Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres
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The women's 100 metres sprint event at the 1932 Olympic Games took place between August 1 and August 2 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.[1] The final was won by Pole Stanisława Walasiewicz.
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Venue | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | ||||||||||||
Dates | August 1 (heats and semifinals) August 2 (final) | ||||||||||||
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In 1980, after her shooting death as a bystander at an armed robbery, 1932 race winner Stanisława Walasiewicz was revealed to be intersex, and possibly ineligible to compete under modern gender determination tests.[2] No change has been made to the records for the 1932 women's 100 metres race.