Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres hurdles

These are the official results of the Women's 100 metres hurdles event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. The competition was held on the 4 & 8 of September. This was the first time this distance for women was held at the Olympics; the previous distance of 80 metres were discontinued after the 1968 Games. Pam Kilborn and Karin Balzer were back for their third Olympic games.

Women's 100 metres hurdles at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium, Munich, West Germany
Date	4 September 1972 & 8 September 1972
Competitors	25 from 15 nations
Winning time	12.59 WR
Medalists
Annelie Ehrhardt  East Germany Valeria Bufanu  Romania Karin Balzer  East Germany

Heats

The top four runners in each heat advanced to the semifinal round.

Heat one

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Notes
1	Annelie Ehrhardt	East Germany	3	12.70	OR
2	Pam Kilborn	Australia	1	12.93
3	Teresa Nowak	Poland	5	13.16
4	Esther Shakhamorov	Israel	2	13.17
5	Judy Vernon	Great Britain	6	13.37
6	Lucila Salao	Philippines	7	15.15
-	Edith Noding	Peru	4	DNS

Heat two

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time
1	Valeria Bufanu	Romania	2	12.94
2	Danuta Straszyńska	Poland	1	13.03
3	Margit Bach	West Germany	5	13.46
4	Lacey O’Neal	United States	3	13.78
5	Brenda Matthews	New Zealand	4	13.81
6	Penny Gillies	Australia	6	13.82

Heat three

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time
1	Grażyna Rabsztyn	Poland	1	13.29
2	Annerose Krumpholz	East Germany	3	13.31
3	Mamie Rallins	United States	4	13.51
4	Meta Antenen	Switzerland	2	13.61
5	Maureen Caird	Australia	6	13.63
6	Margaret Murphy	Ireland	5	15.89
-	Mary Peters	Great Britain	7	DNS

Heat four

Left-right: Ann Wilson, Patty Johnson, Jacqueline André in heat four

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time
1	Karin Balzer	East Germany	7	13.10
2	Patty Johnson	United States	3	13.28
3	Jacqueline André	France	2	13.33
4	Heidi Schüller	West Germany	6	13.50
5	Ann Wilson	Great Britain	1	13.53
6	Gunhild Olsson	Sweden	5	14.37
7	Emilie Edet	Nigeria	4	14.67

Semifinals

Top four in each heat advanced to the final round.

Heat one

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time
1	Valeria Bufanu	Romania	1	12.84
2	Pam Kilborn	Australia	8	12.95
3	Karin Balzer	East Germany	6	12.97
4	Teresa Nowak	Poland	4	13.10
5	Patty Johnson	United States	5	13.26
6	Margit Bach	West Germany	3	13.31
7	Mamie Rallins	United States	2	13.76
-	Meta Antenen	Switzerland	7	DNF

Heat two

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time
1	Annelie Ehrhardt	East Germany	2	12.73
2	Danuta Straszyńska	Poland	3	12.91
3	Annerose Krumpholz	East Germany	7	13.24
4	Grażyna Rabsztyn	Poland	8	13.24
5	Jacqueline André	France	5	13.30
6	Heidi Schüller	West Germany	6	13.33
7	Lacey O’Neal	United States	1	13.89
-	Esther Shakhamorov	Israel	4	DNS

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Notes
	Annelie Ehrhardt	East Germany	6	12.59	WR
	Valeria Bufanu	Romania	7	12.84
	Karin Balzer	East Germany	5	12.90
4	Pam Kilborn	Australia	3	12.98
5	Teresa Nowak	Poland	1	13.17
6	Danuta Straszyńska	Poland	8	13.18
7	Annerose Krumpholz	East Germany	2	13.27
8	Grażyna Rabsztyn	Poland	4	13.44

Key: WR = world record; OR = Olympic record; DNS = did not start; DNF = did not finish