Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Women's 80 metres hurdles

The women's 80 metres hurdles event at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games took place August 5 and August 6. The final was won by Italian Ondina Valla.[1]

Women's 80 metres hurdles
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
DatesAugust 5 (Heats & semifinals)
August 6 (Final)
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)Ondina Valla
 Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Anni Steuer
 Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Betty Taylor
 Canada
← 1932
1948 →

Results

Heats

   Qualified
Heat 1
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Claudia Testoni  Italy12.0
2Kathleen Tiffen  Great Britain12.2
3Domnitsa Lanitou-Kavounidou  Greece12.6
4Mathilde Puchberger  Austria
5Yvonne Mabille  France
Heat 2
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Violet Webb  Great Britain11.8
2Doris Eckert  Germany12.0
3Tidye Pickett  United States12.4
4Miyoko Mitsui  Japan
5Veronika Kohlbach  Austria
Heat 3
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Betty Taylor  Canada12.0
2Anne Vrana-O'Brien  United States12.0
3Anni Steuer  Germany12.1
4Grethe Whitehead  Great Britain12.2
5Agaath Doorgeest  Netherlands
6Charlotte Machmer  Austria
Heat 4
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Simone Schaller  United States11.8
2Ondina Valla  Italy11.9
3Kitty ter Braake  Netherlands12.0
4Roxy Atkins  Canada
5Hilde Klusenwerth  Germany
6Zulejka Stefanini  Yugoslavia

Semifinals

Heat 1
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Ondina Valla  Italy11.6=WR
2Betty Taylor  Canada11.7
3Anni Steuer  Germany11.7
4Anne Vrana-O'Brien  United States11.8
5Violet Webb  Great Britain11.8
6Domnitsa Lanitou-Kavounidou  Greece
Heat 2
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Kitty ter Braake  Netherlands11.8
2Doris Eckert  Germany11.8
3Claudia Testoni  Italy11.8
4Simone Schaller  United States
5Kathleen Tiffen  Great Britain
6Tidye Pickett  United States

Final

RankAthleteNationTime (hand)Time (automatic)Notes
Ondina Valla  Italy11.711.748=OR
Anni Steuer  Germany11.711.809=OR
Betty Taylor  Canada11.711.811=OR
4Claudia Testoni  Italy11.711.818=OR
5Kitty ter Braake  Netherlands11.811.832
6Doris Eckert  Germany12.012.190

Key: OR = Olympic record

References