The Women's 80 metres hurdles competition at the
1968 Summer Olympics
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in
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,
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was held at the
University Olympic Stadium
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on October 17–18.
Competition format
The Women's 80m hurdles competition consisted of heats (Round 1), Semifinals and a Final. The three fastest competitors from each race in the heats qualified for the semifinals, along with the fastest overall competitor not already qualified. The top four athletes from each semifinals race advanced to the final.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
Results
Round 1
Qual. rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the next fastest time (q) qualified.
Heat 1
Heat 2
Heat 3
Heat 4
Heat 5
Semifinals
Qual. rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) qualified.
Heat 1
Heat 2
Final
References
External links
Official Olympic Report ''la84foundation.org''. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
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