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Athletics At The 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 Metres
The women's 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been conteste ... sprint event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place on September 1 & 2. Results Heats Top five in each heat (blue) and the next two fastest (pink) advanced to quarterfinal round. Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Heat 4 Heat 5 Heat 6 Quarterfinals Top four in each heat advanced to semifinal round (blue). Quarterfinal 1 Quarterfinal 2 Quarterfinal 3 Quarterfinal 4 Semifinals Top four in each heat advanced to the final round (blue). Semifinal 1 Semifinal 2 Final Key: WR = world record; DNS = did not start; T = Tie References External linksOfficial report {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metres Women's 100 metres 1972 in women's athletics Wom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Stadium (Munich)
Olympiastadion () is a stadium located in Munich, Germany. Situated at the heart of the '' Olympiapark München'' in northern Munich, the stadium was the main venue for the 1972 Summer Olympics. The original capacity was maximally and officially around 75,000 seats, during the Olympics; yet average audiences of 80.000 to 90.000 people were registered daily. Also the stadium has hosted many major football matches including the 1974 FIFA World Cup Final and the UEFA Euro 1988 Final - originally the official capacity was 73.000 for football. The stadium hosted the European Cup Finals in 1979, 1993 and 1997. Its current capacity is 69,250. The stadium could support until 11,800 standing places and 57,450 seats; or alternatively 63,000 seated spectators.The roof covers around 40,000 seats. Until the construction of Allianz Arena for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the stadium was home to FC Bayern Munich and TSV 1860 Munich. Unlike the Olympiastadion, the new stadium was purpose-built fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Glesková
Eva Glesková (née Lehocká; born 26 July 1943) is a former Czechoslovak track and field sprinter who specialised in the 100 metres. She represented Czechoslovakia three times at the Summer Olympics (1964, 1968, 1972) and twice at the European Athletics Championships (1966, 1969). She equalled the world record for the 100 m in 1972 with a manually-timed run of 11.0 seconds. She was twice a relay medallist at the European Indoor Games and a 13-time national champion in the individual sprints. Career Born Eva Lehocká in Zvolen, Slovakia,Eva Lehocká-Glesková Sports Reference. Retrieved on 7 February 2016. she took up |
Irene Fitzner
Irene Fitzner (born 14 November 1955) is an Argentine sprint (running), sprinter. She competed in the Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres, women's 100 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics. References 1955 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1971 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Argentine female sprinters Olympic athletes for Argentina Place of birth missing (living people) Pan American Games competitors for Argentina Olympic female sprinters {{Argentina-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freida Nicholls-Davy
Freida Nicholls-Davy (born 13 March 1950) is a Barbadian sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics. She also competed in the women's 200 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Nicholls won a bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games The 10th (X) Central American and Caribbean Games were held in San Juan, Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Ri .... References 1950 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Barbadian female sprinters Olympic athletes for Barbados Athletes (track and field) at the 1975 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Barbados Competitors at the 1966 Central American and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Haglund
Linda Haglund (15 June 1956 – 21 November 2015) was a Swedish Olympic Sprint (running), sprinter. Running career Haglund became a member of Hanvikens SK, a track and field club located just south of Stockholm, at the age of 13. She showed great promise as a future sprinting star by recording, barefoot, 12.7 for 100 metres, 100 m at her first meet representing Hanvikens SK. Haglund's precocious talent was displayed on an international stage at the European Championships of 1971, held in Helsinki, Finland. She was named on the Swedish track and field team that competed in Helsinki that year. She was 15 at the time and acknowledged as the youngest athlete of the meet. One year later, Haglund was appointed to the first of three Swedish Olympic teams: Munich, 1972. Her running career would take her to the 1976 Summer Olympics, 1976 Montreal Olympic Games, as well as those held in 1980 Summer Olympics, Moscow in 1980. Haglund had her best Olympic Games' showing with a fourth place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pam Kilborn
Pamela Kilborn-Ryan, AM, MBE (born 12 August 1939) is an Australian former athlete who set world records as a hurdler. For three years, she was ranked as the world's top woman hurdler. Kilborn was also an Olympic class sprinter, Long Jumper and pentathlete, and loved shot put, she also won a total of 17 individual Australian Championships between 1962 and 1972. Career Early career Kilborn was born on 12 August 1939 in Melbourne. She began competing in athletics there during the late 1950s. She competed for the University High School team, under coach Henri Schubert alongside her good friend Judy Amoore (later Pollock). In 1960 she attempted to gain selection for the 1960 Summer Olympics but could only place third in the Australian Championships with only the first two athletes chosen. She was reputedly so ill during these Championships that she had to be assisted on the medal dais. During 1961 her performances at both hurdles and long jump had improved substantially and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecilia Molinari
