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:
^. sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
External links
Official Olympic Report[permanent dead link], la84foundation.org. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
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athletics, 1968, summer, olympics, women, metres, hurdles, women, metres, hurdles, competition, 1968, summer, olympics, mexico, city, mexico, held, university, olympic, stadium, october, women, metres, hurdlesat, games, olympiadvenueestadio, olímpico, universi. 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 1 Women s 80 metres hurdlesat the Games of the XIX OlympiadVenueEstadio Olimpico UniversitarioDateOctober 17 18Competitors33 from 23 nationsWinning time10 3 ORMedalistsMaureen Caird AustraliaPam Kilborn AustraliaChi Cheng Taiwan 19641972 Contents 1 Competition format 2 Records 3 Results 3 1 Round 1 3 1 1 Heat 1 3 1 2 Heat 2 3 1 3 Heat 3 3 1 4 Heat 4 3 1 5 Heat 5 3 2 Semifinals 3 2 1 Heat 1 3 2 2 Heat 2 3 3 Final 4 References 5 External linksCompetition format EditThe 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 EditPrior to this competition the existing world and Olympic records were as follows World record Vera Korsakova URS 10 2 Soviet Union July 16 1968Olympic record Irina Press URS 10 6 Rome Italy August 31 1960Results EditRound 1 Edit Qual rule first 3 of each heat Q plus the next fastest time q qualified Heat 1 Edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Mamie Rallins United States 10 6 Q2 Vera Korsakova Soviet Union 10 6 Q3 Inge Schell West Germany 10 7 Q4 Carmen Smith Jamaica 11 05 Carla Panerai Italy 11 06 Enriqueta Basilio Mexico 11 17 Ulla Britt Wieslander Sweden 11 2Heat 2 Edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Pam Kilborn Australia 10 4 Q2 Valeria Bufanu Romania 10 9 Q3 Maria Kiss Hungary 10 9 Q4 Marlene Elejarde Cuba 10 95 Marijana Lubej Yugoslavia 11 06 Snezhana Yurukova Bulgaria 11 07 Ann Wilson Great Britain 11 1Heat 3 Edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Patty Van Wolvelaere United States 10 6 Q2 Teresa Sukniewicz Poland 10 7 Q3 Tatyana Talysheva Soviet Union 10 8 Q4 Carlota Ulloa Chile 11 15 Jenny Meldrum Canada 11 1 Pat Pryce Great Britain DNFHeat 4 Edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Maureen Caird Australia 10 4 Q2 Chi Cheng Taiwan 10 5 Q3 Danuta Straszynska Poland 10 7 Q4 Inge Aigner Austria 10 8 q5 Meta Antenen Switzerland 10 96 Pat Jones Great Britain 11 07 Roswitha Emonts Gast Belgium 11 4Heat 5 Edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Karin Balzer East Germany 10 7 Q2 Elzbieta Zebrowska Poland 10 8 Q3 Judy Dyer United States 10 9 Q4 Liudmila Ievleva Soviet Union 10 95 Yeh Chu Mei Taiwan 11 76 Cecilia Sosa El Salvador 12 8Semifinals Edit Qual rule first 4 of each heat Q qualified Heat 1 Edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Maureen Caird Australia 10 5 Q2 Patty Van Wolvelaere United States 10 6 Q3 Tatyana Talysheva Soviet Union 10 7 Q4 Karin Balzer East Germany 10 8 Q5 Vera Korsakova Soviet Union 10 86 Teresa Sukniewicz Poland 10 97 Valeria Bufanu Romania 11 08 Inge Aigner Austria 11 1Heat 2 Edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Pam Kilborn Australia 10 4 Q2 Chi Cheng Taiwan 10 5 Q3 Danuta Straszynska Poland 10 5 Q4 Elzbieta Zebrowska Poland 10 6 Q5 Mamie Rallins United States 10 66 Judy Dyer United States 10 87 Inge Schell West Germany 10 88 Maria Kiss Hungary 11 2Final Edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes Maureen Caird Australia 10 3 OR Pam Kilborn Australia 10 4 Chi Cheng Taiwan 10 44 Patty Van Wolvelaere United States 10 55 Karin Balzer East Germany 10 66 Danuta Straszynska Poland 10 67 Elzbieta Zebrowska Poland 10 68 Tatyana Talysheva Soviet Union 10 7References Edit Athletics at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games Women s 80 metres Hurdles sports reference com Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 20 September 2017 External links EditOfficial Olympic Report permanent dead link la84foundation org Retrieved August 15 2012 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics Women 27s 80 metres hurdles amp oldid 1072340769, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,