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Athletics at the 1934 Women's World Games – 80 metres hurdles

80 metres hurdles - 1934 Women's World Games

The 80 metres hurdles at the 1934 Women's World Games was held at the White City Stadium in London, from 9 to 11 August 1934.

80 metres hurdles
at the 1934 Women's World Games
VenueWhite City Stadium
LocationLondon
Dates
  • 9 August (heats)
  • 10 August (semi-finals)
  • 11 August (final)
Winning time11.6
Medalists
gold medal Ruth Engelhard   Germany
silver medal Betty Taylor   Canada
bronze medal Violet Webb   Great Britain
← 1930

During the heats the starter waited a very long time in before firing the start gun. In heat 4 the Dutch Agaath Doorgeest was disqualified after making two false starts. The British public did not agree. The audience started to whistle and there were chants. The public demanded that she got another chance. When that (of course) didn't happen, the public request the starter who was the starter at the Empire Games a few days earlier. It took so long for the crowd to calm down that some of the athletes didn't want to start anymore.[1][2]

In the final, the German Ruth Engelhard won the event in 11.6 seconds that was a new world record, beating the previous world record 11.7 seconds of the American Babe Didrikson.

Results

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Heats

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Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ondina Valla   Italy 12 sec. Q
2 Violet Webb   Great Britain Q
3 Maryla Freiwald   Poland Q
4
5
6

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Marjorie Clark   South Africa 12 sec. Q
2 Gerda Pirch   Germany Q
3 Roxy Atkins   Canada Q
4
5
6

Sources:[3][4]

Heat 3

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Bets ter Horst   Netherlands 12.2 Q
2 Elsie Green   Great Britain Q
3 Burstey   Palestine Q
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5
6

Heat 4

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ruth Engelhard   Germany 12.5 Q
2 Betty Taylor   Canada Q
3
4
5
DQ Agaath Doorgeest   NED 2 false starts[4]

Source:[2]

Semi-finals

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Gerda Pirch from Germany who won the silver medal in 1930 finished fourth in one of the semi-finals and was eliminated.[5]

Semi-final 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ruth Engelhard   Germany Q
2 Elsie Green   Great Britain Q
3 Roxy Atkins   Canada Q
4
5
6

Semi-final 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Violet Webb   Great Britain Q
2 Betty Taylor   Canada Q
3 Marjorie Clark   South Africa Q
4
5 Bets ter Horst   Netherlands
6

Source:[6][7][8]

Final

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The final took place on 12 August 1934.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Ruth Engelhard   Germany 11.6 WR
  Betty Taylor   Canada 11.7
  Violet Webb   Great Britain 12.0
4 Marjorie Clark   South Africa
5 Elsie Green   Great Britain
6 Roxy Atkins   Canada

Sources:[6][9]

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References

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  1. ↑ "Werdeldspelen voor vrouwen". Provinciale Overijsselsche en Zwolsche courant (in Dutch). 11 August 1934. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via Delpher.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "De werdeldspelen voor vrouwen". Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). 10 August 1934. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via Delpher.
  3. ↑ "De wereldspelen athletiek voor dames te Londen". Delftsche courant (in Dutch). 13 August 1934. Retrieved 18 July 2022 – via Delpher.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "De wereldspelen voor vrouwen". Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 10 August 1934. Retrieved 18 July 2022 – via Delpher.
  5. ↑ "DGLD". leichtathletik-dgld.de (in German). Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "De wereldspelen voor vrouwen". Nieuwe Apeldoornsche courant (in Dutch). 13 August 1934. Retrieved 18 July 2022 – via Delpher.
  7. ↑ "Duitschland wint te Londen". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 12 August 1934. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via Delpher.
  8. ↑ "Nieuwe wereldrecords". De Tijd (in Dutch). 12 August 1934. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via Delpher.
  9. ↑ "Wereldspelen voor dames". Provinciale Drentsche en Asser courant (in Dutch). 13 August 1934. Retrieved 18 July 2022 – via Delpher.
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