Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres


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. The final was won by Pole Stanisława Walasiewicz.
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. No change has been made to the records for the 1932 women's 100 metres race.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Marie Dollinger12.2
2Billie von Bremen12.3
3Hilda Strike12.3
4Gwen Porter12.4
5Marjorie Clark12.5

Heat 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Stanisława Walasiewicz11.9
2Mary Frizzell12.1
3Sumiko Watanabe12.2
4Bep du Mée12.3

Heat 3

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Tollien Schuurman12.2
2Mary Vandervliet12.3
3Eileen Hiscock12.3
4Eileen Wearne12.5
5Ethel Harrington12.7
6Taka Shibata12.7

Heat 4

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Hilda Strike12.4
2Elizabeth Wilde12.4
3Marie Dollinger12.4
4Tollien Schuurman12.4
5Sumiko WatanabeUnknown
6Thelma KenchUnknown

Semifinal 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Stanisława Walasiewicz11.9,
2Billie von Bremen12.1
3Eileen Hiscock12.3
4Mary Vandervliet12.3
5Mary Frizzell12.3
6Cor Aalten12.4

Final

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
Stanisława Walasiewicz11.9
Hilda Strike11.9
Wilhelmina von Bremen12.0
4Marie Dollinger12.2
5Eileen Hiscock12.3
6Elizabeth Wilde12.3