Val Morgan | NZL | 12.66 | 12.5 | ||
| 25 | 34 | Carlota Gooden | PAN | 12.70 | 12.6 | ||
| 26 | 43 | Snezhana Kerkova | BUL | 12.80 | 12.7 | ||
| 27 | 29 | Nancy Lewington | CAN | 13.23 | 13.1 | ||
| 76 | Hannelore Raepke | GER | – | – |
| Wind | 0.0 m/s |
|---|
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Time (Hand) | Time (Automatic) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 117 | Wilma Rudolph | USA | 11.5 | 11.70 | ||
| 2 | 159 | Vera Krepkina | URS | 12.0 | 12.14 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Marlene Mathews-Willard | AUS | 12.1 | 12.25 | ||
| 4 | 75 | Gisela Birkemeyer | GER | 12.1 | 12.26 | ||
| 5 | 30 | Eleanor Haslam | CAN | 12.3 | 12.46 | ||
| 6 | 16 | Mona Sulaiman | PHI | 12.4 | 12.54 | ||
| 7 | 18 | Val Morgan | NZL | 12.5 | 12.66 |
| Wind | 0.0 m/s |
|---|
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Time (Hand) | Time (Automatic) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 158 | Mariya Itkina | URS | 11.7 | 11.88 | ||
| 2 | 74 | Brunhilde Hendrix | GER | 11.9 | 12.02 | ||
| 3 | 143 | Halina Richter | POL | 11.9 | 12.10 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Pat Duggan | AUS | 12.2 | 12.32 | ||
| 5 | 33 | Jean Holmes | PAN | 12.3 | 12.39 | ||
| 6 | 189 | Ann Jenner | GBR | 12.4 | 12.50 | ||
| 7 | 43 | Snezhana Kerkova | BUL | 12.7 | 12.80 |
| Wind | 0.0 m/s |
|---|
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Time (Hand) | Time (Automatic) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 181 | Giuseppina Leone | ITA | 12.0 | 12.11 | ||
| 2 | 133 | Catherine Capdevielle | FRA | 12.0 | 12.16 | ||
| 3 | 190 | Jenny Smart | GBR | 12.0 | 12.17 | ||
| 4 | 115 | Martha Hudson | USA | 12.2 | 12.30 | ||
| 5 | 98 | Olga Šikovec | YUG | 12.5 | 12.61 | ||
| 6 | 34 | Carlota Gooden | PAN | 12.6 | 12.70 | ||
| 7 | 29 | Nancy Lewington | CAN | 13.1 | 13.23 |
| Wind | 0.0 m/s |
|---|
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Time (Hand) | Time (Automatic) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 188 | Dorothy Hyman | GBR | 11.6 | 11.77 | ||
| 2 | 116 | Barbara Jones | USA | 11.9 | 12.02 | ||
| 3 | 142 | Teresa Wieczorek | POL | 12.0 | 12.14 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Betty Cuthbert | AUS | 12.0 | 12.18 | ||
| 5 | 28 | Valerie Jerome | CAN | 12.4 | 12.50 | ||
| 6 | 70 | Vivi Markussen | DEN | 12.4 | 12.56 | ||
| 76 | Hannelore Raepke | GER | – | – |
| Date | 2 September 1960 — 15:00 |
|---|---|
| Format | Top 3 in each heat advanced to the final. |
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Time (automatic) | Time (hand) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 117 | Wilma Rudolph | USA | 11.41 | 11.3 | ||
| 2 | 188 | Dorothy Hyman | GBR | 11.65 | 11.5 | ||
| 3 | 181 | Giuseppina Leone | ITA | 11.71 | 11.6 | ||
| 4 | 158 | Mariya Itkina | URS | 11.78 | 11.7 | ||
| 5 | 133 | Catherine Capdevielle | FRA | 11.82 | 11.7 | ||
| 6 | 116 | Barbara Jones | USA | 11.84 | 11.7 | ||
| 7 | 190 | Jenny Smart | GBR | 11.89 | 11.8 | ||
| 8 | 143 | Halina Richter | POL | 11.93 | 11.8 | ||
| 9 | 74 | Brunhilde Hendrix | GER | 11.99 | 11.9 | ||
| 10 | 142 | Teresa Wieczorek | POL | 12.05 | 11.9 | ||
| 11 | 2 | Marlene Mathews-Willard | AUS | 12.05 | 11.9 | ||
| 12 | 159 | Vera Krepkina | URS | 12.08 | 12.0 |
| Wind | 0.8 m/s |
|---|
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time (Hand) | Time (Automatic) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Wilma Rudolph | USA | 11.3 | 11.41 | ||
| 2 | 3 | Giuseppina Leone | ITA | 11.6 | 11.71 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Jenny Smart | GBR | 11.8 | 11.89 | ||
| 4 | 5 | Halina Richter | POL | 11.8 | 11.93 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Brunhilde Hendrix | GER | 11.9 | 11.99 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Vera Krepkina | URS | 12.0 | 12.08 |
| Wind | 0.6 m/s |
|---|
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time (Hand) | Time (Automatic) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Dorothy Hyman | GBR | 11.5 | 11.65 | ||
| 2 | 5 | Mariya Itkina | URS | 11.7 | 11.78 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Catherine Capdevielle | FRA | 11.7 | 11.82 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Barbara Jones | USA | 11.7 | 11.84 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Teresa Wieczorek | POL | 11.9 | 12.05 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Marlene Mathews-Willard | AUS | 11.9 | 12.05 |
| Date | 2 September 1960 — 16:20 |
|---|---|
| Wind | 2.8 m/s |
| Pos | Lane | Competitor | NOC | Time (Hand) | Time (Automatic) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Wilma Rudolph | USA | 11.0w | 11.18w | ||
| 2 | 4 | Dorothy Hyman | GBR | 11.3w | 11.43w | ||
| 3 | 2 | Giuseppina Leone | ITA | 11.3w | 11.48w | ||
| 4 | 5 | Mariya Itkina | URS | 11.4w | 11.54w | ||
| 5 | 6 | Catherine Capdevielle | FRA | 11.5w | 11.64w | ||
| 6 | 3 | Jenny Smart | GBR | 11.6w | 11.72w |
