80 metres hurdles

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]

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, Marjorie Clark, South Africa, May 24, 1934
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

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1932 Los Angeles	Babe Didrikson (USA)	Evelyne Hall (USA)	Marjorie Clark (RSA)
1936 Berlin	Ondina Valla (ITA)	Anni Steuer (GER)	Elizabeth Taylor (CAN)
1948 London	Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED)	Maureen Gardner (GBR)	Shirley Strickland (AUS)
1952 Helsinki	Shirley Strickland (AUS)	Maria Golubnichaya (URS)	Maria Sander (GER)
1956 Melbourne	Shirley Strickland (AUS)	Gisela Köhler (EUA)	Norma Thrower (AUS)
1960 Rome	Irina Press (URS)	Carole Quinton (GBR)	Gisela Birkemeyer (EUA)
1964 Tokyo	Karin Balzer (EUA)	Teresa Ciepły (POL)	Pam Kilborn (AUS)
1968 Mexico City	Maureen Caird (AUS)	Pam Kilborn (AUS)	Chi Cheng (ROC)