Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Women's 80 metres hurdles

Women's 80 metres hurdles
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
DatesAugust 5, 1936 (Heats & semifinals)
August 6, 1936 (Final)
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ondina Valla
 Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Anni Steuer
 Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Betty Taylor
 Canada

The women's 80 metres hurdles event at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games took place August 5 and August 6. The final was won by Italian Ondina Valla.[1]

Results

Heats

   Qualified

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Claudia Testoni  Italy 12.0
2 Kathleen Tiffen  Great Britain 12.2
3 Domnitsa Lanitou-Kavounidou  Greece 12.6
4 Mathilde Puchberger  Austria
5 Yvonne Mabille  France

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Violet Webb  Great Britain 11.8
2 Doris Eckert  Germany 12.0
3 Tidye Pickett  United States 12.4
4 Miyoko Mitsui  Japan
5 Veronika Kohlbach  Austria

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Betty Taylor  Canada 12.0
2 Anne Vrana-O'Brien  United States 12.0
3 Anni Steuer  Germany 12.1
4 Grethe Whitehead  Great Britain 12.2
5 Agaath Doorgeest  Netherlands
6 Charlotte Machmer  Austria

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Simone Schaller  United States 11.8
2 Ondina Valla  Italy 11.9
3 Kitty ter Braake  Netherlands 12.0
4 Roxy Atkins  Canada
5 Hilde Klusenwerth  Germany
6 Zulejka Stefanini  Yugoslavia

Semifinals

Heat 1
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Ondina Valla  Italy 11.6 =WR
2 Betty Taylor  Canada 11.7
3 Anni Steuer  Germany 11.7
4 Anne Vrana-O'Brien  United States 11.8
5 Violet Webb  Great Britain 11.8
6 Domnitsa Lanitou-Kavounidou  Greece
Heat 2
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Kitty ter Braake  Netherlands 11.8
2 Doris Eckert  Germany 11.8
3 Claudia Testoni  Italy 11.8
4 Simone Schaller  United States
5 Kathleen Tiffen  Great Britain
6 Tidye Pickett  United States

Final

Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (automatic) Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ondina Valla  Italy 11.7 11.748 =OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Anni Steuer  Germany 11.7 11.809 =OR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Betty Taylor  Canada 11.7 11.811 =OR
4 Claudia Testoni  Italy 11.7 11.818 =OR
5 Kitty ter Braake  Netherlands 11.8 11.832
6 Doris Eckert  Germany 12.0 12.190

Key: OR = Olympic record

References

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Women's 80 metres Hurdles". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2017.