Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's 80 metres hurdles

Women's 80 metres hurdles
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
VenueEstadio Olímpico Universitario
DateOctober 17–18
Competitors33 from 23 nations
Winning time10.3 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Maureen Caird  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Pam Kilborn  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Chi Cheng  Taiwan
← 1964
1972 →

The Women's 80 metres hurdles competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico was held at the University Olympic Stadium on October 17–18.

Competition format

The Women's 80m hurdles competition consisted of heats (Round 1), Semifinals and a Final. The three fastest competitors from each race in the heats qualified for the semifinals, along with the fastest overall competitor not already qualified. The top four athletes from each semifinals race advanced to the final.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

World record  Vera Korsakova (URS) 10.2 Soviet Union July 16, 1968
Olympic record  Irina Press (URS) 10.6 Rome, Italy August 31, 1960

Results

Round 1

Qual. rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the next fastest time (q) qualified.

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Mamie Rallins  United States 10.6 Q
2 Vera Korsakova  Soviet Union 10.6 Q
3 Inge Schell  West Germany 10.7 Q
4 Carmen Smith  Jamaica 11.0
5 Carla Panerai  Italy 11.0
6 Enriqueta Basilio  Mexico 11.1
7 Ulla-Britt Wieslander  Sweden 11.2

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Pam Kilborn  Australia 10.4 Q
2 Valeria Bufanu  Romania 10.9 Q
3 Mária Kiss  Hungary 10.9 Q
4 Marlene Elejarde  Cuba 10.9
5 Marijana Lubej  Yugoslavia 11.0
6 Snezhana Yurukova  Bulgaria 11.0
7 Ann Wilson  Great Britain 11.1

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Patty Van Wolvelaere  United States 10.6 Q
2 Teresa Sukniewicz  Poland 10.7 Q
3 Tatyana Talysheva  Soviet Union 10.8 Q
4 Carlota Ulloa  Chile 11.1
5 Jenny Meldrum  Canada 11.1
Pat Pryce  Great Britain DNF

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Maureen Caird  Australia 10.4 Q
2 Chi Cheng  Taiwan 10.5 Q
3 Danuta Straszyńska  Poland 10.7 Q
4 Inge Aigner  Austria 10.8 q
5 Meta Antenen  Switzerland 10.9
6 Pat Jones  Great Britain 11.0
7 Roswitha Emonts-Gast  Belgium 11.4

Heat 5

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Karin Balzer  East Germany 10.7 Q
2 Elżbieta Żebrowska  Poland 10.8 Q
3 Judy Dyer  United States 10.9 Q
4 Liudmila Ievleva  Soviet Union 10.9
5 Yeh Chu-Mei  Taiwan 11.7
6 Cecilia Sosa  El Salvador 12.8

Semifinals

Qual. rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) qualified.

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Maureen Caird  Australia 10.5 Q
2 Patty Van Wolvelaere  United States 10.6 Q
3 Tatyana Talysheva  Soviet Union 10.7 Q
4 Karin Balzer  East Germany 10.8 Q
5 Vera Korsakova  Soviet Union 10.8
6 Teresa Sukniewicz  Poland 10.9
7 Valeria Bufanu  Romania 11.0
8 Inge Aigner  Austria 11.1

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Pam Kilborn  Australia 10.4 Q
2 Chi Cheng  Taiwan 10.5 Q
3 Danuta Straszyńska  Poland 10.5 Q
4 Elżbieta Żebrowska  Poland 10.6 Q
5 Mamie Rallins  United States 10.6
6 Judy Dyer  United States 10.8
7 Inge Schell  West Germany 10.8
8 Mária Kiss  Hungary 11.2

Final

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Maureen Caird  Australia 10.3 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Pam Kilborn  Australia 10.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Chi Cheng  Taiwan 10.4
4 Patty Van Wolvelaere  United States 10.5
5 Karin Balzer  East Germany 10.6
6 Danuta Straszyńska  Poland 10.6
7 Elżbieta Żebrowska  Poland 10.6
8 Tatyana Talysheva  Soviet Union 10.7

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