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Wilma Glodean Rudolph (June 23, 1940 – November 12, 1994) was an American sprinter who overcame childhood polio and went on to become a world-record-holding Olympic champion and international sports icon in track and field following her successes in the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games.
Wilma Rudolph United States: 11.18 Dorothy Hyman Great Britain: 11.43 Giuseppina Leone Italy: 11.48 4: Mariya Itkina Soviet Union: 11.54 5: Catherine Capdevielle France: 11.64 6: Jenny Smart Great Britain: 11.72
Wilma Rudolph United States: 44.50: WR 2: Vera Krepkina Valentina Maslovskaya Mariya Itkina Irina Press Soviet Union: 45.15: 3: Teresa Ciepły Barbara Janiszewska Celina Jesionowska Halina Richter Poland: 45.40: 4: Silvia Hunte Carlota Gooden Lorraine Dunn Jean Holmes-Mitchell Panama: 46.66-Marlene Mathews Norma Thrower Norma Croker Pat Duggan ...
Wilma Rudolph captured the world's attention by becoming the first American to win three gold medals at one Olympics in 1960.
The film won four Academy Awards, [141] is often listed among polls for the best sports and Olympics films., [142] [143] and was ranked 19th in the British Film Institute's 100 Best British Films [144] Wilma Rudolph was a central figure in The Grand Olympics (Italian: La grande olimpiade), an academy-Award nominated documentary about the 1960 ...
Wilma Rudolph overcame a lot of adversity in her quest for gold at the Olympic Games. As a child, the celebrated track and field athlete — whose medal count includes three golds in 1960 and a ...
Wilma Rudolph United States: 12.3 Carlota Gooden Panama: 12.3 200 metres (wind: +0.9 m/s) details: Lucinda Williams United States: 24.2 Isabelle Daniels United States: 24.8 Sally McCallum Canada: 25.1 80 metres hurdles (wind: +1.8 m/s) details: Bertha Díaz Cuba: 11.2 Wanda dos Santos Brazil: 11.5 Marian Munroe Canada: 11.5 4 × 100 metres ...
The women's 100m competition consisted of heats (Round 1), Quarterfinals, Semifinals and a Final. The five fastest competitors from each race in the heats plus the next two fastest overall qualified for the Quarterfinals.