# 1969 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles

The women's 100 metres hurdles at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 18, 19, and 20 September 1969.

## Medalists

| Gold | Karin Balzer East Germany |
| Silver | Bärbel Podeswa East Germany |
| Bronze | Teresa Nowak Poland |

## Results
### Final

20 September Wind: -1.0 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 1 | Karin Balzer | East Germany | 13.29 | CR |
| | 4 | Bärbel Podeswa | East Germany | 13.68 | |
| | 5 | Teresa Nowak | Poland | 13.77 | |
| 4 | 7 | Lia Khitrina | Soviet Union | 13.86 | |
| 5 | 3 | Teresa Sukniewicz | Poland | 13.89 | |
| 6 | 6 | Regina Höfer | East Germany | 13.96 | |
| 7 | 2 | Christine Perera | Great Britain | 14.03 | |
| 8 | 8 | Sirkka Norrlund | Finland | 14.16 | |

### Semi-finals

19 September

#### Semi-final 1

Wind: -1.9 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Teresa Nowak | Poland | 13.7 | CR Q |
| 2 | Bärbel Podeswa | East Germany | 13.7 | CR Q |
| 3 | Lia Khitrina | Soviet Union | 13.7 | CR Q |
| 4 | Christine Perera | Great Britain | 14.1 | Q |
| 5 | Marlène Canguio | France | 14.1 | |
| 6 | Milena Piackova | Czechoslovakia | 14.5 | |
| 7 | Emina Pilav | Yugoslavia | 14.8 | |
| | Gun Olsson | Sweden | DNS | |

#### Semi-final 2

Wind: -1.7 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Karin Balzer | East Germany | 13.5 | CR Q |
| 2 | Regina Höfer | East Germany | 13.8 | Q |
| 3 | Teresa Sukniewicz | Poland | 14.0 | Q |
| 4 | Sirkka Norrlund | Finland | 14.0 | Q |
| 5 | Jeanne Schoebel | France | 14.1 | |
| 6 | Susan Hayward | Great Britain | 14.1 | |
| 7 | Magaly Vettorazzo | Italy | 14.8 | |
| | Eva Kucmanová | Czechoslovakia | DNS | |

### Heats

18 September

#### Heat 1

Wind: -1.7 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Lia Khitrina | Soviet Union | 13.7 | CR Q |
| 2 | Teresa Sukniewicz | Poland | 13.9 | Q |
| 3 | Jeanne Schoebel | France | 14.1 | Q |
| 4 | Magaly Vettorazzo | Italy | 14.7 | Q |

#### Heat 2

Wind: -2.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Teresa Nowak | Poland | 14.1 | Q |
| 2 | Milena Piackova | Czechoslovakia | 14.3 | Q |
| 3 | Sirkka Norrlund | Finland | 14.3 | Q |
| 4 | Regina Höfer | East Germany | 14.4 | Q |
| 5 | Anne Van Rensbergen | Belgium | 14.6 | |

#### Heat 3

Wind: -4.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Bärbel Podeswa | East Germany | 14.0 | Q |
| 2 | Susan Hayward | Great Britain | 14.3 | Q |
| 3 | Eva Kucmanová | Czechoslovakia | 14.7 | Q |
| 4 | Emina Pilav | Yugoslavia | 14.9 | Q |
| 5 | Charoula Sasagianni | Greece | 15.9 | |

#### Heat 4

Wind: -3.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Karin Balzer | East Germany | 14.0 | Q |
| 2 | Marlène Canguio | France | 14.4 | Q |
| 3 | Christine Perera | Great Britain | 14.4 | Q |
| 4 | Gun Olsson | Sweden | 14.7 | Q |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.
* Belgium (1)
* Czechoslovakia (2)
* East Germany (3)
* Finland (1)
* France (2)
* Greece (1)
* Italy (1)
* Poland (2)
* Soviet Union (1)
* Sweden (1)
* Great Britain (2)
* Yugoslavia (1)