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

Athletics at the 1956 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
20 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

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

Final classification

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	HEAT	SEMI	FINAL
	Shirley Strickland de la Hunty (AUS)	10.8	10.8	10.7
	Gisela Köhler (EUA)	11.0	10.8	10.9
	Norma Thrower (AUS)	10.8	11.0	11.0
4.	Galina Bystrova (URS)	10.9	11.0	11.0
5.	Maria Golubnichaya (URS)	11.1	11.0	11.3
6.	Gloria Cooke (AUS)	11.4	11.1	11.4
—	Marthe Lambert (FRA)	10.9	11.1	DNQ
—	Centa Gastl (EUA)	10.9	11.1	DNQ
—	Bertha Díaz (CUB)	11.4	11.2	DNQ
—	Elaine Winter (RSA)	11.1	11.3	DNQ
—	Margaret Stuart (NZL)	11.3	11.3	DNQ
—	Carole Quinton (GBR)	11.4	11.4	DNQ
—	Maria Sander (EUA)	11.1	DNQ	DNQ
—	Angele Picado (FRA)	11.5	DNQ	DNQ
—	Nila Bessedina (URS)	11.5	DNQ	DNQ
—	Barbara Mueller (USA)	11.6	DNQ	DNQ
—	Francisca Sañopal (PHI)	11.8	DNQ	DNQ
—	Constance Darnowski (USA)	11.9	DNQ	DNQ
—	Pauline Wainwright (GBR)	11.9	DNQ	DNQ
—	Irene Robertson (USA)	11.9	DNQ	DNQ
—	Manolita Cinco (PHI)	12.1	DNQ	DNQ
—	Milena Greppi (ITA)	12.3	DNQ	DNQ

References

• Official Report
• Results