Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's 80 metres hurdles explained

Event:	Women's 80 metres hurdles
Games:	1960 Summer
Venue:	Olympic Stadium
Dates:	August 31(heats and semifinals) September 1 (final)
Competitors:	36
Nations:	21
Win Value:	10.9
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Irina Press
Goldnoc:	URS
Silver:	Carole Quinton
Silvernoc:	GBR
Bronze:	Gisela Birkemeyer
Bronzenoc:	EUA
Prev:	1956
Next:	1964

The women's 80 metres hurdles hurdling event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place between August 31 and September 1.^[1]

Results

The top two runners in each of the six heats advanced to the semifinal round.

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Irina Press	10.91	OR
2	Carole Quinton	11.07
3	Draga Stamejčič	11.47
4	Ulla-Britt Wieslander	11.60
5	Irene Robertson	11.69

Rank	Athlete	Time
1	Mary Bignal-Rand	11.40
2	Norma Thrower	11.54
3	Snezhana Kerkova	11.73
4	Wanda dos Santos	11.84
5	Bertha Díaz	11.84

Rank	Athlete	Time
1	Gisela Birkemeyer	11.31
2	Barbara Sosgórnik	11.56
3	Pat Nutting	11.65
4	Sally McCallum	11.90
5	Friedl Murauer	12.08

Rank	Athlete	Time
1	Zenta Gastl-Kopp	11.10
2	Galina Bystrova	11.26
3	Letizia Bertoni	11.54
4	Shirley Crowder	12.43
5	Chi Cheng	12.71

The top three runners in each of the two heats advanced to the final round.

Rank	Athlete	Time
1	Galina Bystrova	11.16
2	Mary Bignal-Rand	11.16
3	Rimma Koshelyova	11.22
4	Karin Balzer	11.27
5	Norma Thrower	11.44
6	Barbara Sosgórnik	11.46

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Irina Press	10.77	OR
2	Gisela Birkemeyer	11.01
3	Carole Quinton	11.07
4	Zenta Gastl-Kopp	11.09
5	Teresa Ciepły	11.40
6	Denise Laborie-Guénard	11.51

Wind = 0.0 m/s.

Key: OR = Olympic record

Web site: Athletics at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Women's 80 metres Hurdles . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175157/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1960/ATH/womens-80-metres-hurdles.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 17 September 2017 . sports-reference.com.