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100 metres Hurdles, Women

Date	27 – 28 July 1980
Status	Olympic
Location	Bolshaya arena, Tsentralny stadion imeni V.I. Lenina, Moskva
Participants	20 from 11 countries

The American-led boycott had almost no effect on this event as all the best hurdlers were either Soviets, East Germans, or Eastern Europeans. Poland’s Grażyna Rabsztyn had been favored in 1976, and had since broken the world record, running 12.48 in 1978. But she continued her trend in major championships and did not medal. She never won a medal in any major international meet. The defending champion Johanna Klier was back and had since won the 1978 European Championships. In the final, Rabsztyn got off to a terrible start and was effectively out of the race. Klier-Schaller led early but was caught at the fifth hurdle by the Soviet Vera Komisova, who went on to win the gold medal.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	269	Vera Komisova	URS	12.67 (1 h1)	12.78 (1 h1)	12.56 (1)	Gold	OR
2	119	Johanna Klier	GDR	13.03 (2 h3)	12.77 (2 h2)	12.63 (2)	Silver
3	205	Lucyna Langer	POL	12.75 (2 h1)	12.91 (2 h1)	12.65 (3)	Bronze
4	110	Kerstin Claus	GDR	12.77 (3 h1)	12.99 (4 h2)	12.66 (4)
5	207	Grażyna Rabsztyn	POL	12.72 (1 h3)	12.64 (1 h2)	12.74 (5)
6	275	Irina Litovchenko	URS	12.97 (1 h2)	12.84 (3 h2)	12.84 (6)
7	112	Bettina Gärtz	GDR	13.06 (2 h2)	13.04 (3 h1)	12.93 (7)
8	195	Zofia Bielczyk	POL	13.21 (3 h2)	13.09 (4 h1)	13.08 (8)
5 h1 r2/3	71	Laurence Elloy	FRA	13.60 (5 h3)	13.33 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r2/3	103	Shirley Strong	GBR	13.39 (4 h2)	13.12 (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r2/3	30	Yordanka Donkova	BUL	13.24 (6 h1)	13.39 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r2/3	46	Daniela Valkova	BUL	13.66 (5 h2)	13.79 (6 h2)	–
7 h1 r2/3	73	Laurence Lebeau	FRA	13.18 (4 h1)	13.54 (7 h1)	–
8 h1 r2/3	242	Helena Pihl	SWE	13.46 (4 h3)	13.68 (8 h1)	–
AC h2 r2/3	161	Xénia Siska	HUN	13.23 (5 h1)	– (DNF h2)	–
3 h3 r1/3	259	Tatyana Anisimova	URS	13.31 (3 h3)	– (DNS h2)	–
6 h2 r1/3	3	Penny Gillies	AUS	13.68 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r1/3	80	Lorna Boothe	GBR	13.86 (6 h3)	–	–
7 h1 r1/3	58	Marisela Peralta	DOM	14.18 (7 h1)	–	–
7 h3 r1/3	231	Estella Meheux	SLE	15.61 (7 h3)	–	–
DNS	235	Yvonne von Kauffungen	SUI	– (DNS h2)	–	–
DNS	59	Nancy Vallecilla	ECU	– (DNS h2)	–	–

Round One

Date	27 July 1980 — 17:25
Format	Top four in each heat and next four fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)
1	269	Vera Komisova	URS	12.67	Q
2	207	Grażyna Rabsztyn	POL	12.72	Q
3	205	Lucyna Langer	POL	12.75	Q
4	110	Kerstin Claus	GDR	12.77	Q
5	275	Irina Litovchenko	URS	12.97	Q
6	119	Johanna Klier	GDR	13.03	Q
7	112	Bettina Gärtz	GDR	13.06	Q
8	73	Laurence Lebeau	FRA	13.18	Q
9	195	Zofia Bielczyk	POL	13.21	Q
10	161	Xénia Siska	HUN	13.23	q
11	30	Yordanka Donkova	BUL	13.24	q
12	259	Tatyana Anisimova	URS	13.31	Q
13	103	Shirley Strong	GBR	13.39	Q
14	242	Helena Pihl	SWE	13.46	Q
15	71	Laurence Elloy	FRA	13.60	q
16	46	Daniela Valkova	BUL	13.66	q
17	3	Penny Gillies	AUS	13.68
18	80	Lorna Boothe	GBR	13.86
19	58	Marisela Peralta	DOM	14.18
20	231	Estella Meheux	SLE	15.61
DNS	235	Yvonne von Kauffungen	SUI	–
DNS	59	Nancy Vallecilla	ECU	–

