| Final wind -0.2m/s | time | L | | 1. Renate Stecher |  East Germany | 11.07s WR | 3 | | 2. Raelene Boyle |  Australia | 11.23s | 1 | | 3. Silvia Chivás |  Cuba | 11.24s | 6 | | 4. Iris Davis |  United States | 11.32s | 4 | | 5. Annegret Richter |  West Germany | 11.38s | 2 | | 6. Alice Anum |  Ghana | 11.41s | 8 | | 7. Barbara Ferrell | United States | 11.45s | 5 | | 8. Eva Glesková |  Czechoslovakia | 12.48s | 7 |
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| Semi 1 | time | L | | 1. Renate Stecher | East Germany | 11.18s | 2 | | 2. Iris Davis | United States | 11.36s | 3 | | 3. Eva Glesková | Czechoslovakia | 11.43s | 1 | | 4. Alice Anum | Ghana | 11.47s | 4 | | 5. Elfgard Schittenhelm | West Germany | 11.49s | 6 | | 6. Carmen Valdés | Cuba | 11.52s | 8 | | 7. Ingrid Becker | West Germany | 11.53s | 7 | | 8. Rosie Allwood |  Jamaica | 11.58s | 5 |
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| Semi 2 | time | L | | 1. Raelene Boyle | Australia | 11.32s | 8 | | 2. Silvia Chivás | Cuba | 11.33s | 6 | | 3. Annegret Richter | West Germany | 11.39s | 7 | | 4. Barbara Ferrell | United States | 11.49s | 4 | | 5. Esther Shakhamorov |  Israel | 11.49s | 1 | | 6. Irena Szewińska |  Poland | 11.54s | 2 | | 7. Andrea Lynch |  Great Britain | 11.64s | 5 | | 8. Lyudmila Zharkova |  Soviet Union | 11.67s | 3 |
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Three sprinters – Stecher, Glesková and Ellen Stropahl (GDR) – had all
run 11.0 during 1972. Stecher, the European Champion, was regarded
as the athlete to beat, especially in the absence of Chi Cheng, who had
run 11.0 (11.22) in 1970 but was injured in 1972. The 17 year-old
Chivás was the most impressive runner during the first two rounds,
clocking 11.18 and 11.22, while Stropahl failed to qualify for the semi-
finals. Stecher was an easy winner of the first semi-final in 11.18, and
Boyle edged Chivás 11.32 to 11.33 in the other race. In the final the
powerful German pulled away from Boyle and Chivás after 20m and
won by a metre and a half from Boyle, who just edged Chivás. The
time of 11.07 beat Tyus’s automatic best by 0.01, but when compared
with the American’s altitude-assisted run, was probably worth a tenth
better.
| Quarter 1 | time | L | | 1. Silvia Chivás | Cuba | 11.22s | 3 | | 2. Raelene Boyle | Australia | 11.30s | 7 | | 3. Barbara Ferrell | United States | 11.38s | 5 | | 4. Esther Shakhamorov | Israel | 11.46s | 6 | | 5. Ellen Strophal | East Germany | 11.48s | 8 | | 6. Anita Neil | Great Britain | 11.58s | 2 | | 7. Cecilia Molinari |  Italy | 11.63s | 1 | | 8. Brenda Matthews |  New Zealand | 11.87s | 4 |
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| Quarter 2 | time | L | | 1. Renate Stecher | East Germany | 11.27s | 5 | | 2. Irena Szewińska | Poland | 11.49s | 6 | | 3. Ingrid Becker | West Germany | 11.52s | 4 | | 3. Rosie Allwood | Jamaica | 11.52s | 8 | | 5. Sonia Lannaman | Great Britain | 11.72s | 7 | | 6. Pam Kilborn | Australia | 11.85s | 1 | | 7. Hannah Afriyie | Ghana | 12.04s | 2 | | 8. Laura Nappi | Italy | 12.13s | 3 |
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| Quarter 3 | time | L | | 1. Annegret Richter | West Germany | 11.33s | 8 | | 2. Eva Glesková | Czechoslovakia | 11.43s | 7 | | 3. Alice Anum | Ghana | 11.45s | 5 | | 4. Andrea Lynch | Great Britain | 11.57s | 3 | | 5. Sylviane Telliez |  France | 11.64s | 6 | | 6. Mattiline Render | United States | 11.67s | 2 | | 7. Marion Hoffman | Australia | 11.78s | 4 | | 8. Galina Bukharina | Soviet Union | 11.81s | 1 |
