Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres hurdles
Rank Name Nationality Lane Time
1 Valeria Bufanu Romania 2 12.94
2 Danuta Straszyńska Poland 1 13.03
3 Margit Bach West Germany 5 13.46
4 Lacey ONeal United States 3 13.78
5 Brenda Matthews New Zealand 4 13.81
6 Penny Gillies Australia 6 13.82
Heats -- Heat two
These are the official results of the Women's 100 metres hurdles event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. The competition was held on the 4 & 8 of September. This was the first time this distance for women was held 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-down 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.