The Women's 80m Hurdles was introduced in the 1932 Summer Olympics, and the event was reformatted to the 100m Hurdles in 1972. Since the 1930s, athletes from the United States have seen the most success in these events, winning four golds and eight other medals; this is just a fraction of the total medals won by US athletes in the men's event, which currently stands at 57 total medals. Australian athletes have also won four gold medals in women's hurdle events, and the most successful athlete was the Australian Shirley Strickland, who won two golds and one bronze medal in the 80m hurdles between 1948 and 1956. No athlete has ever been stripped of a medal in this event.
Medal count by country in the Women's 80m Hurdles and 100m Hurdles at the Summer Olympics from 1932 to 2020
*No longer exists/competes at the Olympics.
**Includes medals won by the United Team of Germany (1956-1964), but not those of East or West Germany.
This data was collected using the official Olympic.org site, as well as a spreadsheet from the Guardian that includes data from 1896-2008 (available here), 2012 and 2016 data was compared with that from Encyclopaedia Britannica, and several news outlets were used to update the table when medals were reassigned (i.e. for doping offenses).
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olympic.org, & The Guardian. (August 5, 2021). Medal count by country in the Women's 80m Hurdles and 100m Hurdles at the Summer Olympics from 1932 to 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117585/olympics-womens-sprint-hurdles-medal-table-since-1932/
olympic.org, und The Guardian. "Medal count by country in the Women's 80m Hurdles and 100m Hurdles at the Summer Olympics from 1932 to 2020." Chart. August 5, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117585/olympics-womens-sprint-hurdles-medal-table-since-1932/
olympic.org, The Guardian. (2021). Medal count by country in the Women's 80m Hurdles and 100m Hurdles at the Summer Olympics from 1932 to 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117585/olympics-womens-sprint-hurdles-medal-table-since-1932/
olympic.org, and The Guardian. "Medal Count by Country in The Women's 80m Hurdles and 100m Hurdles at The Summer Olympics from 1932 to 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Aug 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117585/olympics-womens-sprint-hurdles-medal-table-since-1932/
olympic.org & The Guardian, Medal count by country in the Women's 80m Hurdles and 100m Hurdles at the Summer Olympics from 1932 to 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117585/olympics-womens-sprint-hurdles-medal-table-since-1932/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Medal count by country in the Women's 80m Hurdles and 100m Hurdles at the Summer Olympics from 1932 to 2020 [Graph], olympic.org, & The Guardian, August 5, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117585/olympics-womens-sprint-hurdles-medal-table-since-1932/
