These are the official results of the women's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The event was held on 30 and 31 July 1976. There were a total number of 11 nations competing.[1]
Women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the Games of the XXI Olympiad | |
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Venue | Olympic Stadium |
Dates | 30–31 July |
Competitors | from 20 nations |
Medalists | |
Medalists
editRecords
editThese were the standing World and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1976 Summer Olympics.
World Record | 3:22.95 | Dagmar Käsling Rita Kühne Helga Seidler Monika Zehrt |
Munich (FRG) | 10 September 1972 |
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Olympic Record | 3:22.95 | Dagmar Käsling Rita Kühne Helga Seidler Monika Zehrt |
Munich (FRG) | 10 September 1972 |
Results
editFinal
edit- Held on 31 July 1976
RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
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East Germany (GDR) | • Doris Maletzki • Brigitte Rohde • Ellen Streidt • Christina Brehmer |
3:19.23 (WR) | |
United States (USA) | • Debra Sapenter • Sheila Ingram • Pamela Jiles • Rosalyn Bryant |
3:22.81 | |
Soviet Union (URS) | • Inta Kļimoviča • Lyudmila Aksyonova • Natalya Sokolova • Nadezhda Ilyina |
3:24.24 | |
4. | Australia (AUS) | • Judy Canty • Verna Burnard • Charlene Rendina • Bethanie Nail |
3:25.56 |
5. | West Germany (FRG) | • Claudia Steger • Dagmar Fuhrmann • Elke Barth • Rita Wilden |
3:25.71 |
6. | Finland (FIN) | • Marika Lindholm • Pirjo Häggman • Mona-Lisa Pursiainen • Riitta Salin |
3:25.87 |
7. | Great Britain (GBR) | • Liz Barnes • Gladys Taylor • Verona Elder • Donna Murray |
3:28.01 |
8. | Canada (CAN) | • Margaret Stride • Joyce Yakubowich • Rachelle Campbell • Yvonne Saunders |
3:28.91 |
Semifinals
edit- Held on 30 July 1976
Heat 1
editRANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
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1. | Soviet Union (URS) | • Inta Kļimoviča • Lyudmila Aksyonova • Natalya Sokolova • Nadezhda Ilyina |
3:24.54 |
2. | United States (USA) | • Debra Sapenter • Sheila Ingram • Pamela Jiles • Rosalyn Bryant |
3:25.15 |
3. | Finland (FIN) | • Pirjo Häggman • Marika Lindholm • Mona-Lisa Pursiainen • Riitta Salin |
3:26.30 |
4. | West Germany (FRG) | • Claudia Steger • Rita Wilden • Dagmar Fuhrmann • Elke Barth |
3:26.31 |
— | Jamaica (JAM) | • Helen Blake • Carol Cummings • Jacqueline Pusey • Ruth Williams-Simpson |
DSQ |
Heat 2
editRANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
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1. | East Germany (GDR) | • Doris Maletzki • Brigitte Rohde • Ellen Streidt • Christina Brehmer |
3:23.38 |
2. | Australia (AUS) | • Judy Canty • Verna Burnard • Charlene Rendina • Bethanie Nail |
3:25.98 |
3. | Great Britain (GBR) | • Liz Barnes • Gladys Taylor • Verona Elder • Donna Murray |
3:27.09 |
4. | Canada (CAN) | • Margaret Stride • Joyce Yakubowich • Rachelle Campbell • Yvonne Saunders |
3:28.81 |
5. | Bulgaria (BUL) | • Yordanka Ivanova • Svetla Zlateva • Ivanka Bonova • Liliana Tomova |
3:31.08 |
6. | Belgium (BEL) | • Lea Alaerts • Regine Berg • Anne-Marie Van Nuffel • Rita Thijs |
3:32.87 |
References
edit- ^ "Athletics at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Women's 4 × 400 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2017.