Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's 80 metres hurdles
| Women's 80 metres hurdles at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
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| Venue | Estadio Olímpico Universitario | ||||||||||||
| Date | October 17–18 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 33 from 23 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 10.3 OR | ||||||||||||
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Maureen Caird |
 Australia
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Pam Kilborn |
Australia
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Chi Cheng |
 Republic of China
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The Women's 80 metres hurdles competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico was held at the University Olympic Stadium on October 17–18.
The Women's 80m hurdles competition consisted of heats (Round 1), Semifinals and a Final. The three fastest competitors from each race in the heats qualified for the semifinals, along with the fastest overall competitor not already qualified. The top four athletes from each semifinals race advanced to the final.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
Qual. rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the next fastest time (q) qualified.
Qual. rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) qualified.
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