Cecilia Molinari (born 22 November 1949 in Borgo Val di Taro) is a former Italian sprinter. Biography Cecilia Molinari participated at one edition of the Summer Olympics (1972), she has 36 caps in national team from 1966 to 1976. She also participated at two editions of European Championships. Achievements National titles Cecilia Molinari has won ten times the individual national championship. *6 wins on 100 metres (1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974) *4 wins on 60 metres 60 metres, or 60-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field. It is a championship event for indoor championships, normally dominated by the best outdoor 100 metres runners. At outdoor venues it is a rare distance, at least for senior ath ... indoor (1970, 1971, 1972, 1973) See also * Italy national relay team References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Molinari, Cecilia 1949 births Sportspeople from the Province of Parma Italian female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anita Neil
Doris "Anita" Neil (born 5 April 1950) is a retired British international sprinter. In 1968, she became the first black British woman Olympian. From an impoverished family Neil was forced to rely on charity to travel to meets and obtain equipment. Eventually the lack of a coach, insufficient training facilities, and having to support her family financially saw Neil forced into early retirement at just 23 years old. Early life Anita Neil was born in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, to an African-American father and a white English mother. Neil’s father was a staff sergeant with the United States Army stationed in Wellingborough during World War II, where he met her mother, Florence, a local woman. Neil’s father, who travelled back and forth between the US and England, left when she was six. In his absence Neil’s mother raised their five children single-handed with the support of Neil’s grandparents. Career Neil worked as a machinist in a clothing factory and trai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Anum
Alice Annum (born 20 October 1948 in Accra) is a retired Ghanaian sprinter. Her personal best time in the 200 metres was 22.89 seconds, achieved at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. She was the first woman to represent Ghana at the Olympics. Since then, Alice has participated in the 1964 Olympics held in Tokyo, 1968 in Mexico and the 1972 Olympics held in Munich. Annum was one of many athletes through the defunct National Sports Festivals organised annually in Ghana. She benefited from the sponsorship of Ghanaian athletes by the United States and competed for the University of Tennessee. She competed in the 1964 Olympic Games but did not advance past the preliminary stages in the long jump, placing 28th with a best jump of 5.45 metres. She was honoured in 2010 for her achievements in sports by the Action Progressive Institute in Ghana. In 1970, she won silver at the Commonwealth games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iris Davis
Iris LaVerne Davis-Hicks (April 30, 1950 – September 18, 2021) was an American track and field sprinter who specialized in the 100-meter dash. She was the 1971 Pan American Games champion in that event and also won a gold medal in the 4 × 100-meter relay. She represented the United States at the 1972 Munich Olympics and twice narrowly missed out on a medal: first in the 100 m, placing fourth behind Cuba's Silvia Chivás, then in the relay, where Chivás again outsprinted her to bronze on the final leg.Iris Davis . Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2016-02-14. Davis was born in an African-American family in . Nationally she was a four- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russel Carrero
Russel Carrero Trejos (12 December 1950 – 10 June 1990) was a Nicaraguan sprint (running), sprinter. She competed in the Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres, women's 100 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics. She was the first woman to represent Nicaragua at the Olympics. References 1950 births 1990 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1971 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Nicaraguan female sprinters Olympic athletes for Nicaragua People from Chinandega Pan American Games competitors for Nicaragua Olympic female sprinters {{Nicaragua-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatima El-Faquir
Fatima El-Faquir (born 1954) is a Moroccan sprinter, coach, and sports professor. She was the first Moroccan to compete in the Olympics. She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich and was the first African Champion in 400m hurdles in Dakar in 1979. She was the first female athlete to give Morocco a title. She is the Professor of Higher Education at the Moroccan National Institute of Sport. El-Faquir studied Physical Exercise and Sport at the University of Bucharest in Romania from 1973 to 1978 and then at University of Montreal in Canada. She married and raised a family with her coach Aziz Daouda. She coached the Moroccan national athletics (track) team and coached Nawal El Moutawakel in huders and relay events. She organized events like the Pan Arab Games in Rabat, Morocco in 1985, the Francophone Games in 1989, the Cross Country World Championship in 1998, and the Youth World Championships in Marrakech Marrakesh or Marrakech ( or ; a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
