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

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

Women's 80 metres hurdles at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Dates	August 3 (Heats & semifinals) August 4 (Final)
Medalists
Fanny Blankers-Koen Netherlands Maureen Gardner Great Britain Shirley Strickland Australia
«1936

Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
10 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Decathlon		men

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

Results

Heats

Semifinals

Final

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

Wind: 1.9 m/s

References

• 1948 Summer Olympics results: Women's 80 metre hurdles, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-09-19.

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