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	269	Vera Komisova	URS	12.67	Q
2	205	Lucyna Langer	POL	12.75	Q
3	110	Kerstin Claus	GDR	12.77	Q
4	73	Laurence Lebeau	FRA	13.18	Q
5	161	Xénia Siska	HUN	13.23	q
6	30	Yordanka Donkova	BUL	13.24	q
7	58	Marisela Peralta	DOM	14.18

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	275	Irina Litovchenko	URS	12.97	Q
2	112	Bettina Gärtz	GDR	13.06	Q
3	195	Zofia Bielczyk	POL	13.21	Q
4	103	Shirley Strong	GBR	13.39	Q
5	46	Daniela Valkova	BUL	13.66	q
6	3	Penny Gillies	AUS	13.68
DNS	235	Yvonne von Kauffungen	SUI	–
DNS	59	Nancy Vallecilla	ECU	–

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	207	Grażyna Rabsztyn	POL	12.72	Q
2	119	Johanna Klier	GDR	13.03	Q
3	259	Tatyana Anisimova	URS	13.31	Q
4	242	Helena Pihl	SWE	13.46	Q
5	71	Laurence Elloy	FRA	13.60	q
6	80	Lorna Boothe	GBR	13.86
7	231	Estella Meheux	SLE	15.61

Semi-Finals

Date	28 July 1980 — 17:00
Format	Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)
1	207	Grażyna Rabsztyn	POL	12.64	Q
2	119	Johanna Klier	GDR	12.77	Q
3	269	Vera Komisova	URS	12.78	Q
4	275	Irina Litovchenko	URS	12.84	Q
5	205	Lucyna Langer	POL	12.91	Q
6	110	Kerstin Claus	GDR	12.99	Q
7	112	Bettina Gärtz	GDR	13.04	Q
8	195	Zofia Bielczyk	POL	13.09	Q
9	103	Shirley Strong	GBR	13.12
10	71	Laurence Elloy	FRA	13.33
11	30	Yordanka Donkova	BUL	13.39
12	73	Laurence Lebeau	FRA	13.54
13	242	Helena Pihl	SWE	13.68
14	46	Daniela Valkova	BUL	13.79
DNF	161	Xénia Siska	HUN	–
DNS	259	Tatyana Anisimova	URS	–

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	269	Vera Komisova	URS	12.78	Q
2	205	Lucyna Langer	POL	12.91	Q
3	112	Bettina Gärtz	GDR	13.04	Q
4	195	Zofia Bielczyk	POL	13.09	Q
5	71	Laurence Elloy	FRA	13.33
6	30	Yordanka Donkova	BUL	13.39
7	73	Laurence Lebeau	FRA	13.54
8	242	Helena Pihl	SWE	13.68

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	207	Grażyna Rabsztyn	POL	12.64	Q
2	119	Johanna Klier	GDR	12.77	Q
3	275	Irina Litovchenko	URS	12.84	Q
4	110	Kerstin Claus	GDR	12.99	Q
5	103	Shirley Strong	GBR	13.12
6	46	Daniela Valkova	BUL	13.79
DNF	161	Xénia Siska	HUN	–
DNS	259	Tatyana Anisimova	URS	–

Final Round

Date	28 July 1980 — 19:15

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	269	Vera Komisova	URS	12.56	0.135	OR
2	119	Johanna Klier	GDR	12.63	0.137
3	205	Lucyna Langer	POL	12.65	0.169
4	110	Kerstin Claus	GDR	12.66	0.131
5	207	Grażyna Rabsztyn	POL	12.74	0.138
6	275	Irina Litovchenko	URS	12.84	0.205
7	112	Bettina Gärtz	GDR	12.93	0.173
8	195	Zofia Bielczyk	POL	13.08	0.133