Women 80m Hurdles Athletics XVI Olympic Games Melbourne, Australia 1956 - -- November - Gold Medal:

Women 80m Hurdles Athletics XVI Olympic Games Melbourne, Australia 1956 - -- November - Gold Medal:

Final	time
1. Shirley Strickland	AUS	10.7s
2. Gisela Kohler	GER	10.9s
3. Norma Thrower	AUS	11.0s
4. Galina Bystrova	URS	11.0s
5. Maria Golubnichaya	URS	11.3s
6. Gloria Cooke	AUS	11.4s

Round	date	H	Athl.
Semifinals		2	12
Round 1		4	22

Heat 1	time
1. Shirley Strickland	AUS	10.8s
2. Gisela Kohler	GER	10.8s
3. Maria Golubnichaia	URS	11.0s
4. Marthe Lambert	FRA	11.1s
5. Bertha Diaz	CUB	11.2s
6. Carole Louise Quinton	GBR	11.4s

Heat 2	time
1. Galyna Bystrova	URS	11.0s
2. Norma Thrower	AUS	11.0s
3. Gloria Cooke	AUS	11.1s
4. Centa Gastl	GER	11.1s
5. Elaine Mary Winter	SAF	11.3s
6. Margaret Fiona Stuart	NZL	11.3s

Heat 1	time
1. Centa Gastl	GER	10.9s
2. Bertha Diaz	CUB	11.4s
3. Carole Louise Quinton	GBR	11.4s
4. Barbara Anne Mueller	USA	11.6s
5. Milena Greppi	ITA	12.3s

Heat 2	time
1. Shirley Strickland	AUS	10.8s
2. Maria Golubnichaia	URS	11.1s
3. Margaret Fiona Stuart	NZL	11.3s
4. Constance Darnowski	USA	11.9s
5. Pauline Wainwright	GBR	11.9s

Heat 3	time
1. Gisela Kohler	GER	11.0s
2. Elaine Mary Winter	SAF	11.1s
3. Gloria Cooke	AUS	11.4s
4. Angele Picado	FRA	11.5s
5. Nila Bessedina	URS	11.5s
6. Irene Rose Robertson	USA	11.9s
7. Manolita Cinco	PHI	12.1s

Heat 4	time
1. Norma Thrower	AUS	10.8s
2. Galyna Bystrova	URS	10.9s
3. Marthe Lambert	FRA	10.9s
4. Maria Sander	GER	11.1s
5. Francisca Sanopal	PHI	11.8s
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