In the final, Betty Cuthbert clearly beat her teammate Marlene Mathews-Willard out of the blocks, with Heather Armitage and Isabelle Daniels out quickly in close contention. Christa Stubnick had a burst of acceleration to quickly draw even with Daniels as Armitage was unable to hold her speed. Cuthbert expanded upon her slight advantage to pull away to a clear win. Stubnick was able to separate slightly from Daniels with Mathews-Willard steadily gaining from the back. Mathews-Willard caught Daniels and almost nipped Stubnick, clearly the fastest moving athlete at the finish.
The women's 100 metres competition started with six heats, where the fastest two from each heat qualified to one of the two semifinals groups. The three fastest runners from each semifinals group advanced to the final.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
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athletics, 1956, summer, olympics, women, metres, women, metres, competition, 1956, summer, olympics, melbourne, australia, held, olympic, stadium, november, women, metresat, games, olympiadvenuemelbourne, cricket, grounddatenovember, 24th, heats, semifinals, . The women s 100 metres competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne Australia was held at the Olympic Stadium on November 29 30 1 Women s 100 metresat the Games of the XVI OlympiadVenueMelbourne Cricket GroundDateNovember 24th heats amp semifinals November 26th final Competitors34 from 18 nationsWinning time11 5MedalistsBetty Cuthbert AustraliaChrista Stubnick United Team of GermanyMarlene Mathews Willard Australia 19521960 Video on YouTube Official Video 16 22 In the final Betty Cuthbert clearly beat her teammate Marlene Mathews Willard out of the blocks with Heather Armitage and Isabelle Daniels out quickly in close contention Christa Stubnick had a burst of acceleration to quickly draw even with Daniels as Armitage was unable to hold her speed Cuthbert expanded upon her slight advantage to pull away to a clear win Stubnick was able to separate slightly from Daniels with Mathews Willard steadily gaining from the back Mathews Willard caught Daniels and almost nipped Stubnick clearly the fastest moving athlete at the finish Contents 1 Competition format 2 Records 3 Results 3 1 Heats 3 1 1 Heat 1 3 1 2 Heat 2 3 1 3 Heat 3 3 1 4 Heat 4 3 1 5 Heat 5 3 1 6 Heat 6 3 2 Semifinals 3 2 1 Semifinal 1 3 2 2 Semifinal 2 3 3 Final 4 ReferencesCompetition format EditThe women s 100 metres competition started with six heats where the fastest two from each heat qualified to one of the two semifinals groups The three fastest runners from each semifinals group advanced to the final Records EditPrior to the competition the existing World and Olympic records were as follows World record Shirley Strickland AUS 11 3 Warsaw Poland August 4 1955Olympic record Helen Stephens USA 11 5 Berlin Germany August 4 1936Results EditHeats Edit Heat 1 Edit Rank Athlete Country Time Notes1 Giuseppina Leone Italy 11 8 Q2 Vira Kalashnykova Krepkina Soviet Union 11 9 Q3 Mae Faggs United States 12 24 Micheline Fluchot France 12 45 Janet Jesudason Singapore 13 2 Mary Rao India DNFHeat 2 Edit Rank Athlete Country Time Notes1 Marlene Mathews Willard Australia 11 5 Q OR2 Galina Rezchikova Soviet Union 11 8 Q3 Lucinda Williams United States 12 04 Maria Kusion Bibro Poland 12 25 Maureen Rever Canada 12 26 Franca Peggion Italy 12 47 Mary Klass Singapore 12 6Heat 3 Edit Rank Athlete Country Time Notes1 Betty Cuthbert Australia 11 4 Q OR2 Isabelle Daniels United States 11 6 Q3 Anne Pashley Great Britain 11 74 Barbara Janiszewska Poland 12 25 Maria Musso Italy 12 26 Diane Matheson Canada 12 4Heat 4 Edit Rank Athlete Country Time Notes1 Heather Armitage Great Britain 11 5 Q2 Gisela Birkemeyer United Team of Germany 11 7 Q3 Shirley Strickland Australia 11 74 Eleanor Haslam Canada 11 85 Halina Gorecka Poland 12 26 Maeve Kyle Ireland 12 3Heat 5 Edit Rank Athlete Country Time Notes1 Galina Popova Soviet Union 11 6 Q2 Catherine Capdevielle France 11 7 Q3 Inge Fuhrmann United Team of Germany 12 24 Annie Choong Malaya 12 5Heat 6 Edit Rank Athlete Country Time Notes1 Christa Stubnick United Team of Germany 11 7 Q2 June Foulds Great Britain 11 9 Q3 Margaret Stuart New Zealand 12 34 Elaine Winter South Africa 12 55 Claudette Masdammer Guyana 12 7Semifinals Edit Semifinal 1 Edit Rank Athlete Country Time Notes1 Christa Stubnick United Team of Germany 11 9 Q2 Betty Cuthbert Australia 12 0 Q3 Giuseppina Leone Italy 12 1 Q4 June Foulds Great Britain 12 15 Galina Popova Soviet Union 12 26 Catherine Capdevielle France 12 4Semifinal 2 Edit Rank Athlete Country Time Notes1 Marlene Mathews Willard Australia 11 6 Q2 Heather Armitage Great Britain 11 6 Q3 Isabelle Daniels United States 11 7 Q4 Gisela Birkemeyer United Team of Germany 11 95 Vira Kalashnykova Krepkina Soviet Union 11 96 Galina Reshchikova Soviet Union 12 1Final Edit Left right Isabelle Daniels Giuseppina Leone Betty Cuthbert Marlene Mathews Heather Armitage Christa Stubnick Rank Athlete Country Time Betty Cuthbert Australia 11 5 Christa Stubnick United Team of Germany 11 7 Marlene Mathews Willard Australia 11 74 Isabelle Daniels United States 11 85 Giuseppina Leone Italy 11 96 Heather Armitage Great Britain 12 0References Edit Athletics at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games Women s 100 metres Sports Reference Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 12 June 2017 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics Women 27s 100 metres amp oldid 1117874581, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
