Athletics at the 1957 World University Games – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres event at the 1957 World University Games was held at the Stadium Charlety in Paris on 5 and 6 September 1957.^[1]^[2]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Vera Krepkina Soviet Union	Galina Popova Soviet Union	Giuseppina Leone Italy

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Galina Popova	Soviet Union	12.2	Q
2	1	Inge Fuhrmann	West Germany	12.3	Q
3	1	Franca Peggion	Italy	13.0
4	1	Hannelore Poetscher	Brazil	13.4
4	1	Bonner	Great Britain	13.4
1	2	Vera Krepkina	Soviet Union	12.2	Q^[3]
2	2	Giuseppina Leone	Italy	12.5	Q
3	2	Christiane Voß	West Germany	12.5
4	2	Hélène Joye	Belgium	13.8
	2	Margaret Francis	Great Britain	DNS
1	3	Mariya Itkina	Soviet Union	12.2	Q^[4]
2	3	Helen Mason	Great Britain	12.8	Q
3	3	Maria Kusion-Bibro	Poland	12.9
4	3	Alessandra Taffi	Italy	13.6

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	3	Vera Krepkina	Soviet Union	11.8
	1	Galina Popova	Soviet Union	11.8
	6	Giuseppina Leone	Italy	11.9
4	4	Mariya Itkina	Soviet Union	12.1
5	2	Inge Fuhrmann	West Germany	12.3
6	5	Helen Mason	Great Britain	12.4

^ García, Gerardo. "Los Juegos Universitarios Mundiales" (PDF). Atletismo (in Spanish). October 1957: 15–19. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ L'Athletisme (September 1957, p4)
^ García, Gerardo (6 September 1957). "Ayer, primera jornada de atletismo, en los Juegos Universitarios Mundiales" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. p. 8. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ "Heartening day for Britain". The Manchester Guardian. 6 September 1957. p. 4. Retrieved 22 November 2021.

100 metres at the Summer World University Games
Men's	1955 1957 1959 1961 1963 1965 1967 1970 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2023 2025
Women's	1955 1959 1961 1963 1965 1967 1970 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2023 2025