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80 metres Hurdles, Women

Date5 – 6 August 1936
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympiastadion, Reichssportfeld, Berlin
Participants22 from 11 countries

There was no real favorite as women did not compete against each other much in this era. The 1934 FSFI Champion was Ruth Engelhard of Germany, but she did not compete in 1936. The final race was remarkably close with the first four runners being given the same time of 11.7. Italy’s Trebisonda “Ondina” Valla was the winner by only a few centimeters. There was a photo timing system in 1936 that timed to the 1/1000ths of a second. The times document the closeness of the race. Valla finished in 11.748, with only 23/1000ths separating 2nd from 5th. Anni Steuer (GER) was second in 11.809, Betty Taylor (CAN) third in 11.811, Claudia Testoni (ITA) fourth in 11.818, and Kitty ter Braake fifth in 11.832.

PosNrAthleteNOCR1SFFinal
1343Ondina VallaITA11.9 (2 h4)11.6 (1 h1)11.7 (1)Gold
2854Anni SteuerGER12.1 (3 h3)11.7 (3 h1)11.7 (2)Silver
383Betty TaylorCAN12.0 (1 h3)11.7 (2 h1)11.7 (3)Bronze
4326Claudia TestoniITA12.0 (1 h1)11.8 (3 h2)11.7 (4)
5302Kitty ter BraakeNED12.0 (3 h4)11.8 (1 h2)11.8 (5)
6825Doris EckertGER12.0 (2 h2)11.8 (2 h2)12.0 (6)
4 h1 r2/3766Anne O'BrienUSA12.0 (2 h3)11.8 (4 h1)
4 h2 r2/3768Simone SchallerUSA11.8 (1 h4)– (4 h2)
5 h1 r2/3275Violet WebbGBR11.8 (1 h2)11.8 (5 h1)
5 h2 r2/3274Kathleen TiffenGBR12.2 (2 h1)– (5 h2)
6 h1 r2/33Domnitsa LanitouGRE12.6 (3 h1)– (6 h1)
6 h2 r2/3767Tidye PickettUSA12.4 (3 h2)– (6 h2)
4 h1 r1/3504Mathilde PuchbergerAUT– (4 h1)
4 h2 r1/3389Miyoko MitsuiJPN– (4 h2)
4 h3 r1/3276Grethe WhiteheadGBR12.2 (4 h3)
4 h4 r1/384Roxy AtkinsCAN– (4 h4)
5 h1 r1/3192Yvonne MabilleFRA– (5 h1)
5 h2 r1/3503Veronika KohlbachAUT– (5 h2)
5 h3 r1/3303Agaath DoorgeestNED– (5 h3)
5 h4 r1/3853Hilde KlusenwerthGER– (5 h4)
6 h3 r1/3483Charlotte MachmerAUT– (6 h3)
6 h4 r1/3426Zulejka StefaniniYUG– (6 h4)
DNS92Raquel MartínezCHI

Round One (5 August 1936 — 15:30)

Top three in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One

PosNrAthleteNOCTime
1326Claudia TestoniITA12.0Q
2274Kathleen TiffenGBR12.2Q
33Domnitsa LanitouGRE12.6Q
4504Mathilde PuchbergerAUT
5192Yvonne MabilleFRA

Heat Two

PosNrAthleteNOCTime
1275Violet WebbGBR11.8Q
2825Doris EckertGER12.0Q
3767Tidye PickettUSA12.4Q
4389Miyoko MitsuiJPN
5503Veronika KohlbachAUT

Heat Three

PosNrAthleteNOCTime (H)Time (A)
183Betty TaylorCAN12.012.05Q
2766Anne O'BrienUSA12.012.085Q
3854Anni SteuerGER12.112.095Q
4276Grethe WhiteheadGBR12.212.345
5303Agaath DoorgeestNED
6483Charlotte MachmerAUT

Heat Four

PosNrAthleteNOCTime
1768Simone SchallerUSA11.8Q
2343Ondina VallaITA11.9Q
3302Kitty ter BraakeNED12.0Q
484Roxy AtkinsCAN
5853Hilde KlusenwerthGER
6426Zulejka StefaniniYUG

Semi-Finals (5 August 1936 — 17:30)

Top three in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One

Wind2.8 m/s
PosNrAthleteNOCTime
1343Ondina VallaITA11.6Q
283Betty TaylorCAN11.7Q
3854Anni SteuerGER11.7Q
4766Anne O'BrienUSA11.8
5275Violet WebbGBR11.8
63Domnitsa LanitouGRE

Heat Two

Wind2.8 m/s
PosNrAthleteNOCTime
1302Kitty ter BraakeNED11.8Q
2825Doris EckertGER11.8Q
3326Claudia TestoniITA11.8Q
4768Simone SchallerUSA
5274Kathleen TiffenGBR
6767Tidye PickettUSA

Final (6 August 1936 — 17:30)

PosLaneAthleteNOCTime (H)Time (A)
14Ondina VallaITA11.711.748=OR
21Anni SteuerGER11.711.809=OR
35Betty TaylorCAN11.711.811=OR
42Claudia TestoniITA11.711.818=OR
53Kitty ter BraakeNED11.811.832
66Doris EckertGER12.012.190