80 metres hurdles at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games | ||
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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]
World record | Gisela Birkemeyer (GDR) Betty Moore (GBR) | 10.5 | Leipzig, East Germany Kassel, West Germany | 24 July 1960 25 August 1962 | |
Commonwealth record | |||||
Games record | Norma Thrower (AUS) | 10.7 | Cardiff, Wales | 27 July 1958 | [2] |
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Avis McIntosh | New Zealand | 10.8 | Q |
2 | Betty Moore | England | 10.8 | Q |
3 | Margot Evans | Australia | 11.2 | Q |
4 | Rose Hart | Ghana | 11.4 | |
5 | Frances Slaap | England | 12.0 | |
Carmen Smith | Jamaica | DNF |
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Pam Kilborn | Australia | 10.8 | Q |
2 | Pat Nutting | England | 11.4 | Q |
3 | Ann Packer | England | 11.4 | Q |
4 | Patricia Dalton | Rhodesia and Nyasaland | 11.9 | |
5 | Adlin Mair | Jamaica | 12.1 | |
6 | Victoria Chinery | Ghana | 12.4 | |
Thelma Hopkins | Northern Ireland | DNS |
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Pam Kilborn | Australia | 10.9 | ||
Betty Moore | England | 11.3 | ||
Avis McIntosh | New Zealand | 11.4 | ||
4 | Pat Nutting | England | 11.5 | |
5 | Margot Evans | Australia | 11.9 | |
6 | Ann Packer | England | 11.9 | |
Wind: -7.0 m/s [1] |
Pamela Kilborn-Ryan, AM, MBE is an Australian former athlete who set world records as a hurdler. For three years, she was ranked as the world's top woman hurdler.
Trevor Anthony Vincent, is a former Australian long-distance runner, specialising in the 3000 metres steeplechase. In 1962 he competed for his native country at the Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia, winning the gold medal in the 3000m steeplechase event, setting an inaugural Commonwealth Games record and breaking his own Australian record. He also competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan in the 3000 metres steeplechase event.
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