Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres event at the 1928 Olympic Games took place between July 30 & July 31.[1]

Women's 100 metres
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
DateJuly 30 (heats & semifinals)
July 31 (final)
Winning time12.2
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Betty Robinson  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bobbie Rosenfeld  Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ethel Smith  Canada
1932 →

Results

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Heats

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Heat 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Anni Holdmann   Germany 13.0 Q
2 Edie Robinson   Australia Unknown Q
3 Derna Polazzo   Italy Unknown

Heat 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Erna Steinberg   Germany 12.8 Q
2 Mary Washburn   United States 12.8 Q
3 Nettie Grooss   Netherlands 12.8
4 Ruth Svedberg   Sweden Unknown

Heat 3

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Kinue Hitomi   Japan 12.8 Q
2 Jane Bell   Canada 13.0 Q
3 Anne Vrana-O'Brien   United States 13.1
4 Matilde Moraschi   Italy 13.6

Heat 4

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Leni Junker   Germany 12.8 Q
2 Elta Cartwright   United States Unknown Q
3 Yolande Plancke   France Unknown

Heat 5

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Georgette Gagneux   France 13.0 Q
2 Maud Sundberg   Sweden Unknown Q
3 Luigia Bonfanti   Italy Unknown

Heat 6

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Leni Schmidt   Germany 12.8 Q
2 Marjorie Clark   South Africa 13.0 Q
3 Lucienne Velu   France 13.1
4 Rie Briejèr   Netherlands 13.5

Heat 7

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Bobbie Rosenfeld   Canada 12.6 Q
2 Betty Robinson   United States Unknown Q
3 Lies Aengenendt   Netherlands 13.0

Heat 8

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Myrtle Cook   Canada 12.8 Q
2 Norma Wilson   New Zealand 13.0 Q
3 Bets ter Horst   Netherlands 13.0

Heat 9

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Ethel Smith   Canada 12.6 Q
2 Marguerite Radideau   France Unknown Q
3 Zinaida Liepiņa   Latvia Unknown
4 Sidonie Verschueren   Belgium Unknown

Semifinals

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Semifinal 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Bobbie Rosenfeld   Canada 12.4 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

Semifinal 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Betty Robinson   United States 12.4 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

Semifinal 3

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Leni Schmidt   Germany 12.8 Q
2 Erna Steinberg   Germany 12.9 Q
3 Jane Bell   Canada Unknown
4 Elta Cartwright   United States Unknown
5 Norma Wilson   New Zealand Unknown
6 Marguerite Radideau   France Unknown

Final

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
  Betty Robinson   United States 12.2 =WR
  Bobbie Rosenfeld   Canada 12.3
  Ethel Smith   Canada 12.3
4 Erna Steinberg   Germany 12.4
Myrtle Cook   Canada DQ
Leni Schmidt   Germany DQ

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Women's 100 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2017.