Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Women's 80 metres hurdles
# Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Women's 80 metres hurdles

The women's 80 metres hurdles event at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games took place August 5 and August 6. The final was won by Italian Ondina Valla.

## Results

### Heats

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Claudia Testoni | Italy | 12.0 |
| 2 | Kathleen Tiffen | Great Britain | 12.2 |
| 3 | Domnitsa Lanitou-Kavounidou | Greece | 12.6 |
| 4 | Mathilde Puchberger | Austria | |
| 5 | Yvonne Mabille | France | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Violet Webb | Great Britain | 11.8 |
| 2 | Doris Eckert | Germany | 12.0 |
| 3 | Tidye Pickett | United States | 12.4 |
| 4 | Miyoko Mitsui | Japan | |
| 5 | Veronika Kohlbach | Austria | |

**Heat 3**

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Betty Taylor | Canada | 12.0 |
| 2 | Anne Vrana-O'Brien | United States | 12.0 |
| 3 | Anni Steuer | Germany | 12.1 |
| 4 | Grethe Whitehead | Great Britain | 12.2 |
| 5 | Agaath Doorgeest | Netherlands | |
| 6 | Charlotte Machmer | Austria | |

**Heat 4**

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Simone Schaller | United States | 11.8 |
| 2 | Ondina Valla | Italy | 11.9 |
| 3 | Kitty ter Braake | Netherlands | 12.0 |
| 4 | Roxy Atkins | Canada | |
| 5 | Hilde Klusenwerth | Germany | |
| 6 | Zulejka Stefanini | Yugoslavia | |

### Semifinals

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ondina Valla | Italy | 11.6 | =WR |
| 2 | Betty Taylor | Canada | 11.7 | |
| 3 | Anni Steuer | Germany | 11.7 | |
| 4 | Anne Vrana-O'Brien | United States | 11.8 | |
| 5 | Violet Webb | Great Britain | 11.8 | |
| 6 | Domnitsa Lanitou-Kavounidou | Greece | | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kitty ter Braake | Netherlands | 11.8 |
| 2 | Doris Eckert | Germany | 11.8 |
| 3 | Claudia Testoni | Italy | 11.8 |
| 4 | Simone Schaller | United States | |
| 5 | Kathleen Tiffen | Great Britain | |
| 6 | Tidye Pickett | United States | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time (hand) | Time (automatic) | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Ondina Valla | Italy | 11.7 | 11.748 | =OR |
| | Anni Steuer | Germany | 11.7 | 11.809 | =OR |
| | Betty Taylor | Canada | 11.7 | 11.811 | =OR |
| 4 | Claudia Testoni | Italy | 11.7 | 11.818 | =OR |
| 5 | Kitty ter Braake | Netherlands | 11.8 | 11.832 | |
| 6 | Doris Eckert | Germany | 12.0 | 12.190 | |

Key: OR = Olympic record

