Athletics at the 1979 Summer Universiade – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres event at the 1979 Summer Universiade was held at the Estadio Olimpico Universitario in Mexico City on 8 and 9 September 1979.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Marlies Göhr  East Germany	Kathy Smallwood  Great Britain	Beverley Goddard  Great Britain

Results

Heats

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.5 m/s, Heat 2: +0.2 m/s, Heat 3: ? m/s, Heat 4: +1.4 m/s

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Marlies Göhr	East Germany	11.25	Q
2	2	Helinä Laihorinne	Finland	11.35	Q
3	4	Kathy Smallwood	Great Britain	11.37	Q[3]
4	4	Vera Anisimova	Soviet Union	11.44	Q
5	3	Beverley Goddard	Great Britain	11.47	Q
6	1	Marisa Masullo	Italy	11.58	Q, PB[4]
7	2	Olga Korotkova	Soviet Union	11.60	Q
8	3	Laura Miano	Italy	11.63	Q[4]
9	1	Claudine Mas	France	11.65	Q[5]
9	2	Els Vader	Netherlands	11.65	Q[6]
11	2	Anne-Marie Heugas	France	11.75	q[5]
12	3	Cornelia Schniggendiller	West Germany	11.78	Q
13	3	Elly Henzen	Netherlands	11.87	q[6]
14	1	Chantal Desrosiers	Canada	12.06	q
15	4	Judy Bell-Gam	Nigeria	12.10	Q
16	1	Fosa Ibini	Nigeria	12.15	q
17	4	Angela Doyle	United States	12.16
18	2	Hanitra Rabarivola	Madagascar	12.20
19	3	Alma Vázquez	Mexico	12.21
20	4	Willette Lalasoariravaka	Madagascar	12.39
21	2	Mayra Figueroa	Guatemala	12.47
22	3	Anh Tran Thi Ngoc	Vietnam	12.80
23	1	Alejandra Flores	Mexico	12.89
24	4	Than Van Tran	Vietnam	12.89

Semifinals

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Wind:
Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Marlies Göhr	East Germany	11.00	Q, UR
2	1	Beverley Goddard	Great Britain	11.22	Q
3	2	Kathy Smallwood	Great Britain	11.30	Q[3]
4	1	Vera Anisimova	Soviet Union	11.42	Q
5	1	Laura Miano	Italy	11.43	Q
6	2	Helinä Laihorinne	Finland	11.44	Q
7	2	Marisa Masullo	Italy	11.56	Q[8]
8	2	Olga Korotkova	Soviet Union	11.67	Q
9	2	Claudine Mas	France	11.69	[5]
10	1	Cornelia Schniggendiller	West Germany	11.71
11	1	Els Vader	Netherlands	11.76
12	1	Elly Henzen	Netherlands	11.82
13	2	Anne-Marie Heugas	France	11.84	[5]
14	2	Chantal Desrosiers	Canada	12.08
15	1	Fosa Ibini	Nigeria	12.19
16	2	Judy Bell-Gam	Nigeria	12.36

Final

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Wind: 0.0 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Marlies Göhr	East Germany	11.00	=UR
	Kathy Smallwood	Great Britain	11.27
	Beverley Goddard	Great Britain	11.32
4	Helinä Laihorinne	Finland	11.33
5	Vera Anisimova	Soviet Union	11.39
6	Olga Korotkova	Soviet Union	11.56
7	Laura Miano	Italy	11.62
8	Marisa Masullo	Italy	11.68