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| Quarter 4 | time | L | | 1. Iris Davis | United States | 11.27s | 1 | | 2. Elfgard Schittenhelm | West Germany | 11.42s | 8 | | 3. Carmen Valdés | Cuba | 11.46s | 6 | | 4. Lyudmila Zharkova | Soviet Union | 11.46s | 4 | | 5. Wilma van Gool |  Netherlands | 11.47s | 7 | | 6. Ivanka Valkova |  Bulgaria | 11.48s | 5 | | 7. Evelin Kaufer | East Germany | 11.55s | 3 | | 8. Juana Mosquera |  Colombia | 11.66s | 2 |
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Heats - Friday, 1st September |
| Heat 1 | time | L | | 1. Silvia Chivás | Cuba | 11.18s WJR | 3 | | 2. Annegret Richter | West Germany | 11.30s | 7 | | 3. Wilma van Gool | Netherlands | 11.43s | 4 | | 4. Andrea Lynch | Great Britain | 11.52s | 1 | | 5. Mattiline Render | United States | 11.60s | 5 | | 6. Juana Mosquera | Colombia | 11.64s | 8 | | 7. Marion Hoffman | Australia | 11.68s | 6 | | 8. Missie Misomali |  Malawi | 12.78s | 2 |
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| Heat 2 | time | L | | 1. Esther Shakhamorov | Israel | 11.45s | 7 | | 2. Ivanka Valkova | Bulgaria | 11.49s | 1 | | 3. Eva Glesková | Czechoslovakia | 11.50s | 5 | | 4. Evelin Kaufer | East Germany | 11.59s | 8 | | 5. Galina Bukharina | Soviet Union | 11.69s | 3 | | 6. Beatrice Lungu |  Zambia | 12.42s | 4 | | 7. Fatima El-Faquir |  Morocco | 12.56s | 2 | | 8. Russel Carrero |  Nicaragua | 13.45s | 6 |
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| Heat 3 | time | L | | 1. Iris Davis | United States | 11.34s | 3 | | 2. Alice Anum | Ghana | 11.54s | 5 | | 3. Anita Neil | Great Britain | 11.55s | 8 | | 4. Cecilia Molinari | Italy | 11.61s | 1 | | 5. Pam Kilborn | Australia | 11.73s | 4 | | 6. Linda Haglund |  Sweden | 11.97s | 2 | | 7. Freida Nicholls-Davy |  Barbados | 12.16s | 7 | | 8. Irene Fitzner |  Argentina | 12.51s | 6 |
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| Heat 4 | time | L | | 1. Renate Stecher | East Germany | 11.31s | 5 | | 2. Rosie Allwood | Jamaica | 11.46s | 4 | | 3. Barbara Ferrell | United States | 11.47s | 3 | | 4. Hannah Afriyie | Ghana | 11.90s | 1 | | 5. Laura Nappi | Italy | 12.02s | 6 | | 6. Carolina Rieuwpassa |  Indonesia | 12.23s | 7 | | 7. Amelita Alanes |  Philippines | 12.37s | 2 | | 8. Meas Kheng |  Cambodia | 12.72s | 8 |
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| Heat 5 | time | L | | 1. Raelene Boyle | Australia | 11.37s | 7 | | 2. Carmen Valdés | Cuba | 11.53s | 1 | | 3. Ingrid Becker | West Germany | 11.55s | 3 | | 4. Lyudmila Zharkova | Soviet Union | 11.56s | 8 | | 5. Ellen Strophal | East Germany | 11.63s | 4 | | 6. Tuula Rautanen |  Finland | 11.89s | 6 | | 7. Emilie Edet |  Nigeria | 12.06s | 2 | | 8. Mireille Joseph |  Haiti | 13.84s | 5 |
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| Heat 6 | time | L | | 1. Elfgard Schittenhelm | West Germany | 11.32s | 1 | | 2. Irena Szewińska | Poland | 11.33s | 8 | | 3. Sylviane Telliez | France | 11.36s | 6 | | 4. Sonia Lannaman | Great Britain | 11.45s | 4 | | 5. Brenda Matthews | New Zealand | 11.77s | 2 | | 6. María Luisa Vilca |  Peru | 11.85s | 5 | | 7. Claudette Powell |  Bahamas | 12.01s | 3 | | -. Nadezhda Bezfamilnaya | Soviet Union | DNS | 7 |
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