Athletics_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics_–_Women's_80_metres_hurdles

Women's 80 metres hurdles
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
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
	← 1964 1972 →

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

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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]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Maureen Caird	Australia	10.3	OR
	Pam Kilborn	Australia	10.4
	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