| Women's 80 metres hurdles at the Pan American Games |
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| Athletics at the 1955 Pan American Games | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Track events | ||
| 60 m | women | |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | |
| 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 | |
| Field events | ||
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Long jump | men | |
| Triple jump | men | |
| Shot put | men | |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Combined events | ||
| Decathlon | men | |
The women's 80 metres hurdles event at the 1955 Pan American Games was held at the Estadio Universitario in Mexico City on 16 and 17 March. [1] [2]
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Eliana Gaete | Bertha Díaz | Wanda dos Santos |
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Gwen Hobbins | 11.82 | Q | |
| 2 | 1 | Barbara Mueller | 11.97 | Q | |
| 3 | 1 | Eliana Gaete | 13.01 | Q | |
| 4 | 1 | Delia Díaz | 13.70 | ||
| 1 | 2 | Wanda dos Santos | 11.80 | Q | |
| 2 | 2 | Bertha Díaz | 11.81 | Q | |
| 3 | 2 | Constance Darnowski | 11.93 | Q | |
| 4 | 2 | Nancy Phillips-Cowperthwaite | 12.07 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eliana Gaete | 11.7 | |||
| Bertha Díaz | 11.8 | |||
| Wanda dos Santos | 11.8 | |||
| 4 | Gwen Hobbins | 11.9 | ||
| 5 | Barbara Mueller | 11.9 | ||
| 6 | Constance Darnowski | 12.0 |