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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.
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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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] |
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