Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's 80 metres hurdles

The women's 80 metres hurdles event at the 1948 Summer Olympic Games took place on 3 and 4 August. The final was won by Dutch athlete Fanny Blankers-Koen.

Records Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World Record11.3Dresden, GermanyAmsterdam, Netherlands13 August 193920 September 1942Olympic Record11.6Berlin, Germany5 August 1936

The following new Olympic record was set during this competition:

Date Event Athlete Time Notes 4 August Final 11.2 OR

Schedule All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1) Date Time RoundTuesday, 3 August 1948 15:0017:00Round 1SemifinalsWednesday, 4 August 1948 16:00Final

Results Round 1 Round 1 took place on 3 August. The fastest three runners in each heat advanced to the semifinals.

Heat 1 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Fanny Blankers-Koen 11.3 OR 2 Joan Upton 11.8 3 Jeanine Toulouse 12.0 4 Mirja Jämes 5 Marion Huber 6 Theresa Manuel

Heat 2 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Maureen Gardner 11.6 2 Libuše Lomská 11.8 3 Noemí Simonetto de Portela 11.8 4 Janine Magnin-Lamouche 11.9 5 Domnitsa Lanitou-Kavoudinou

Heat 3 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Yvette Monginou 11.7 2 Shirley Strickland 11.9 3 Maria Oberbreyer 11.9 4 Bernice Robinson 11.9 Est 5 Bertha Crowther

Heat 4 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Elfriede Steurer 12.2 2 Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs 12.2 3 Jean Walraven 12.6 4 Kyllikki Naukkarinen 5 Vinton Beckett

Semifinals Semifinals took place on 3 August. The top three runners from each heat advanced to the final.

Heat 1 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Fanny Blankers-Koen 11.4 2 Maria Oberbreyer 11.9 3 Libuše Lomská 12.0 4 Joan Upton 5 Jeanine Toulouse 6 Jean Walraven

Heat 2 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Shirley Strickland 11.7 2 Yvette Monginou 11.8 3 Maureen Gardner 11.8 4 Noemí Simonetto de Portela 5 Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs 6 Elfriede Steurer

Final

Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Notes Fanny Blankers-Koen 11.2 OR Maureen Gardner 11.2 OR Shirley Strickland 11.4 4 Yvette Monginou 11.8 Est 5 Maria Oberbreyer 11.8 Est 6 Libuše Lomská 11.9 Est

Key: Est = Time is an estimate, OR = Olympic record

Wind: 1.9 m/s

References

External links Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad, The (1948). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad. LA84 Foundation. Retrieved 5 September 2016.