Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's 80 metres hurdles

These are the official results of the Women's 80m Hurdles event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.[1]

Athletics at the
1956 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmen
800 mmen
1500 mmen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
80 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymen
Road events
Marathonmen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Combined events
Decathlonmen
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Summary

The Australians again qualified three women to the final. Shirley Strickland in lane 6 and Gloria Cooke in lane 1 sandwiched the field with a slight lead over the first barrier. By the second barrier, Strickland had edged ahead while Cooke was getting competition from Gisela Köhler in lane 2 next to her. By the next barrier, Köhler had some separation in second, while Galina Bystrova and Norma Thrower we battling for bronze in 4 and 5 respectively. By the seventh hurdle, Strickland had a full metre on Köhler. Almost a metre behind, Thrower had her head in front of Bystrova. In between the final flight, Bystrova edged ahead. Strickland won by almost two metres over Köhler, and behind on the run in from the last hurdle, Thrower managed to lean ahead for a microscopic advantage for bronze.

Final classification
RankAthleteNationHeatSemiFinal
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty Australia 10.8 10.8 10.7
Gisela Köhler United Team of Germany 11.0 10.8 10.9
Norma Thrower Australia 10.8 11.0 11.0
4 Galina Bystrova Soviet Union 10.9 11.0 11.0
5 Maria Golubnichaya Soviet Union 11.1 11.0 11.3
6 Gloria Cooke Australia 11.4 11.1 11.4
— Marthe Lambert France 10.9 11.1 DNQ
— Zenta Gastl-Kopp United Team of Germany 10.9 11.1 DNQ
— Bertha Díaz Cuba 11.4 11.2 DNQ
— Elaine Winter South Africa 11.1 11.3 DNQ
— Margaret Stuart New Zealand 11.3 11.3 DNQ
— Carole Quinton Great Britain 11.4 11.4 DNQ
— Maria Sander United Team of Germany 11.1 DNQ DNQ
— Angele Picado France 11.5 DNQ DNQ
— Niliya Besedina-Kulakova Soviet Union 11.5 DNQ DNQ
— Barbara Mueller United States 11.6 DNQ DNQ
— Francisca Sanopal Philippines 11.8 DNQ DNQ
— Constance Darnowski United States 11.9 DNQ DNQ
— Pauline Wainwright Great Britain 11.9 DNQ DNQ
— Irene Robertson United States 11.9 DNQ DNQ
— Manolita Cinco Philippines 12.1 DNQ DNQ
— Milena Greppi Italy 12.3 DNQ DNQ

References
  1. "Athletics at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Women's 80 metres Hurdles". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
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