Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's 80 metres hurdles

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Women's 80 metres hurdles
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium
Dates18–19 October 1964
Competitors31 from 20 nations
Winning time10.5
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Karin Balzer
Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Teresa Ciepły
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
Bronze medal icon.svg Pam Kilborn
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
  1960
1968  
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Official Video Highlights @59:07 Video on YouTube

The women's 80 metres hurdles was the only women's hurdle race in the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 18 October and 19 October 1964. [1] 31 athletes from 20 nations entered, with 4 not starting the first round. The first round was held on 18 October, with the semifinals and final on 19 October. The 1965 film Tokyo Olympiad by Kon Ichikawa shows amazingly great detail of the preliminaries, preparation, final and medal ceremony surrounding this event. The slow motion study of the final shows Yoda Ikuko getting a fast start. Joining Ikuko in the lead is Teresa Ciepły. Rosie Bonds crashed the second hurdle and is awkward the rest of the race. By the third hurdle Pam Kilborn has overtaken Ikuko and Ciepły for the lead. Karin Balzer and Irina Press were close behind. Over the course of the final five hurdles, Balzer and Press edged closer as Ikuko lost a little ground. Ciepły, Kilborn and Balzer landing at virtually the same moment and Press inches behind. On the run in, Balzer was able to gain just enough ground to take the gold over a straining Ciepły.

Results

First round

The top four runners in each of the 4 heats advanced.

Heat 1

PlaceAthleteNationTime
1 Karin Balzer Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 10.7 seconds
2 Galina Bystrova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 10.9 seconds
3 Rose Hart Flag of Ghana (1964-1966).svg  Ghana 11.3 seconds
4 Snejana Kerkova Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 11.5 seconds
5 Lorraine Dunn Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 11.5 seconds
Amy Snider Flag of Canada (1957-1965).svg  Canada Disqualified
Amelia Hinten Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Did not start

Heat 2

PlaceAthleteNationTime
1 Irina Press Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 10.7 seconds
2 Pat Pryce Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 10.8 seconds
3 Avis Mcintosh Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 10.8 seconds
4 Gundula Diel Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 10.9 seconds
5 Cherrie Sherrard Flag of the United States.svg  United States 11.0 seconds
6 Marlene Canguio Flag of France.svg  France 11.0 seconds
7 Chi Cheng Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan 11.1 seconds
8 Sirkka Norrlund Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 11.2 seconds

Heat 3

There was a strong wind behind the runners; the official report does not credit Piątkowska with equalling the Olympic record of 10.6 seconds.

PlaceAthleteNationTime
1 Maria Piątkowska Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 10.6 seconds
2 Pam Kilborn Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 10.7 seconds
3 Tatyana Talysheva Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 10.9 seconds
4 Lacey O'Neal Flag of the United States.svg  United States 10.9 seconds
5 Carmen Smith Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 11.8 seconds
6 Yeh Chu Mei Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan 12.1 seconds
Zenta Kopp Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany Did not start
Mary Rand Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain Did not start

Heat 4

Left-right: Jenny Meldrum, Teresa Cieply, Ikuko Yoda and Draga Stamejcic running heat 4 Jenny Meldrum, Teresa Cieply, Ikuko Yoda, Draga Stamejcic 1964.jpg
Left-right: Jenny Meldrum, Teresa Ciepły, Ikuko Yoda and Draga Stamejčič running heat 4
PlaceAthleteNationTime
1 Rosie Bonds Flag of the United States.svg  United States 10.6 seconds
2 Yoda Ikuko Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 10.7 seconds
3 Teresa Ciepły Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 10.7 seconds
4 Draga Stamejčič Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 10.8 seconds
5 Jenny Wingerson Flag of Canada (1957-1965).svg  Canada 11.1 seconds
6 Inge Aigner Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 11.2 seconds
7 Mary Musani Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 12.9 seconds
Denise Guenard Flag of France.svg  France Did not start

Semifinals

The top four runners in each semifinal advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

PlaceAthleteNationTime
1Pam KilbornFlag of Australia.svg  Australia 10.6 seconds =OR
2Teresa CiepłyFlag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 10.7 seconds
3Irina PressFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 10.8 seconds
4Rosie BondsFlag of the United States.svg  United States 10.8 seconds
5Avis McintoshFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 10.9 seconds
6Tatyana TalyshevaFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 10.9 seconds
7Gundula DielFlag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 11.0 seconds
8Snejana KerkovaFlag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 11.4 seconds

Semifinal 2

PlaceAthleteNationTime
1Karin BalzerFlag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 10.6 seconds =OR
2Yoda IkukoFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 10.7 seconds
3Draga StamejčičFlag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 10.7 seconds
4Maria PiątkowskaFlag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 10.7 seconds
5Pat PryceFlag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 10.7 seconds
6Galina BystrovaFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 10.8 seconds
7Leahseneth O'NealFlag of the United States.svg  United States 10.9 seconds
8Rose HartFlag of Ghana (1964-1966).svg  Ghana 11.1 seconds

Final

Balzer, Ciepły, and Kilborn are not credited by the official report with tying the world record of 10.5 seconds (and breaking the 10.6 second Olympic record) due to the wind advantage. They finished in one of the closest endings to an Olympic final ever, with Balzer defeating Ciepły by about one-hundredth of a second and Kilborn by two one-hundredths.

PlaceAthleteNationTime
Gold medal icon.svg Karin Balzer Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 10.5 seconds
Silver medal icon.svg Teresa Ciepły Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 10.5 seconds
Bronze medal icon.svg Pam Kilborn Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 10.6 seconds
4 Irina Press Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 10.6 seconds
5 Ikuko Yoda Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 10.7 seconds
6 Maria Piątkowska Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 10.7 seconds
7 Draga Stamejčič Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 10.8 seconds
8 Rosie Bonds Flag of the United States.svg  United States 10.8 seconds

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Women's 80 metres Hurdles". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2017.