| Final | time | L | | 1. Elizabeth Robinson |  United States | 12.2s =WR | 6 | | 2. Fanny Rosenfeld |  Canada | 12.3s | 7 | | 3. Ethel Smith | Canada | 12.3s | 2 | | 4. Erna Steinberg |  Germany | 12.4s | 5 | | -. Myrtle Cook | Canada | DSQ r162.7 | | -. Leni Schmidt | Germany | DSQ r162.7 |
Rule 162.7 - 2 false starts.
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| | | First time this event was held. | | Venue: Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam 31,600. | | 31 competitors from 13 nations. |
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| World Record: 12.0s Myrtle Cook, Canada Halifax, Canada 2 July 1928 |
The favourites were Cook and Robinson, who had both run 12.0 earlier
in the season; in Robinson’s case it was the first ever outdoor race the
16 year-old had run! Cook’s teammates Rosenfeld and Smith were
fastest in the heats with 12.6, and Rosenfeld was again quickest in the
next round with 12.4. The other semi-finals were taken by Robinson
and Schmidt in 12.6.
In the final, Cook false started twice, then burst into tears by the side
of the track. Schmidt was ejected shortly after for the same offence.
Unlike Cook, Schmidt’s reaction was one of anger rather than distress,
and she shook her fist at the starter. Eventually the remaining four were
off, with Steinberg fastest away, but quickly overtaken by Smith and
Rosenfeld who held a slim lead to halfway, where Robinson caught the
Canadians. The teenager edged Rosenfeld by about 30cm at the finish,
with Smith half a metre behind.
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| | | First 2 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | time | | | 1. Bobbie Rosenfeld |  Canada | 12.4s | Q, OR | | 2. Ethel Smith | Canada | Unknown | Q | | 3. Georgette Gagneux |  France | Unknown | | | 4. Anni Holdmann |  Germany | Unknown | | | 5. Mary Washburn | United States | Unknown | | | 6. Marjorie Clark |  South Africa | Unknown | |
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| Semi 2 | time | | | 1. Elizabeth Robinson | United States | 12.4s | Q, =OR | | 2. Myrtle Cook | Canada | Unknown | Q | | 3. Edie Robinson |  Australia | Unknown | | | 4. Kinue Hitomi |  Japan | Unknown | | | 5. Leni Junker | Germany | Unknown | | | 6. Maud Sundberg |  Sweden | Unknown | |
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| Semi 3 | time | | | 1. Leni Schmidt | Germany | 12.8s | Q | | 2. Erna Steinberg | Germany | 12.9s | Q | | 3. Jane Bell | Canada | Unknown | | | 4. Elta Cartwright | United States | Unknown | | | 5. Norma Wilson |  New Zealand | Unknown | | | 6. Marguerite Radideau | France | Unknown | |
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| Heat 1 | time | | | 1. Anni Holdmann | Germany | 13.0s | OR, Q | | 2. Edie Robinson | Australia | Unknown | Q | | 3. Derna Polazzo |  Italy | Unknown | |
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| Heat 2 | time | | | 1. Erna Steinberg | Germany | 12.8s | OR, Q | | 2. Mary Washburn | United States | 12.8s | Q | | 3. Nettie Grooss |  Netherlands | 12.8s | | | 4. Ruth Svedberg | Sweden | Unknown | |
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| Heat 3 | time | | | 1. Kinue Hitomi | Japan | 12.8s | =OR, Q | | 2. Jane Bell | Canada | 13.0s | Q | | 3. Anne Vrana-O'Brien | United States | 13.1s | | | 4. Matilde Moraschi | Italy | 13.6s | |
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| Heat 4 | time | | | 1. Leni Junker | Germany | 12.8s | =OR, Q | | 2. Elta Cartwright | United States | Unknown | Q | | 3. Yolande Plancke | France | Unknown | |
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| Heat 5 | time | | | 1. Georgette Gagneux | France | 13.0s | Q | | 2. Maud Sundberg | Sweden | Unknown | Q | | 3. Luigia Bonfanti | Italy | Unknown | |
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| Heat 6 | time | | | 1. Leni Schmidt | Germany | 12.8s | =OR, Q | | 2. Marjorie Clark | South Africa | 13.0s | Q | | 3. Rie Briejèr | Netherlands | 13.1s | | | 4. Lucienne Velu | France | 13.5s | |
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| Heat 7 | time | | | 1. Bobbie Rosenfeld | Canada | 12.6s | OR, Q | | 2. Elizabeth Robinson | United States | Unknown | Q | | 3. Lies Aengenendt | Netherlands | 13.0s | |
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| Heat 8 | time | | | 1. Myrtle Cook | Canada | 12.8s | Q | | 2. Norma Wilson | New Zealand | 13.0s | Q | | 3. Bets ter Horst | Netherlands | 13.0s | |
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| Heat 9 | time | | | 1. Ethel Smith | Canada | 12.6s | = OR, Q | | 2. Marguerite Radideau | France | Unknown | Q | | 3. Zinaida Liepiņa |  Latvia | Unknown | | | 4. Sidonie Verschueren |  Belgium | Unknown | |
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