Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Women's 80 metres hurdles

The women's 80 metres hurdles event at the 1932 Olympic Games took place between August 3 and August 4 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.^[1]

Women's 80 metres hurdles at the Games of the X Olympiad
Venue	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Dates	August 3, 1932 (heats) August 4, 1932 (final)
Medalists
Babe Didrikson  United States Evelyne Hall  United States Marjorie Clark  South Africa
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Results

Top three from each of the two heats qualified for the finals.

Heats

First heat

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Babe Didrikson	United States	11.8	=WR
2	Simone Schaller	United States	11.8	=WR
3	Marjorie Clark	South Africa	11.9
4	Betty Taylor	Canada	12.0
5	Michi Nakanishi	Japan	DNF

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Evelyne Hall	United States	12.0
2	Violet Webb	Great Britain	12.1
3	Alda Wilson	Canada	12.1
4	Felicja Schabińska	Poland	12.8

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Babe Didrikson	United States	11.7	WR
	Evelyne Hall	United States	11.7	WR
	Marjorie Clark	South Africa	11.8
4	Simone Schaller	United States	11.8
5	Violet Webb	Great Britain	11.9
6	Alda Wilson	Canada	12.0

Key: WR = World record; DNF = did not finish

References

1. "Athletics at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 80 metres Hurdles". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2017.