Athletics at the 1981 Summer Universiade – Women's 100 metres hurdles

The women's 100 metres hurdles event at the 1981 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadionul Naţional in Bucharest on 23 and 24 July 1981.^[1]

Medalists edit

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Stephanie Hightower United States	Mariya Kemenchezhiy Soviet Union	Elżbieta Rabsztyn Poland

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.2 m/s, Heat 2: +0.3 m/s, Heat 3: +0.4 m/s

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Mariya Kemenchezhiy	Soviet Union	12.97	Q
2	2	Laurence Elloy	France	13.19	Q^[3]
3	2	Benita Fitzgerald	United States	13.20	q
4	1	Natalya Petrova	Soviet Union	13.22	Q
5	3	Stephanie Hightower	United States	13.29	Q
6	1	Michèle Chardonnet	France	13.34	Q^[3]
7	1	Elżbieta Rabsztyn	Poland	13.37	q
8	3	Doris Baum	West Germany	13.41	Q
9	3	Mihaela Pogăcean	Romania	13.45
10	1	Patrizia Lombardo	Italy	13.62
11	3	Ildikó Baranyai	Hungary	13.70
12	2	Dagmar Schenten	West Germany	13.74
13	1	Ilona Dumitrascu	Romania	13.78
14	3	Juraciara da Silva	Brazil	13.79
15	1	Petra Prenner	Austria	13.98
16	2	Gabriella Pizzolato	Italy	14.03
17	3	Zhou Ying	China	14.25
18	2	Elida Aveillé	Cuba	14.31

Wind: -0.6 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Stephanie Hightower	United States	13.03
	Mariya Kemenchezhiy	Soviet Union	13.13
	Elżbieta Rabsztyn	Poland	13.31
4	Natalya Petrova	Soviet Union	13.33
5	Michèle Chardonnet	France	13.46
6	Benita Fitzgerald	United States	13.47
7	Laurence Elloy	France	13.54
8	Doris Baum	West Germany	13.81