Women's 400 metres at the Games of the XXI Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
Date | 25–29 July | |||||||||
Competitors | 40 from 19 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 49.29 WR | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
100 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | |
20 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Combined events | ||
Pentathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
The Women's 400 metres competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada was held at the Olympic Stadium on 25–29 July.[1]
The winning margin was an impressive 1.23 seconds, which as of 2023 remains the only time the women's Olympic 400 metres has been won by more than a second.
Competition format
[edit]The Women's 400m competition consisted of heats (Round 1), quarterfinals, semifinals and a final. The five fastest competitors from each race in the heats plus the next two fastest overall qualified for the Quarterfinals. The four fastest competitors from each of the Quarterfinal races qualified for the Semifinals, where again the four fastest runners from each heat, advanced to the final.
Records
[edit]Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows:
World record | ![]() |
49.75 | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 22 June 1976 |
Olympic record | ![]() |
51.08 | Munich, West Germany | 7 September 1972 |
Results
[edit]Round 1
[edit]Qual. rule: first 5 of each heat (Q) plus the two fastest times (q) qualified.
Heat 1
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Christina Brehmer | ![]() |
52.45 | Q |
2 | Verona Bernard-Elder | ![]() |
52.60 | Q |
3 | Rita Wilden | ![]() |
53.08 | Q |
4 | Lorna Forde | ![]() |
53.93 | Q |
5 | Rachelle Campbell | ![]() |
54.54 | Q |
Heat 2
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Debra Sapenter | ![]() |
52.33 | Q |
2 | Donna Hartley | ![]() |
52.75 | Q |
3 | Marita Koch | ![]() |
52.78 | Q |
4 | Regina Berg | ![]() |
53.66 | Q |
5 | Silvia Hollmann | ![]() |
53.73 | Q |
6 | Helen Blake | ![]() |
53.93 | |
7 | Ileana Hocking | ![]() |
57.85 |
Heat 3
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Ellen Streidt | ![]() |
52.56 | Q |
2 | Christiane Wildschek | ![]() |
52.65 | Q |
3 | Judy Canty | ![]() |
52.88 | Q |
4 | Marilyn Neufville | ![]() |
52.93 | Q |
5 | Rosine Wallez | ![]() |
52.94 | Q |
6 | Jelica Pavličić | ![]() |
54.11 |
Heat 4
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Sheila Ingram | ![]() |
51.83 | Q |
2 | Nataliya Sokolova | ![]() |
52.45 | Q |
3 | Irena Szewińska | ![]() |
52.75 | Q |
4 | Joyce Yakubowich | ![]() |
53.35 | Q |
5 | Gladys Taylor | ![]() |
53.46 | Q |
6 | Marika Lindholm | ![]() |
53.64 | q |
7 | Célestine N'Drin | ![]() |
54.13 |
Heat 5
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Rosalyn Bryant | ![]() |
52.01 | Q |
2 | Riitta Salin | ![]() |
52.57 | Q |
3 | Lyudmila Aksyonova | ![]() |
52.90 | Q |
4 | Bethanie Nail | ![]() |
52.98 | Q |
5 | Ruth Williams-Simpson | ![]() |
54.07 | Q |
6 | Helen Ritter | ![]() |
58.52 |
Heat 6
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Nadezhda Ilyina | ![]() |
51.97 | Q |
2 | Verna Burnard | ![]() |
52.10 | Q |
3 | Dagmar Fuhrmann | ![]() |
52.58 | Q |
4 | Pirjo Häggman | ![]() |
52.73 | Q |
5 | Margaret Stride | ![]() |
53.21 | Q |
6 | Rita Bottiglieri | ![]() |
53.37 | q |
7 | Rose-Marie Gauthier | ![]() |
1:13.27 |
Quarterfinals
[edit]Heat 1
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Sheila Ingram | ![]() |
51.31 | Q |
2 | Ellen Streidt | ![]() |
51.33 | Q |
3 | Pirjo Häggman | ![]() |
51.65 | Q |
4 | Lyudmila Aksyonova | ![]() |
51.73 | Q |
5 | Dagmar Fuhrmann | ![]() |
52.02 | |
6 | Judy Canty | ![]() |
52.65 | |
7 | Lorna Forde | ![]() |
53.62 | |
8 | Rachelle Campbell | ![]() |
54.16 |
Heat 2
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Nataliya Sokolova | ![]() |
51.63 | Q |
2 | Christina Brehmer | ![]() |
51.67 | Q |
3 | Verna Burnard | ![]() |
51.79 | Q |
4 | Rita Wilden | ![]() |
52.41 | Q |
5 | Gladys Taylor | ![]() |
53.71 | |
6 | Marika Lindholm | ![]() |
54.07 | |
7 | Margaret Stride | ![]() |
55.02 | |
— | Marilyn Neufville | ![]() |
DNS |
Heat 3
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Debra Sapenter | ![]() |
51.23 | Q |
2 | Nadezhda Ilyina | ![]() |
51.32 | Q |
3 | Bethanie Nail | ![]() |
51.71 | Q |
4 | Christiane Wildschek | ![]() |
52.25 | Q |
5 | Verona Bernard-Elder | ![]() |
52.70 | |
6 | Rosine Wallez | ![]() |
53.04 | |
7 | Silvia Hollmann | ![]() |
53.77 | |
8 | Ruth Williams-Simpson | ![]() |
53.88 |
Heat 4
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Riitta Salin | ![]() |
51.62 | Q |
2 | Rosalyn Bryant | ![]() |
51.74 | Q |
3 | Marita Koch | ![]() |
51.87 | Q |
4 | Irena Szewińska | ![]() |
52.00 | Q |
5 | Donna Hartley | ![]() |
52.29 | |
6 | Rita Bottiglieri | ![]() |
52.51 | |
7 | Regina Berg | ![]() |
53.14 | |
8 | Joyce Yakubowich | ![]() |
53.14 |
Semifinals
[edit]Heat 1
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Irena Szewińska | ![]() |
50.48 | Q OR |
2 | Ellen Streidt | ![]() |
50.51 | Q |
3 | Sheila Ingram | ![]() |
50.90 | Q |
4 | Riitta Salin | ![]() |
51.26 | Q |
5 | Bethanie Nail | ![]() |
51.44 | |
6 | Lyudmila Aksyonova | ![]() |
51.55 | |
7 | Christiane Wildschek | ![]() |
52.20 | |
— | Marita Koch | ![]() |
DNS |
Heat 2
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Rosalyn Bryant | ![]() |
50.62 | Q |
2 | Christina Brehmer | ![]() |
50.86 | Q |
3 | Pirjo Häggman | ![]() |
51.03 | Q |
4 | Debra Sapenter | ![]() |
51.34 | Q |
5 | Nadezhda Ilyina | ![]() |
51.42 | |
6 | Verna Burnard | ![]() |
51.71 | |
7 | Rita Wilden | ![]() |
51.82 | |
8 | Nataliya Sokolova | ![]() |
51.95 |
Final
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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Irena Szewińska | ![]() |
49.28 | WR |
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Christina Brehmer | ![]() |
50.51 | |
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Ellen Streidt | ![]() |
50.55 | |
4 | Pirjo Häggman | ![]() |
50.56 | |
5 | Rosalyn Bryant | ![]() |
50.65 | |
6 | Sheila Ingram | ![]() |
50.90 | |
7 | Riitta Salin | ![]() |
50.98 | |
8 | Debra Sapenter | ![]() |
51.66 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Athletics at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Women's 400 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
External links
[edit]- Official Olympic Report Archived 2012-02-12 at the Wayback Machine, la84foundation.org. Retrieved August 20, 2012.