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Since the [[1972 Summer Olympics]], the event has been permanently replaced by the [[100 metre hurdles]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.athletics.hitsites.de/events_info.php?eventNr=309|title=Women's 80/100 Meters Hurdles - Del's Athletics Almanac|publisher=athletics.hitsites.deaccessdate=24 October 2012}}</ref> |
Since the [[1972 Summer Olympics]], the event has been permanently replaced by the [[100 metre hurdles]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.athletics.hitsites.de/events_info.php?eventNr=309|title=Women's 80/100 Meters Hurdles - Del's Athletics Almanac|publisher=athletics.hitsites.deaccessdate=24 October 2012}}</ref> |
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==Masters athletics== |
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The distance, with different spacing between hurdles is still in use in [[Masters athletics]] in the Men's division over 70 years of age, and the Women's division over 40 years of age. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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Revision as of 09:05, 23 May 2014
80 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling ran by women until 1972 in international competitions.
Since the 1972 Summer Olympics, the event has been permanently replaced by the 100 metre hurdles.[1]
Masters athletics
The distance, with different spacing between hurdles is still in use in Masters athletics in the Men's division over 70 years of age, and the Women's division over 40 years of age.
History
- First official time: 13.0 seconds, Ludmila Sychrová, Czechoslovakia, July 6, 1926
- First official world record: 12.8 seconds, Eva von Bredow, Germany, June 14, 1927
- First runner under 12 seconds: 11.8 seconds, Babe Didrikson, USA, August 3, 1932
- First runner under 11 seconds: 10.9 seconds, Shirley Strickland, AUS, July 24, 1952
- Last official world record: 10.2 seconds, Vera Korsakova, USSR, June 16, 1968
Olympic Games
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 1932 Los Angeles |  Babe Didrikson (USA)
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Evelyne Hall (USA)
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 Marjorie Clark (RSA)
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| 1936 Berlin |  Ondina Valla (ITA)
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 Anni Steuer (GER)
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 Elizabeth Taylor (CAN)
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| 1948 London |  Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED)
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 Maureen Gardner (GBR)
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 Shirley Strickland (AUS)
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| 1952 Helsinki | Shirley Strickland (AUS)
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 Maria Golubnichaya (URS)
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 Maria Sander (GER)
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| 1956 Melbourne | Shirley Strickland (AUS)
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Gisela Köhler (EUA)
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Norma Thrower (AUS)
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| 1960 Rome |  Irina Press (URS)
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Carole Quinton (GBR)
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 Gisela Birkemeyer (EUA)
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| 1964 Tokyo | Karin Balzer (EUA)
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 Teresa Ciepły (POL)
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Pam Kilborn (AUS)
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| 1968 Mexico City | Maureen Caird (AUS)
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Pam Kilborn (AUS)
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 Chi Cheng (ROC)
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See also
References
- ^ "Women's 80/100 Meters Hurdles - Del's Athletics Almanac". athletics.hitsites.deaccessdate=24 October 2012.
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