Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's 80 metres hurdles

Women's 80 metres hurdles at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Venue	Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Dates	July 23 (heats and semifinals) July 24 (final)
Competitors	33 from 21 nations
Medalists
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty   Australia   Maria Golubnichaya   Soviet Union   Maria Sander   Germany

Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
10 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Decathlon		men

The Women's 80 metres hurdles at the 1952 Summer Olympics took place on July 24 and July 25 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Australian athlete Shirley Strickland de la Hunty earned the gold medal, setting new World and Olympic records.

Results

Heats

The first round was held on July 23. The two fastest runners qualified for the semifinals.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Shirley Strickland de la Hunty	Australia	11.0	=OR
2	Milena Greppi	Italy	11.7
3	Miyo Miyashita	Japan	11.8
4	Colette Elloy	France	11.9
5	Jorun Askersrud Tangen	Norway	12.2

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Netherlands	11.2
2	Edna Maskell	South Africa	11.6
3	Klára Soós	Hungary	11.9
4	Hilde Antes	Saar	12.0
5	Nilima Ghose	India	12.9

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Elene Gokieli	Soviet Union	11.5
2	Pam Seaborne	Great Britain	11.5
3	Wilhelmina Lust	Netherlands	11.6
4	Seija Pöntinen	Finland	11.8
5	Pui Wah Tang	Singapore	12.8

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Jean Desforges	Great Britain	11.4
2	Anneliese Seonbuchner	Germany	11.4
3	Luella Law	Canada	11.8
4	Helene Bielansky	Austria	11.8
5	Sylvi Keskinen	Finland	12.4
6	Leah Ravid	Israel	12.4

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Maria Sander	Germany	11.3
2	Claudie Flament	France	11.5
3	Anna Alexandrova	Soviet Union	11.5
4	Maria Musso	Italy	11.9
5	Constance Darnowski	United States	12.1
6	Aino Autio	Finland	12.1

Heat 6

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Maria Golubnichaya	Soviet Union	11.1
2	Wanda dos Santos	Brazil	11.3
3	Yvette Monginou	France	11.3
4	Elfriede Steurer	Austria	11.4
5	Pauline Threapleton	Great Britain	11.9
6	Gretel Bolliger	Switzerland	12.3

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on the July 23, the same day as the preliminary round. The first three runners from each heat qualified for the final.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Shirley Strickland de la Hunty	Australia	10.8	Due to excessive wind assistance during the race, this result did not count as a new World Record.[1]
2	Maria Sander	Germany	10.9
3	Jean Desforges	Great Britain	10.9
4	Elene Gokieli	Soviet Union	11.1
5	Edna Maskell	South Africa	11.2
6	Milena Greppi	Italy	11.4

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Maria Golubnichaya	Soviet Union	11.2
2	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Netherlands	11.3
3	Anneliese Seonbuchner	Germany	11.4
4	Pam Seaborne	Great Britain	11.4
5	Wanda dos Santos	Brazil	11.4
6	Claudie Flament	France	11.6

Final

The final was held on July 24.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Shirley Strickland de la Hunty	Australia	10.9	WR
	Maria Golubnichaya	Soviet Union	11.1
	Maria Sander	Germany	11.1
4	Anneliese Seonbuchner	Germany	11.2
5	Jean Desforges	Great Britain	11.6
	Fanny Blankers-Koen	Netherlands	DNF

References

1. Official Olympic Report, la84.org.