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

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]

Women's 100 metres hurdles at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium, Munich, West Germany
Date	4 September 1972 & 8 September 1972
Competitors	25 from 15 nations
Winning time	12.59 WR
Medalists
Annelie Ehrhardt  East Germany Valeria Bufanu  Romania Karin Balzer  East Germany
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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 Noeding	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
	Annelie Ehrhardt	East Germany	6	12.59	WR
	Valeria Bufanu	Romania	7	12.84
	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