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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

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