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	Notes
	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