Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres

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]

Women's 400 metres
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Date25–29 July
Competitors40 from 19 nations
Winning time49.29 WR
Medalists
Irena Szewińska
 Poland
Christina Lathan
 East Germany
Ellen Streidt
 East Germany
Athletics at the
1976 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmen
20 km walkmen
Field events
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Combined events
Pentathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

Competition format

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

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Irena Szewińska (POL) 49.75 Bydgoszcz, Poland 22 June 1976
Olympic record  Monika Zehrt (GDR) 51.08 Munich, West Germany 7 September 1972

Results

Round 1

Qual. rule: first 5 of each heat (Q) plus the two fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Christina Lathan East Germany 52.45Q
2Verona Bernard-Elder Great Britain 52.60Q
3Rita Wilden West Germany 53.08Q
4Lorna Forde Barbados 53.93Q
5Rachelle Campbell Canada 54.54Q

Heat 2
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Debra Sapenter United States 52.33Q
2Donna Hartley Great Britain 52.75Q
3Marita Koch East Germany 52.78Q
4Regina Berg Belgium 53.66Q
5Silvia Hollmann West Germany 53.73Q
6Helen Blake Jamaica 53.93
7Ileana Hocking Puerto Rico 57.85

Heat 3
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Ellen Streidt East Germany 52.56Q
2Christiane Wildschek Austria 52.65Q
3Judy Canty Australia 52.88Q
4Marilyn Neufville Jamaica 52.93Q
5Rosine Wallez Belgium 52.94Q
6Jelica Pavličić Yugoslavia 54.11

Heat 4
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Sheila Ingram United States 51.83Q
2Nataliya Sokolova Soviet Union 52.45Q
3Irena Szewińska Poland 52.75Q
4Joyce Yakubowich Canada 53.35Q
5Gladys Taylor Great Britain 53.46Q
6Marika Lindholm Finland 53.64q
7Célestine N'Drin Ivory Coast 54.13

Heat 5
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Rosalyn Bryant United States 52.01Q
2Riitta Salin Finland 52.57Q
3Lyudmila Aksyonova Soviet Union 52.90Q
4Bethanie Nail Australia 52.98Q
5Ruth Williams-Simpson Jamaica 54.07Q
6Helen Ritter Liechtenstein 58.52

Heat 6
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Nadezhda Ilyina Soviet Union 51.97Q
2Verna Burnard Australia 52.10Q
3Dagmar Fuhrmann West Germany 52.58Q
4Pirjo Häggman Finland 52.73Q
5Margaret Stride Canada 53.21Q
6Rita Bottiglieri Italy 53.37q
7Rose-Marie Gauthier Haiti 1:13.27

Quarterfinals

Heat 1
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Sheila Ingram United States 51.31Q
2Ellen Streidt East Germany 51.33Q
3Pirjo Häggman Finland 51.65Q
4Lyudmila Aksyonova Soviet Union 51.73Q
5Dagmar Fuhrmann West Germany 52.02
6Judy Canty Australia 52.65
7Lorna Forde Barbados 53.62
8Rachelle Campbell Canada 54.16

Heat 2
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Nataliya Sokolova Soviet Union 51.63Q
2Christina Lathan East Germany 51.67Q
3Verna Burnard Australia 51.79Q
4Rita Wilden West Germany 52.41Q
5Gladys Taylor Great Britain 53.71
6Marika Lindholm Finland 54.07
7Margaret Stride Canada 55.02
N/AMarilyn Neufville Jamaica DNS

Heat 3
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Debra Sapenter United States 51.23Q
2Nadezhda Ilyina Soviet Union 51.32Q
3Bethanie Nail Australia 51.71Q
4Christiane Wildschek Austria 52.25Q
5Verona Bernard-Elder Great Britain 52.70
6Rosine Wallez Belgium 53.04
7Silvia Hollmann West Germany 53.77
8Ruth Williams-Simpson Jamaica 53.88

Heat 4
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Riitta Salin Finland 51.62Q
2Rosalyn Bryant United States 51.74Q
3Marita Koch East Germany 51.87Q
4Irena Szewińska Poland 52.00Q
5Donna Hartley Great Britain 52.29
6Rita Bottiglieri Italy 52.51
7Regina Berg Belgium 53.14
8Joyce Yakubowich Canada 53.14

Semifinals

Heat 1
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Irena Szewińska Poland 50.48Q OR
2Ellen Streidt East Germany 50.51Q
3Sheila Ingram United States 50.90Q
4Riitta Salin Finland 51.26Q
5Bethanie Nail Australia 51.44
6Lyudmila Aksyonova Soviet Union 51.55
7Christiane Wildschek Austria 52.20
N/AMarita Koch East Germany DNS

Heat 2
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Rosalyn Bryant United States 50.62Q
2Christina Lathan East Germany 50.86Q
3Pirjo Häggman Finland 51.03Q
4Debra Sapenter United States 51.34Q
5Nadezhda Ilyina Soviet Union 51.42
6Verna Burnard Australia 51.71
7Rita Wilden West Germany 51.82
8Nataliya Sokolova Soviet Union 51.95

Final
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
Irena Szewińska Poland 49.28WR
Christina Lathan East Germany 50.51
Ellen Streidt East Germany 50.55
4Pirjo Häggman Finland 50.56
5Rosalyn Bryant United States 50.65
6Sheila Ingram United States 50.90
7Riitta Salin Finland 50.98
8Debra Sapenter United States 51.66

References
  1. "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.
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