Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's 80 metres hurdles

The women's 80 metres hurdles event at the 1948 Summer Olympic Games took place on 3 and 4 August. The final was won by Dutch athlete Fanny Blankers-Koen.[1]

Women's 80 metres hurdles
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
VenueEmpire Stadium
Dates3 August (Heats & semifinals)
4 August (Final)
Competitors21 from 6 nations
Medalists
Fanny Blankers-Koen
 Netherlands
Maureen Gardner
 Great Britain
Shirley Strickland
 Australia
Video on YouTube Official Video
@ 42:05

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World Record  Claudia Testoni (ITA)
 Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED)
11.3 Dresden, Germany
Amsterdam, Netherlands
13 August 1939
20 September 1942
Olympic Record  Ondina Valla (ITA) 11.6 Berlin, Germany 5 August 1936

The following new Olympic record was set during this competition:

DateEventAthleteTimeNotes
4 AugustFinal Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED)11.2OR

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Tuesday, 3 August 194815:00
17:00
Round 1
Semifinals
Wednesday, 4 August 194816:00Final

Results

Round 1

Round 1 took place on 3 August. The fastest three runners in each heat advanced to the semifinals.

Heat 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Fanny Blankers-Koen Netherlands11.3OR
2Joan Upton Great Britain11.8
3Jeanine Toulouse France12.0
4Mirja Jämes Finland
5Marion Huber Chile
6Theresa Manuel United States

Heat 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Maureen Gardner Great Britain11.6
2Libuše Lomská Czechoslovakia11.8
3Noemí Simonetto de Portela Argentina11.8
4Janine Magnin-Lamouche France11.9
5Domnitsa Lanitou-Kavoudinou Greece

Heat 3

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Yvette Monginou France11.7
2Shirley Strickland Australia11.9
3Maria Oberbreyer Austria11.9
4Bernice Robinson United States11.9Est
5Bertha Crowther Great Britain

Heat 4

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Elfriede Steurer Austria12.2
2Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs Netherlands12.2
3Jean Walraven United States12.6
4Kyllikki Naukkarinen Finland
5Vinton Beckett Jamaica

Semifinals

Semifinals took place on 3 August. The top three runners from each heat advanced to the final.

Heat 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Fanny Blankers-Koen Netherlands11.4
2Maria Oberbreyer Austria11.9
3Libuše Lomská Czechoslovakia12.0
4Joan Upton Great Britain
5Jeanine Toulouse France
6Jean Walraven United States

Heat 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Shirley Strickland Australia11.7
2Yvette Monginou France11.8
3Maureen Gardner Great Britain11.8
4Noemí Simonetto de Portela Argentina
5Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs Netherlands
6Elfriede Steurer Austria

Final

RankAthleteNationTime (hand)Notes
Fanny Blankers-Koen Netherlands11.2OR
Maureen Gardner Great Britain11.2OR
Shirley Strickland Australia11.4
4Yvette Monginou France11.8Est
5Maria Oberbreyer Austria11.8Est
6Libuše Lomská Czechoslovakia11.9Est

Key: Est = Time is an estimate, OR = Olympic record

Wind: 1.9 m/s

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1948 London Summer Games: Women's 80 metres Hurdles". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
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