Athletics at the 1959 Pan American Games – Women's 80 metres hurdles
# Athletics at the 1959 Pan American Games – Women's 80 metres hurdles

The women's 80 metres hurdles event at the 1959 Pan American Games was held at the Soldier Field in Chicago on 31 August and 1 September.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Bertha Díaz Cuba | Wanda dos Santos Brazil | Marian Munroe Canada |

## Results

### Heats

Wind: Heat 1: +3.2 m/s, Heat 2: +1.2 m/s

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Bertha Díaz | Cuba | 11.2 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Wanda dos Santos | Brazil | 11.6 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Marian Munroe | Canada | 11.6 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Shirley Crowder | United States | 11.6 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Lorraine Dunn | Panama | 12.5 | |
| 6 | 1 | Guillermina Rodríguez | Mexico | 12.5 | |
| 7 | 1 | Vilma Parris | British Guiana | 13.0 | |
| | 1 | Iris dos Santos | Brazil | DNS | |
| 1 | 2 | Barbara Mueller | United States | 11.4 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Patricia Power | Canada | 11.5 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Maria de Lima | Brazil | 12.0 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Sally McCallum | Canada | 12.0 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Eliana Gaete | Chile | 12.0 | |
| 6 | 2 | Jo Ann Terry | United States | 12.1 | |
| 7 | 2 | Silvia Zambrano | Panama | 12.3 | |
| 8 | 2 | Benilda Ascanio | Venezuela | 12.6 | |

### Final

Wind: +1.8 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Bertha Díaz | Cuba | 11.2 |
| | Wanda dos Santos | Brazil | 11.5 |
| | Marian Munroe | Canada | 11.5 |
| 4 | Barbara Mueller | United States | 11.5 |
| 5 | Patricia Power | Canada | 11.5 |
| 6 | Shirley Crowder | United States | 11.8 |
| 7 | Maria de Lima | Brazil | 11.9 |
| 8 | Sally McCallum | Canada | 12.0 |
