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Athletics At The 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 Metres
The women's 100 metres was the shortest of the four women's track races in the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, .... It was held on 15 October and 16 October 1964. 45 athletes from 27 nations entered, with 1 not starting in the first round. The first two rounds were held on 15 October, with the semifinals and the final on 16 October. Results First round The top five runners in each of the 6 heats advanced. Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Heat 4 Heat 5 Heat 6 Second round The top four runners in each of the four heats advanced to the semifinals. Quarterfinal 1 † In the Second Round results as per the Official Olympic report, Avis McIntosh, of New Zealand, was erroneously mentioned as a Dutch ath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Stadium (Tokyo)
The Japan National Stadium, officially named and formerly known as or , is a multi-purpose stadium used mostly for association football in Kasumigaokamachi, Kasumigaoka, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. The facility served as the main stadium for the opening and closing ceremonies, as well as the venue for track and field athletics events at the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2020 Summer Paralympics in 2021. Demolition of the National Stadium (Tokyo, 1958), old National Stadium was completed in May 2015, allowing for the construction of the new stadium to begin on 11 December 2016. The original plans for the new stadium were scrapped in July 2015 by Prime Minister of Japan, Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, who announced a rebid after a public outcry prompted by increased building costs. As a result, the new design was not ready for the 2019 Rugby World Cup, as originally intended. A new design created by architect Kengo Kuma was chosen in December 2015 to replace the original design, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christiane Cadic
Christiane Cadic (born 8 January 1947) is a French sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho .... References 1947 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics French female sprinters Olympic athletes for France Place of birth missing (living people) Olympic female sprinters {{France-sprint-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galina Popova
Galina Mikhailovna Popova (Russian: Галина Михайловна Попова; née ''Vinogradova'' on 2 June 1932) is a retired Russian track athlete. She competed in the 100 metres at the 1956 and 1964 Summer Olympics, but failed to reach the finals. In 1954 she equaled the European record over 100 m (11.5) four times, and in 1956 she set two world records in the long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr .... Popova took up athletics in 1951 and was a member of the Soviet national team between 1953 and 1964. After retiring from competitions in 1964 she worked at the Lesgaft University, where in 1971 she defended a PhD on "Gas exchange and oxygenation of arterial blood during muscular load of maximum intensity". References External links * 1932 birt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doreen Porter
Doreen Helen Porter (born 21 July 1941), later Doreen Porter-Shann, is a former sprinter from New Zealand. She won a silver medal in the women's 100 yards and was a member of the bronze medal winning 4 x 100 yards relay team at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. In April 1964 Porter set the record for the fastest women's 220 yard race held in the United States. In October of that year she also competed in the Olympic Games in Tokyo. Early life Porter was born in Auckland on the 21st of July 1941. While in high school she competed in gymnastics, diving and in 100- and 220-yard races. While a teenager she joined the Western Suburbs Athletic & Harrier Club. Sports career In 1961 Porter set the New Zealand resident record for the 100 yard sprint. At the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games she won the silver medal in the women's 100 yards. She also won a bronze medal as part of the women's 4 x 110 yards relay team. Her teammates in the relay were Nola Bond, Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Hyman
Dorothy Hyman (born 9 May 1941) is a retired English sprinter. She competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics in the 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m events, winning three medals. She also won individual 100 m gold and 200 m silver at the 1962 European Championships in Belgrade and, representing England, completed the 100 yd/220 yd sprint double at the 1962 Commonwealth Games. Winner of the 1963 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award, she has a stadium in her home village of Cudworth named in her honour. In 2011, she was inducted into the England Athletics Hall of Fame. Early life Hyman was born on 9 May 1941 in Cudworth, West Riding of Yorkshire, to a family of five. Her father was a coal miner and it was he who first noticed her natural talent for sprinting. She started training from the age of 13, but it took a lot of commitment because the nearest track was 8 miles away. "Each journey involved two buses," she said later. "It was a case of finish work, eat, get the bus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erika Pollmann
