Athletics at the 1961 Summer Universiade – Women's 80 metres hurdles
# Athletics at the 1961 Summer Universiade – Women's 80 metres hurdles

The women's 80 metres hurdles event at the 1961 Summer Universiade was held at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia, Bulgaria, in September 1961.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Irina Press Soviet Union | Rimma Koshelyova Soviet Union | Snezhana Kerkova Bulgaria |

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Irina Press | Soviet Union | 11.28 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Rossitsa Madzharska | Bulgaria | 11.52 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Thelma Hopkins | Great Britain | 11.63 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Sanda Grosu | Romania | 11.80 | |
| 5 | 1 | Hilke Thymm-Windh | West Germany | 11.83 | |
| | 1 | Elżbieta Krzesińska | Poland | DNF | |
| 1 | 1 | Rimma Koshelyova | Soviet Union | 11.1 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Snezhana Kerkova | Bulgaria | 11.2 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Hisako Tamura | Japan | 11.6 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Fausta Galuzzi | Italy | 12.0 | |
| 5 | 1 | Hatibi Hakhire | Albania | 13.3 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Irina Press | Soviet Union | 10.90 |
| | Rimma Koshelyova | Soviet Union | 11.01 |
| | Snezhana Kerkova | Bulgaria | 11.09 |
| 4 | Rossitsa Madzharska | Bulgaria | 11.48 |
| 5 | Thelma Hopkins | Great Britain | 11.53 |
| 6 | Hisako Tamura | Japan | 11.54 |
