Club: Dorothy Hyman TC/Barnsley AC Gender: Female Age Group: V80 County: Yorkshire Region: Yorkshire Nation: England

Lead Coach: Unknown Previous Lead: Dennis Watts -1969

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Fifty years on, Dorothy remains Britain’s finest ever female 100m runner. In 1960, when still a teenager and assumed to be an outsider she won Olympic 100m silver and 200m bronze. European and Commonwealth 100m champion in 1962 she had her best year in ’63 when World’s number one at 100m and just a tenth of a second outside Wilma Rudolph’s world record. Dorothy won a third Olympic medal (her eleventh from all major champs) in Tokyo in 1964 helping the 4x100m to bronze before retiring at the age of 23. She made a comeback in 1969 beating most of Britain’s best that year but was unable to compete internationally having accepted money from her autobiography. Holder of GB records at 100m and 200m for twelve years (1962-1974) she won BBC Sports Personality in 1963.

Best known performances

Event PB 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 Event 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 1969 1964 1963 1962 1960 1958 100 11.54/11.3/11.43w/11.3w 100 11.5/11.3w 11.54 11.3/11.5w 11.6/11.3w 11.65/11.6/11.43w 12.0 200 23.40/23.2 200 23.7/23.5w 23.2/23.8w 23.40 23.82/23.8

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1958 1960 1962 1963 1964 1969
Default Date (Latest first) Date (Earliest first) Event Position Age Graded Points

1969 SEN Dorothy Hyman TC/Barnsley AC
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
100	11.3	wdh	3.9		1				Castleford	Inter Counties Meeting	28 Jun 69
100	11.5				1				Stretford	-	5 Jul 69
200	23.5	wdh			1				Castleford	Inter Counties Meeting	28 Jun 69
200	23.7		-1.7		1				Crystal Palace	WAAA Championships	19 Jul 69
1964 SEN Hickleton Main/Barnsley AC
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
100y	10.6		0.4		1	s1			London (WC)	WAAA Championships	4 Jul 64
100	11.54		0.3		2	q1			Tokyo, JPN	Olympic Games	15 Oct 64
100	11.64		0.5		1	h4			Tokyo, JPN	Olympic Games	15 Oct 64
100	11.66		1.4		4	s2			Tokyo, JPN	Olympic Games	16 Oct 64
100	11.90		-1.2		8				Tokyo, JPN	Olympic Games	16 Oct 64
1963 U23 Hickleton Main/Barnsley AC
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
100y	10.5				1				Castleford	Yorkshire County Championships	18 May 63
100y	10.5	w			1				Cardiff (M)	WelshG	27 Jul 63
100	11.3		0.0		1				Budapest, HUN	Great Britain v Hungary	2 Oct 63
100	11.3				1				Budapest, HUN	Great Britain v Hungary	3 Oct 63
100	11.5	w			1				Bochum, GER	-	1 May 63
100	11.5	w	5.8		1				White City	Great Britain v Federal Republic of Germany	24 Aug 63
100	11.5	w	2.8		1				White City	Great Britain v Netherlands v Sweden	14 Sep 63
100	11.5				1				Volgograd, USSR	Great Britain v USSR	28 Sep 63
200	23.2				1				Budapest, HUN	Great Britain v Hungary	3 Oct 63
200	23.4		0.0		1				Volgograd, USSR	Great Britain v USSR	29 Sep 63
200	23.6				1				Tokyo, JPN	Pre-Olympic Games Meeting	13 Oct 63
200	23.7	y			1				Barnsley	-	8 Jun 63
200	23.7		0.0		1				White City	Great Britain v Netherlands v Sweden	13 Sep 63
200	23.8	wy	4.0		1				White City	Great Britain v USA	3 Aug 63
200	23.8		0.0		1				White City	Great Britain v Federal Republic of Germany	23 Aug 63
1962 U23 Hickleton Main/Barnsley AC
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
100y	10.6		1.3		1				London (WC)	WAAA	7 Jul 62
100y	10.7		0.0		1	s1			Perth, AUS	Commonwealth Games	24 Nov 62
100y	11.0		-4.5		1	h2			Perth, AUS	Commonwealth Games	24 Nov 62
100y	11.2	w	5.8		1				Perth, AUS	Commonwealth Games	26 Nov 62
100	11.3	w	2.3		1				Belgrade, YUG	European Championships	13 Sep 62
100	11.6		-0.5		1	h3			Belgrade, YUG	European Championships	12 Sep 62
100	11.6		0.6		1	s2			Belgrade, YUG	European Championships	13 Sep 62
200	23.40		1.8		1				London (WC)	BG	18 Aug 62
200	23.5				1				White City	Great Britain v Poland	4 Aug 62
200	23.7		0.0		2	s2			Belgrade, YUG	European Championships	14 Sep 62
200	23.7		-2.3		2				Belgrade, YUG	European Championships	15 Sep 62
200	23.9		1.0		1	h2			Belgrade, YUG	European Championships	14 Sep 62
220y	24.00		3.0		1				Perth, AUS	Commonwealth Games	29 Nov 62
220y	24.0		-1.7		1	s1			Perth, AUS	Commonwealth Games	26 Nov 62
220y	24.5		-2.2		2	h1			Perth, AUS	Commonwealth Games	26 Nov 62
1960 U20 Hickleton Main/Barnsley AC
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
100	11.43	w	2.8		2				Rome, ITA	Olympic Games	2 Sep 60
100	11.6				1				Hull	ICity-ns	23 Jul 60
100	11.65		0.6		1	s2			Rome, ITA	Olympic Games	2 Sep 60
100	11.77				1	q4			Rome, ITA	Olympic Games	1 Sep 60
100	11.98		0.0		1	h5			Rome, ITA	Olympic Games	1 Sep 60
200	23.8				1				London (WC)	British Games	13 Aug 60
200	23.82				1	h5			Rome, ITA	Olympic Games	3 Sep 60
200	24.78				2	s2			Rome, ITA	Olympic Games	5 Sep 60
200	24.82				3				Rome, ITA	Olympic Games	5 Sep 60
1958 U20 Hickleton Main/Barnsley AC
Event	Perf				Pos				Venue	Meeting	Date
100	12.0				3	h1			Stockholm, SWE	European Championships	19 Aug 58
100	12.3		1.0		5	s2			Stockholm, SWE	European Championships	20 Aug 58

Total Performances: 50

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