Erika Pollmann (born 15 February 1944) is a German sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho .... References 1944 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics German female sprinters Olympic athletes for the United Team of Germany Place of birth missing (living people) Olympic female sprinters West German Athletics Championships winners {{Germany-sprint-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miriam Siderenski
Miriam Louise Marie Siderenski (also Miryam and Sidranski (-Catzenstein); he, מרים סידרנסקי; born 11 November 1941) is a Congolese-born Israeli former Olympic runner. She was the Israeli Champion in the 60 metres, 100 metres, and 200 metres. She was born in Belgian Congo, and is of Jewish descent. Her father was born in Poland, and studied medicine in Belgium. She studied physical education at the Wingate Institute in Netanya, Israel. She married Yitzhak Katzenstein, has three children, and lives in Kfar Shmaryahu. Running career Siderenski's personal bests were 11.6 in the 100 metres (1964) and 24.68 in the 200 metres (1964). She was the Israeli Champion in the 60 metres (1962), 100 metres (1961–62, 1964-65), and 200 metres (1962, 1964–65). In July 1964 Siderenski ran the 100 metre dash in 12.0, and lowered her 400-metre record from 59.2 to 47.6. In October 1964 in a meet in France with some of Europe's best runners she won the women's 100-metre dash in 12.1. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulla-Britt Wieslander
Ulla-Britt Wieslander (later Rosberg, 10 June 1942 – 29 November 2023) was a Swedish sprinter. She competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ... in the 100 m, 200 m and 80 m hurdles (five events in total), but failed to reach the final in any contest. Between 1959 and 1966 she won more than 20 national titles in the 80 m hurdles, 100 m, 200 m, 4 × 100 m and 4 × 200 m events. Wieslander died in Veinge on 29 November 2023, at the age of 81. References 1942 births 2023 deaths Swedish female sprinters Olympic athletes for Sweden Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic female spr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avis McIntosh
Avis Fletcher (formerly McIntosh, née Brain; born 19 May 1938) is a former New Zealand hurdler and sprinter. Life She joined Lynndale Amateur Athletic and Harrier Club in the children's division in the 12- to 13-year-old age group. She also ran for Glen Eden, Waitemata and Owairaka Athletic Club. At Avondale College in 1953, she won the 100 yards senior girls when she was 14. From 1954 to 1956 McIntosh won the Auckland Championship two and-a-half mile cross country and the Hamilton road race. After winning her first New Zealand title in 1958, and not being selected for Cardiff's Empire Games, McIntosh was chosen to represent New Zealand from 1959 to 1965. In 1962, McIntosh was selected for the 7th British Empire and Commonwealth Games at Perth. She competed in the 80m hurdles and relay. McIntosh was first in the 80m hurdles heat, beating the world record holder in 10.8 sec, the new Commonwealth Games record. At the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games she won the bronz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniele Gueneau
Daniele is an Hebrew male given name, the cognate of the English name Daniel. Danièle is a French female given name, an alternative spelling of Danielle. Men with the given name Daniele * Daniele Bracciali (born 1978), Italian tennis player * Daniele Callegarin (born 1982), Italian former cyclist * Daniele Colli (born 1982), Italian road racing cyclist * Daniele De Rossi (born 1983), Italian footballer * Daniele Giorgini (born 1984), Italian tennis player * Daniele Greco (born 1989), Italian triple jumper * Daniele Greco (footballer) (born 1988), Italian footballer * Daniele Luchetti (born 1960), Italian film director, screenwriter and actor * Daniele Manin (1804–1857), Italian patriot and politician * Daniele Martinelli (born 1982), Italian footballer * Daniele Russo (born 1985), Swiss footballer * Daniele Silvestri (born 1968), Italian singer and songwriter * Daniele Sommariva (born 1997), Italian footballer * Daniele Vargas, stage name of Italian film actor Daniele Pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margit Nemesházi
Margit Nemesházi (née Markó; born 13 October 1943) is a Hungarian sprinter. She competed in the 100 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve .... References 1943 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Hungarian female sprinters Olympic athletes for Hungary Athletes from Budapest Olympic female sprinters Hungarian Athletics Championships winners {{Hungary-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simin Safamehr
Simin Safamehr (born 14 June 1947) is an Iranian sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres and women's long jump at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho .... She was the first woman to represent Iran at the Olympics. References External links * 1947 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Iranian female sprinters Iranian female long jumpers Olympic athletes for Iran Place of birth missing (living people) {{Iran-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
