Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres sprint event at the 1932 Olympic Games took place between August 1 and August 2 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.[1] The final was won by Pole Stanisława Walasiewicz.

Women's 100 metres at the Games of the X Olympiad
Venue	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Dates	August 1 (heats and semifinals) August 2 (final)
Medalists
Stanisława Walasiewicz  Poland Hilda Strike  Canada Wilhelmina von Bremen  United States

In 1980, after her shooting death as a bystander at an armed robbery, 1932 race winner Stanisława Walasiewicz was revealed to be intersex, and possibly ineligible to compete under modern gender determination tests.[2] No change has been made to the records for the 1932 women's 100 metres race.

Results

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Marie Dollinger	Germany	12.2	Q
2	Billie von Bremen	United States	12.3	Q
3	Hilda Strike	Canada	12.3	Q
4	Gwen Porter	Great Britain	12.4
5	Marjorie Clark	South Africa	12.5

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Stanisława Walasiewicz	Poland	11.9	Q
2	Mary Frizzell	Canada	12.1	Q
3	Sumiko Watanabe	Japan	12.2	Q
4	Bep du Mée	Netherlands	12.3

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Tollien Schuurman	Netherlands	12.2	Q
2	Mary Vandervliet	Canada	12.3	Q
3	Eileen Hiscock	Great Britain	12.3	Q
4	Eileen Wearne	Australia	12.5
5	Ethel Harrington	United States	12.7
6	Taka Shibata	Japan	12.7

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Elizabeth Wilde	United States	12.4	Q
2	Cor Aalten	Netherlands	12.4	Q
3	Thelma Kench	New Zealand	12.4	Q
4	Asa Dogura	Japan	12.9
5	Ethel Johnson	Great Britain	13.9

Semifinal 1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Hilda Strike	Canada	12.4	Q
2	Elizabeth Wilde	United States	12.4	Q
3	Marie Dollinger	Germany	12.4	Q
4	Tollien Schuurman	Netherlands	12.4
5	Sumiko Watanabe	Japan	Unknown
6	Thelma Kench	New Zealand	Unknown

Semifinal 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Stanisława Walasiewicz	Poland	11.9	Q, =WR
2	Billie von Bremen	United States	12.1	Q
3	Eileen Hiscock	Great Britain	12.3	Q
4	Mary Vandervliet	Canada	12.3
5	Mary Frizzell	Canada	12.3
6	Cor Aalten	Netherlands	12.4

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Stanisława Walasiewicz	Poland	11.9	=WR
	Hilda Strike	Canada	11.9	=WR
	Wilhelmina von Bremen	United States	12.0
4	Marie Dollinger	Germany	12.2
5	Eileen Hiscock	Great Britain	12.3
6	Elizabeth Wilde	United States	12.3

References

1. "Athletics at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 100 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
2. (in English) Associated Press (corporate author) (23 January 1981). "Report Says Stella Walsh; Had Male Sex Organs". The New York Times (23 January 1981). Retrieved 31 May 2006.