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1972 Olympic Games Munich - Women's 100 m hurdles

 

 

Host City: München, West Germany Format: Top four in each heat advanced to the final.
Date Started: September 4, 1972 Format: Top four in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.
Date Finished: September 8, 1972  
(Competitors: 25; Countries: 15; Finalists: 8)  
    Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, München
Overview by IAAF    1972_olympic_stadium.jpg
Ehrhardt had run 12.5 twice during 1972, and confirmed her status as favourite with 12.70 in the first heat, more than 2m ahead of Ryan (12.93), with Bufanu the only other athlete under 13.00 in the first round. Ehrhardt (12.73) and Bufanu (12.84), were the semi winners. In the final Ryan and Ehrhardt were away fastest, and the German flowed away from the field, gaining ground with every stride, to win by the largest margin of victory in the women’s Olympic sprint hurdles. Behind her Balzer went past Ryan halfway through the race, but could not withstand the finish of Bufanu, who passed the German after the ninth hurdle. Ehrhardt’s 12.59 would remain the electrically-timed world record for nearly six years.
       
Summary by Sports-reference.com      
Had the Olympics been in 1970, the favorite would likely have been Taiwan’s Cheng Chi, 1968 bronze medalist, who set numerous records in that year in the hurdles and 100 yards/metres. But the Olympics were in 1972 and Chi was injured frequently after her wonder year, and she did not compete in München. Pam Kilborn and Karin Balzer were back again and would make their third consecutive final in this event. Balzer had recently won the 1971 Europeans and Kilborn the 1970 Commonwealth Games, defeating 1968 champion Maureen Caird in the process. Caird competed in München but did not get out of round one. The final was won very easily by the GDR’s Annelie Ehrhardt, who had been runner-up to Balzer at the 1971 Europeans. She won 2½ metres over Romania’s Valeria Bufanu with Balzer getting the bronze. Ehrhardt’s time of 12.59 was a world record which would not be broken until 1978.
 
 
        Results          
This was the first time this distance for women were help at the Olympics the previous distance of 80 metres were discontinued after the 1968 Games. If the Olympics were held two years earlier in 1970 the hands on favorite would have been Cheng Chi of the Republic of China who set several world records in that year. No one was the clear favorite coming into these games. Pam Kilborn and Karin Balzer were back for their third Olympic games
100 m hurdles Women     Final 4 September        
                   
Rank Mark Wind   Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records  
1 12.59 0.8   Anneliese Ehrhardt East Germany GDR 18 Jun 50 AUR WR  
2 12.84 0.8   Valeria Stefanescu Romania ROU 7 Oct 46    
3 12.90 0.8   Karin Balzer East Germany GDR 5 Jun 38    
4 12.98 0.8   Pam Ryan Australia AUS 12 Aug 39    
5 13.17 0.8   Teresa Nowak Poland POL 29 Apr 42    
6 13.18 0.8   Danuta Straszynska Poland POL 4 Feb 42    
7 13.27 0.8   Annerose Krumpholz East Germany GDR 5 Sep 51    
8 13.44 0.8   Grazyna Rabsztyn Poland POL 20 Sep 52    
100 m hurdles Women     Semifinal 1 7 September        
                   
Rank Mark Wind   Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records  
1 12.84 0   Valeria Stefanescu Romania ROU 7 Oct 46    
2 12.95 0   Pam Ryan Australia AUS 12 Aug 39    
3 12.97 0   Karin Balzer East Germany GDR 5 Jun 38    
4 13.10 0   Teresa Nowak Poland POL 29 Apr 42    
5 13.26 0   Patty Johnson United States USA 15 Apr 50    
6 13.31 0   Margit Bach West Germany FRG 25 May 51    
7 13.76 0   Mamie Rallins United States USA 8 Jul 41    
  DNF 0   Meta Antenen Switzerland SUI 7 Apr 49    
100 m hurdles Women     Semifinal 2 7 September        
                   
Rank Mark Wind   Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records  
1 12.73 0.5   Anneliese Ehrhardt East Germany GDR 18 Jun 50    
2 12.91 0.5   Danuta Straszynska Poland POL 4 Feb 42    
3 13.24 0.5   Annerose Krumpholz East Germany GDR 5 Sep 51    
4 13.24 0.5   Grazyna Rabsztyn Poland POL 20 Sep 52    
5 13.30 0.5   Jacqueline André France FRA 29 Aug 46    
6 13.33 0.5   Heidi Schüller West Germany FRG 15 Jun 50    
7 13.89 0.5   Lacey O'Neal United States USA 30 Mar 44    
  DNS 0.5   Esther Rot Israel ISR 16 Apr 52    
100 m hurdles Women     Heat 1 4 September        
                   
Rank Mark Wind   Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records  
1 12.70 0   Anneliese Ehrhardt East Germany GDR 18 Jun 50    
2 12.93 0   Pam Ryan Australia AUS 12 Aug 39    
3 13.16 0   Teresa Nowak Poland POL 29 Apr 42    
4 13.17 0   Esther Rot Israel ISR 16 Apr 52    
5 13.37 0   Judy Vernon Great Britain GBR 22 Sep 45    
6 15.15 0   Lucila Salao Philippines PHI 1 Jul 54    
100 m hurdles Women     Heat 2 4 September        
                   
Rank Mark Wind   Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records  
1 12.94 -0.6   Valeria Stefanescu Romania ROU 7 Oct 46    
2 13.03 -0.6   Danuta Straszynska Poland POL 4 Feb 42    
3 13.46 -0.6   Margit Bach West Germany FRG 25 May 51    
4 13.78 -0.6   Lacey O'Neal United States USA 30 Mar 44    
5 13.81 -0.6   Brenda Matthews New Zealand NZL 19 Feb 49    
6 13.82 -0.6   Penny Gillies Australia AUS 20 Jul 51    
100 m hurdles Women     Heat 3 4 September        
                   
Rank Mark Wind   Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records  
1 13.29 0   Grazyna Rabsztyn Poland POL 20 Sep 52    
2 13.31 0   Annerose Krumpholz East Germany GDR 5 Sep 51    
3 13.51 0   Mamie Rallins United States USA 8 Jul 41    
4 13.61 0   Meta Antenen Switzerland SUI 7 Apr 49    
5 13.63 0   Maureen Caird Australia AUS 29 Sep 51    
6 15.89 0   Margaret Murphy Ireland IRL 21 Sep 44    
100 m hurdles Women     Heat 4 4 September        
                   
Rank Mark Wind   Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records  
1 13.10 0.2   Karin Balzer East Germany GDR 5 Jun 38    
2 13.28 0.2   Patty Johnson United States USA 15 Apr 50    
3 13.33 0.2   Jacqueline André France FRA 29 Aug 46    
4 13.50 0.2   Heidi Schüller West Germany FRG 15 Jun 50    
5 13.53 0.2   Deanne Wilson United States USA 30 Apr 55    
6 14.37 0.2   Gunhild Olsson Sweden SWE 30 Jan 46    
7 14.67 0.2   Emilie Edet Nigeria NGR 9 Mar 46    
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

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