Barbara Hannah Anita Burke (13 May 1917 – 8 August 1998) was a British and South African sprint runner. She competed for Great Britain in the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

, where she won a silver medal in the relay and placed fourth in a semi-final of the individual 100 m event. At the British Empire Games she competed for

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

. In 1934 she was a member of the South African relay team which finished fourth in the 110-220-110 yards relay. In the individual 100 and 220 yard events she was eliminated in the heats. Four years later Burke won the 80 metres hurdles contest at the 1938 Games. In the 100 and 220 yard sprint events she finished fourth-fifth.

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1917 births 1998 deaths South African female sprinters South African female hurdlers British female sprinters British female hurdlers Olympic athletes for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1934 British Empire Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1938 British Empire Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Sportspeople from the London Borough of Croydon Athletes from London British emigrants to South Africa Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Medallists at the 1938 British Empire Games {{UK-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub