Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Women's 80 metres hurdles

The women's 80 metres hurdles at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Perry Lakes Stadium on Thursday 29 November and Saturday 1 December 1962.

80 metres hurdles at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue	Perry Lakes Stadium
Date	29 November 1962 (1962-11-29) (round 1) 1 December 1962 (1962-12-01) (final)
Competitors	13 from 7 nations
Winning time	10.9 s
Medalists
Pam Kilborn    Australia   Betty Moore    England   Avis McIntosh    New Zealand

13 runners competed in two heats in the first round, with the top three runners from each heat qualifying for the final.

The event was won by Australia's Pam Kilborn ahead of the joint world record holder Betty Moore from England and New Zealander Avis McIntosh who won bronze. Kilborn won the final in a slow time of 10.9 seconds running into a headwind of 7.0 m/s.[1]

Records

World record	Gisela Birkemeyer (GDR)  Betty Moore (GBR)	10.5	Leipzig, East Germany Kassel, West Germany	24 July 1960 25 August 1962
Commonwealth record
Games record	Norma Thrower (AUS)	10.7	Cardiff, Wales	27 July 1958	[2]

Round 1

Heat 1

[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Avis McIntosh	New Zealand	10.8	Q
2	Betty Moore	England	10.8	Q
3	Margot Evans	Australia	11.2	Q
4	Rose Hart	Ghana	11.4
5	Frances Slaap	England	12.0
	Carmen Smith	Jamaica		DNF

Heat 2

[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Pam Kilborn	Australia	10.8	Q
2	Pat Nutting	England	11.4	Q
3	Ann Packer	England	11.4	Q
4	Patricia Dalton	Rhodesia and Nyasaland	11.9
5	Adlin Mair	Jamaica	12.1
6	Victoria Chinery	Ghana	12.4
	Thelma Hopkins	Northern Ireland		DNS

Final

[4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Pam Kilborn	Australia	10.9
	Betty Moore	England	11.3
	Avis McIntosh	New Zealand	11.4
4	Pat Nutting	England	11.5
5	Margot Evans	Australia	11.9
6	Ann Packer	England	11.9
			Wind: -7.0 m/s[1]

References

1. Webster, Jim (2 December 1962). "Double victory". The Sun-Herald. Sydney: John Fairfax and Sons. p. 25.
2. "Seventh Day". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. 28 July 1958. p. 14.
3. "Commonwealth Games in Detail". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. 30 November 1962. p. 12.
4. "Results of the women's 80 metres hurdles at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games". CGF. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2014.