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

Women's 80 metres hurdles at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue	Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Date	October 17–18
Competitors	33 from 23 nations
Winning time	10.3 OR
Medalists
Maureen Caird   Australia   Pam Kilborn   Australia   Chi Cheng   Republic of China

Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
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
20 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
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men

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	Rallins, MamieMamie Rallins	United States	10.6	Q
2	Korsakova, VeraVera Korsakova	Soviet Union	10.6	Q
3	Schell, IngeInge Schell	West Germany	10.7	Q
4	Smith, CarmenCarmen Smith	Jamaica	11.0
5	Panerai, CarlaCarla Panerai	Italy	11.0
6	Basilio, EnriquetaEnriqueta Basilio	Mexico	11.1
7	Wieslander, Ulla-BrittUlla-Britt Wieslander	Sweden	11.2

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Kilborn, PamPam Kilborn	Australia	10.4	Q
2	Bufanu, ValeriaValeria Bufanu	Romania	10.9	Q
3	Kiss, MáriaMária Kiss	Hungary	10.9	Q
4	Elejarde, MarleneMarlene Elejarde	Cuba	10.9
5	Lubej, MarijanaMarijana Lubej	Yugoslavia	11.0
6	Yurukova, SnezhanaSnezhana Yurukova	Bulgaria	11.0
7	Wilson, AnnAnn Wilson	Great Britain	11.1

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Van Wolvelaere, PattyPatty Van Wolvelaere	United States	10.6	Q
2	Sukniewicz, TeresaTeresa Sukniewicz	Poland	10.7	Q
3	Talysheva, TatyanaTatyana Talysheva	Soviet Union	10.8	Q
4	Ulloa, CarlotaCarlota Ulloa	Chile	11.1
5	Meldrum, JennyJenny Meldrum	Canada	11.1
N/A	Pryce, PatriciaPatricia Pryce	Great Britain	DNF

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Caird, MaureenMaureen Caird	Australia	10.4	Q
2	Chi Cheng	Republic of China	10.5	Q
3	Straszyńska, DanutaDanuta Straszyńska	Poland	10.7	Q
4	Aigner, IngeInge Aigner	Austria	10.8	q
5	Antenen, MetaMeta Antenen	Switzerland	10.9
6	Van Wolvelaere, PattyPatty Van Wolvelaere	Great Britain	11.0
7	Emonts, RoswithaRoswitha Emonts	Belgium	11.4

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Balzer, KarinKarin Balzer	East Germany	10.7	Q
2	Żebrowska, ElżbietaElżbieta Żebrowska	Poland	10.8	Q
3	Dyer, JudyJudy Dyer	United States	10.9	Q
4	Ievleva, LiudmilaLiudmila Ievleva	Soviet Union	10.9
5	Yeh Chu-Mei	Republic of China	11.7
6	Sosa, CeciliaCecilia Sosa	El Salvador	12.8

Semifinals

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

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Caird, MaureenMaureen Caird	Australia	10.5	Q
2	Van Wolvelaere, PattyPatty Van Wolvelaere	United States	10.6	Q
3	Talysheva, TatyanaTatyana Talysheva	Soviet Union	10.7	Q
4	Balzer, KarinKarin Balzer	East Germany	10.8	Q
5	Korsakova, VeraVera Korsakova	Soviet Union	10.8
6	Sukniewicz, TeresaTeresa Sukniewicz	Poland	10.9
7	Bufanu, ValeriaValeria Bufanu	Romania	11.0
8	Aigner, IngeInge Aigner	Austria	11.1

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Kilborn, PamPam Kilborn	Australia	10.4	Q
2	Chi Cheng	Republic of China	10.5	Q
3	Straszyńska, DanutaDanuta Straszyńska	Poland	10.5	Q
4	Żebrowska, ElżbietaElżbieta Żebrowska	Poland	10.6	Q
5	Rallins, MamieMamie Rallins	United States	10.6
6	Dyer, JudyJudy Dyer	United States	10.8
7	Schell, IngeInge Schell	West Germany	10.8
8	Kiss, MáriaMária Kiss	Hungary	11.2

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Caird, MaureenMaureen Caird	Australia	10.3	OR
	Kilborn, PamPam Kilborn	Australia	10.4
	Chi Cheng	Republic of China	10.4
4	Van Wolvelaere, PattyPatty Van Wolvelaere	United States	10.5
5	Balzer, KarinKarin Balzer	East Germany	10.6
6	Straszyńska, DanutaDanuta Straszyńska	Poland	10.6
7	Żebrowska, ElżbietaElżbieta Żebrowska	Poland	10.6
8	Talysheva, TatyanaTatyana Talysheva	Soviet Union	10.7

References

• Official Olympic Report, la84foundation.org. Retrieved August 15, 2012.