| Final 17:10 | time | electr | L | | 1. Wilma Rudolph |  United States | 24.0s | 24.13s | 1 | | 2. Jutta Heine |  UT Germany | 24.4s | 24.58s | 5 | | 3. Dorothy Hyman |  Great Britain | 24.7s | 24.82s | 4 | | 4. Marija Itkina |  Soviet Union | 24.7s | 24.85s | 3 | | 5. Barbara Sobotta |  Poland | 24.8s | 24.96s | 6 | | 6. Giuseppina Leone |  Italy | 24.9s | 25.01s | 2 |
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| | | Venue: Stadio Olimpico 65,000. 28 competitors from 18 nations. |
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| World Record: 22.9s Wilma Rudolph, United States Corpus Christi, United States 9 July 1960 | | Olympic Record: 23.4s Marjorie Jackson, Australia Helsinki, Finland. July 26,1952 23.4s Elisabeth Cuthbert, Australia Melbournei, Australia November 30,1956. |
| Semi 1 | time | electr | | 1. Wilma Rudolph | United States | 23.7s | 23.79s | | 2. Jutta Heine | UT Germany | 24.0s | 24.15s | | 3. Barbara Sobotta | Poland | 24.2s | 24.36s | | 4. Norma Croker |  Australia | 24.3s | 24.44s | | 5. Jenny Smart | Great Britain | 24.6s | 24.74s | | 6. Walentyna Maslowska | Soviet Union | 24.6s | 24.77s | | 7. Catherine Capdevielle |  France | 24.9s | 25.04s |
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| Semi 2 | time | electr | | 1. Giuseppina Leone | Italy | 24.5s | 24.69s | | 2. Dorothy Hyman | Great Britain | 24.6s | 24.78s | | 3. Marija Itkina | Soviet Union | 24.6s | 24.81s | | 4. Gisela Birkemeyer | UT Germany | 24.9s | 25.05s | | 5. Lucinda Williams | United States | 25.0s | 25.14s | | 6. Celina Jesionowska | Poland | 25.3s | 25.45s | | -. Halina Herrmann | Poland | DNS | |
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After her 100m win, and the mid-season 22.9 world record which
brought her to prominence, Rudolph was hot favourite to win. Her heat
win in an Olympic record of 23.2 (23.30) did nothing to dispel that
notion. The weather changed on the day of the semis and final, with the
result that times were hindered by approximately a second by strong
crosswinds. Rudolph won her semi-final in 23.7 (23.79) from the tall
blonde German Heine’s 24.0 (24.15), with European Champion
Janiszewską third.
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Heats - Saturday 03.09 15:00 |
| Heat 1 | time | electr | | 1. Giuseppina Leone | Italy | 23.7s | 23.90s | | 2. Lucinda Williams | United States | 24.0s | 24.10s | | 3. Hannelore Raepke | UT Germany | 24.2s | 24.32s | | 4. Pat Duggan | Australia | 24.7s | 24.80s | | -. M. Ionescu |  Romania | DNS | | | -. Snezhana Kerkova |  Bulgaria | DNS | |
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| Heat 2 | time | electr | | 1. Gisela Birkemeyer | UT Germany | 24.2s | 24.32s | | 2. Catherine Capdevielle | France | 24.3s | 24.46s | | 3. Ulla-Britt Wieslander |  Sweden | 24.6s | 24.82s | | 4. Jean Hiscock | Great Britain | 24.7s | 24.85s | | 5. Ilana Karaszyk |  Israel | 26.5s | 26.69s | | -. J. Holmes |  Panama | DNS | |
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| Heat 3 | time | electr | | 1. Jutta Heine | UT Germany | 23.9s | 24.04s | | 2. Norma Croker | Australia | 24.2s | 24.35s | | 3. Alena Stolzová |  Czechoslovakia | 24.7s | 24.85s | | 4. Ljudmila Samotjossowa | Soviet Union | 24.7s | 24.90s | | 5. Valerie Morgan |  New Zealand | 25.2s | 25.39s | | -. D. Souza |  India | DNS | |
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| Heat 4 | time | electr | | 1. Barbara Sobotta | Poland | 23.9s | 24.08s | | 2. Marija Itkina | Soviet Union | 24.0s | 24.20s | | 3. Antónia Munkácsi |  Hungary | 24.4s | 24.53s | | 4. Mona Sulaiman |  Philippines | 25.8s | 25.98s | | -. C. Boateng |  Ghana | DNS | | | -. C. Gooden | Panama | DNS | |
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| Heat 5 | time | electr | | 1. Dorothy Hyman | Great Britain | 23.7s | 23.82s | | 2. Celina Jesionowska | Poland | 24.3s | 24.45s | | 3. Eleanor Haslam |  Canada | 24.5s | 24.63s | | 4. Ernestine Pollards | United States | 24.5s | 24.64s | | 5. Olga Šikovec |  Yugoslavia | 24.8s | 24.95s | | -. Elisabeth Cuthbert | Australia | DNS | |
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| Heat 6 | time | electr | | 1. Wilma Rudolph | United States | 23.2s OR | 23.30s | | 2. Walentyna Maslowska | Soviet Union | 24.0s | 24.12s | | 3. Jenny Smart | Great Britain | 24.0s | 24.12s | | 4. Halina Herrmann | Poland | 24.2s | 24.31s | | 5. Maeve Kyle |  Ireland | 24.9s | 25.06s | | 6. Erzsébet Heldt |  Hungary | 25.4s | 25.50s |
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