Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's 80 metres hurdles

The women's 80 metres hurdles was the only women's hurdle race in the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 18 October and 19 October 1964.[1] 31 athletes from 20 nations entered, with 4 not starting the first round. The first round was held on 18 October, with the semifinals and final on 19 October. The 1965 film Tokyo Olympiad by Kon Ichikawa shows amazingly great detail of the preliminaries, preparation, final and medal ceremony surrounding this event. The slow motion study of the final shows Yoda Ikuko getting a fast start. Joining Ikuko in the lead is Teresa Ciepły. Rosie Bonds crashed the second hurdle and is awkward the rest of the race. By the third hurdle Pam Kilborn has overtaken Ikuko and Ciepły for the lead. Karin Balzer and Irina Press were close behind. Over the course of the final five hurdles, Balzer and Press edged closer as Ikuko lost a little ground. Ciepły, Kilborn and Balzer landing at virtually the same moment and Press inches behind. On the run in, Balzer was able to gain just enough ground to take the gold over a straining Ciepły.

Women's 80 metres hurdles
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates18–19 October
Competitors31 from 20 nations
Medalists
Karin Balzer  United Team of Germany
Teresa Ciepły  Poland
Pam Kilborn  Australia

Results

First round

The top four runners in each of the 4 heats advanced.

Heat 1

PlaceAthleteNationTime
1Karin Balzer United Team of Germany10.7 seconds
2Galina Bystrova Soviet Union10.9 seconds
3Rose Hart Ghana11.3 seconds
4Snejana Kerkova Bulgaria11.5 seconds
5Lorraine Dunn Panama11.5 seconds
Amy Snider CanadaDisqualified
Amelia Hinten NetherlandsDid not start

Heat 2

PlaceAthleteNationTime
1Irina Press Soviet Union10.7 seconds
2Pat Pryce Great Britain10.8 seconds
3Avis Mcintosh New Zealand10.8 seconds
4Gundula Diel United Team of Germany10.9 seconds
5Cherrie Sherrard United States11.0 seconds
6Marlene Canguio France11.0 seconds
7Chi Cheng Republic of China11.1 seconds
8Sirkka Norrlund Finland11.2 seconds

Heat 3

There was a strong wind behind the runners; the official report does not credit Piątkowska with equalling the Olympic record of 10.6 seconds.

PlaceAthleteNationTime
1Maria Piątkowska Poland10.6 seconds
2Pam Kilborn Australia10.7 seconds
3Tatyana Talysheva Soviet Union10.9 seconds
4Lacey O'Neal United States10.9 seconds
5Carmen Smith Jamaica11.8 seconds
6Yeh Chu Mei Republic of China12.1 seconds
Zenta Kopp United Team of GermanyDid not start
Mary Rand Great BritainDid not start

Heat 4

Left-right: Jenny Meldrum, Teresa Ciepły, Ikuko Yoda and Draga Stamejčič running heat 4
PlaceAthleteNationTime
1Rosie Bonds United States10.6 seconds
2Yoda Ikuko Japan10.7 seconds
3Teresa Ciepły Poland10.7 seconds
4Draga Stamejcic Yugoslavia10.8 seconds
5Jenny Wingerson Canada11.1 seconds
6Inge Aigner Austria11.2 seconds
7Mary Musani Uganda12.9 seconds
Denise Guenard FranceDid not start

Semifinals

The top four runners in each semifinal advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

PlaceAthleteNationTime
1Pam Kilborn Australia10.6 seconds =OR
2Teresa Ciepły Poland10.7 seconds
3Irina Press Soviet Union10.8 seconds
4Rosie Bonds United States10.8 seconds
5Avis Mcintosh New Zealand10.9 seconds
6Tatyana Talysheva Soviet Union10.9 seconds
7Gundula Diel United Team of Germany11.0 seconds
8Snejana Kerkova Bulgaria11.4 seconds

Semifinal 2

PlaceAthleteNationTime
1Karin Balzer United Team of Germany10.6 seconds =OR
2Yoda Ikuko Japan10.7 seconds
3Draga Stamejcic Yugoslavia10.7 seconds
4Maria Piątkowska Poland10.7 seconds
5Pat Pryce Great Britain10.7 seconds
6Galina Bystrova Soviet Union10.8 seconds
7Leahseneth O'Neal United States10.9 seconds
8Rose Hart Ghana11.1 seconds

Final

Balzer, Ciepły, and Kilborn are not credited by the official report with tying the world record of 10.5 seconds (and breaking the 10.6 second Olympic record) due to the wind advantage. They finished in one of the closest endings to an Olympic final ever, with Balzer defeating Ciepły by about one-hundredth of a second and Kilborn by two one-hundredths.

PlaceAthleteNationTime
Karin Balzer United Team of Germany10.5 seconds
Teresa Ciepły Poland10.5 seconds
Pam Kilborn Australia10.6 seconds
4Irina Press Soviet Union10.6 seconds
5Ikuko Yoda Japan10.7 seconds
6Maria Piątkowska Poland10.7 seconds
7Draga Stamejčič Yugoslavia10.8 seconds
8Rosie Bonds United States10.8 seconds

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Women's 80 metres Hurdles". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
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