Athletics at the 1961 Summer Universiade – Women's 80 metres hurdles

The women's 80 metres hurdles event at the 1961 Summer Universiade was held at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia, Bulgaria, in September 1961. ^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Irina Press   Soviet Union	Rimma Koshelyova   Soviet Union	Snezhana Kerkova Bulgaria

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Irina Press	Soviet Union	11.28	Q
2	1	Rossitsa Madzharska	Bulgaria	11.52	Q
3	1	Thelma Hopkins	Great Britain	11.63	Q
4	1	Sanda Grosu	Romania	11.80
5	1	Hilke Thymm-Windh	West Germany	11.83
	1	Elżbieta Krzesińska	Poland	DNF
1	1	Rimma Koshelyova	Soviet Union	11.1	Q
2	1	Snezhana Kerkova	Bulgaria	11.2	Q
3	1	Hisako Tamura	Japan	11.6	Q
4	1	Fausta Galuzzi	Italy	12.0
5	1	Hatibi Hakhire	Albania	13.3

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Irina Press	Soviet Union	10.90
	Rimma Koshelyova	Soviet Union	11.01
	Snezhana Kerkova	Bulgaria	11.09
4	Rossitsa Madzharska	Bulgaria	11.48
5	Thelma Hopkins	Great Britain	11.53
6	Hisako Tamura	Japan	11.54

References

1. Results at Tilastopaja