Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Women's 80 metres hurdles

80 metres hurdles at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue	Perry Lakes Stadium
Date	29 November 1962 (round 1) 1 December 1962 (final)
Competitors	13 from 7 nations
Winning time	10.9 s
Medalists
Pam Kilborn   Australia   Betty Moore   England   Avis McIntosh   New Zealand

Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 yd		men		women
220 yd		men		women
440 yd		men
880 yd		men		women
1 mile		men
3 miles		men
6 miles		men
80 m hurdles				women
120 yd hurdles		men
440 yd hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×110 yd relay		men		women
4×440 yd relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women

The women's 80 metres hurdles at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Perry Lakes Stadium on Thursday 29 November and Saturday 1 December 1962.

13 runners competed in two heats in the first round, with the top three runners from each heat qualifying for the final.

The event was won by Australia's Pam Kilborn ahead of the joint world record holder Betty Moore from England and New Zealander Avis McIntosh who won bronze. Kilborn won the final in a slow time of 10.9 seconds running into a headwind of 7.0 m/s.^[1]

Records

World record	Gisela Birkemeyer (GDR)  Betty Moore (GBR)	10.5	Leipzig, East Germany Kassel, West Germany	24 July 1960 25 August 1962
Games record	Norma Thrower (AUS)	10.7	Cardiff, Wales	27 July 1958	[2]
Commonwealth record		'

Round 1

Heat 1

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	McIntosh, AvisAvis McIntosh	New Zealand	10.8	Q
2	Moore, BettyBetty Moore	England	10.8	Q
3	Evans, MargotMargot Evans	Australia	11.2	Q
4	Hart, RoseRose Hart	Ghana	11.4
5	Slaap, FrancesFrances Slaap	England	12.0
6	Smith, CarmenCarmen Smith	Jamaica	59.8	DNF

Heat 2

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Kilborn, PamPam Kilborn	Australia	10.8	Q
2	Nutting, PatPat Nutting	England	11.4	Q
3	Packer, AnnAnn Packer	England	11.4	Q
4	Dalton, PatriciaPatricia Dalton	Rhodesia and Nyasaland	11.9
5	Mair, AdlinAdlin Mair	Jamaica	12.1
6	Chinery, VictoriaVictoria Chinery	Ghana	12.4
7	Hopkins, ThelmaThelma Hopkins	Northern Ireland	59.9	DNS

Final

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Kilborn, PamPam Kilborn	Australia	10.9
	Moore, BettyBetty Moore	England	11.3
	McIntosh, AvisAvis McIntosh	New Zealand	11.4
4	Nutting, PatPat Nutting	England	11.5
5	Evans, MargotMargot Evans	Australia	11.9
6	Packer, AnnAnn Packer	England	11.9
			Wind: -7.0 m/s[1]

References

1. Webster, Jim (2 December 1962). "Double victory". The Sun-Herald. Sydney: John Fairfax and Sons. p. 25.
2. "Seventh Day". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. 28 July 1958. p. 14.
3. "Commonwealth Games in Detail". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. 30 November 1962. p. 12.
4. "Results of the women's 80 metres hurdles at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games". CGF. Retrieved 19 April 2014.