1936 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 80 m hurdles (women)
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sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | 80 meter hurdles | ||||||||
gender | Women | ||||||||
Attendees | 22 athletes from 11 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Olympiastadion Berlin | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 5, 1936 (preliminary / semi-finals) August 6, 1936 (final) |
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Winning time | 11.7 s ![]() |
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The women's 80-meter hurdles at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin was held on August 5 and 6, 1936 in the Berlin Olympic Stadium. 22 athletes took part.
The Italian Trebisonda Valla was Olympic champion ahead of the German Anni Steuer . Bronze went to Elizabeth Taylor from Canada .
Existing records
- World record : 11.6 s - Ruth Engelhard ( Germany ), London , August 11, 1934
- Olympic record : 11.7 seconds - Mildred Didrikson ( USA ), Los Angeles final , August 4, 1932
Conducting the competition
The athletes started four heats on August 5th. The three best runners in each case qualified for the semi-finals on the same day on which the top three runners reached the final on August 6th.
Note: The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue.
Prelims
August 5, 1936, 3:30 p.m.
Weather conditions: slightly overcast, 17 ° C, tail wind at 3.0 m / s.
Not all times have been passed down.
Forward 1
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Claudia Testoni |
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12.0 s | |
2 | Kathleen Tiffen |
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12.2 s | |
3 | Domnitsa Lanitou-Kavounidou |
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12.6 s | |
4th | Mathilde Puchberger |
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k. A. | |
5 | Yvonne Mabille |
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Forward 2
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Violet Webb |
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11.8 s | |
2 | Doris Eckert |
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12.0 s | |
3 | Tidye Pickett |
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12.4 s | |
4th | Miyoko Mitsui |
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k. A. | |
5 | Veronika Kohlbach |
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Forward 3
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Elizabeth Taylor |
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12.0 s | |
2 | Anne Vrana-O'Brien |
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12.0 s | |
3 | Anni Steuer |
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12.1 s | |
4th | Grethe Whitehead |
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12.2 s | |
5 | Agaath Doorgeest |
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k. A. | |
6th | Charlotte Machmer |
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Forward 4
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Simone Schaller |
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11.8 s | |
2 | Trebisonda Valla |
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11.9 s | |
3 | Kitty ter Braake |
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12.0 s | |
4th | Roxy Atkins |
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k. A. | |
5 | Hilde Klusenwerth |
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6th | Zulejka Stefanini |
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Semifinals
August 5, 1936, 5.30 p.m.
Weather conditions: overcast, 15 ° C, tail wind at 2.8 m / s.
Not all times have been passed down. Due to the strong tailwind, records achieved could not be recognized.
Run 1
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Trebisonda Valla |
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11.6 s | |
2 | Elizabeth Taylor |
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11.7 s | |
3 | Anni Steuer |
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11.7 s | |
4th | Anne Vrana-O'Brien |
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11.8 s | |
5 | Violet Webb |
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11.8 s | |
6th | Domnitsa Lanitou-Kavounidou |
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Run 2
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Kitty ter Braake |
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11.8 s | |
2 | Doris Eckert |
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11.8 s | |
3 | Claudia Testoni |
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11.8 s | |
4th | Simone Schaller |
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5 | Kathleen Tiffen |
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6th | Tidye Pickett |
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final
August 6, 1936, 5.30 p.m.
Weather conditions: slightly cloudy, approx. 18 ° C, tail wind of 1.4 m / s.
Even before the final it was clear that it would be a very close race. And so it happened. The gold medal winner was the experienced Italian Trebisonda Valla, who was believed to have had the best of her career behind her. But she was in top shape to the minute. Silver went to the German Anni Steuer, completely surprisingly, at the German Championships with 12.3 seconds second behind Doris Eckert, who came in sixth here. The Canadian Elizabeth Taylor came third, ahead of Valla's compatriot Claudia Testoni.
The official times for the first four were all stopped with 11.7 s, which meant an Olympic record . The unofficial electronic measurement showed a difference of seven hundredths of a second between first and fourth place. Only the evaluation of the target photo provided information about the final order .
All three medalists won the first medals for their countries in this discipline.
For a better classification of the intervals, the unofficial electronically timed times are listed in the table below.
space | Surname | nation | official time | annotation | electron. time |
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1 | Trebisonda Valla |
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11.7 s | OR | 11.748 s |
2 | Anni Steuer |
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11.7 s | OR | 11.809 s |
3 | Elizabeth Taylor |
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11.7 s | OR | 11,811 s |
4th | Claudia Testoni |
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11.7 s | OR | 11.818 s |
5 | Kitty ter Braake |
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11.8 s | 11.832 s | |
6th | Doris Eckert |
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12.0 s | 12.190 s |
literature
- Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, pp. 307f
Web links
- SportsReference 80m hurdles , accessed September 22, 2017
- Official report pp. 694–695, engl. (PDF), accessed on September 22, 2017
- Berlin 1936 - Olympics - Olympia - Athletics - Track and Field - Footage 3 , range 6:17 min - 7:16 min, published on October 7, 2015 on youtube.com, accessed on September 22, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896–1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 308
- ↑ a b Official report p. 694, engl. (PDF)
- ↑ Official report p. 695, engl. (PDF)
- ↑ SportsReference (Eng.)