Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres
The Women's 800 metres competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada was held at the Olympic Stadium on 23–26 July.[1]
| Women's 800 metres at the Games of the XXI Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
| Date | 23–26 July | |||||||||
| Competitors | 35 from 20 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:54.94 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 | |
Competition format
The competition consisted of heats (Round 1), Semifinals and a Final. The three fastest competitors from each race in the heats plus the next fastest overall qualified for the Semifinals. The four fastest competitors from each of the Semifinal races advanced to the Final.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  |
1:56.0 | Kiev, USSR | 12 June 1976 |
| Olympic record |  |
1:58.55 | Munich, West Germany | 3 September 1972 |
Results
Round 1
Qual. rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the next fastest time (q) qualified.
Heat 1
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Svetlana Styrkina | .svg.png){kind=small} |
2:00.12 | Q |
| 2 | Judy Amoore |  |
2:00.66 | Q |
| 3 | Doris Gluth |  |
2:00.70 | Q |
| 4 | Rita Thijs | .svg.png){kind=small} |
2:04.39 | |
| 5 | Abby Hoffman |  |
2:05.32 | |
| 6 | Carmen Valero | .svg.png){kind=small} |
2:06.14 | |
| 7 | Lilja Guðmundsdóttir |  |
2:07.26 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anita Weiß | |
2:00.48 | Q |
| 2 | Nikolina Shtereva | .svg.png){kind=small} |
2:01.02 | Q |
| 3 | Gabriella Dorio |  |
2:01.63 | Q |
| 4 | Jozefína Čerchlanová |  |
2:02.36 | |
| 5 | Kathy Weston |  |
2:03.31 | |
| 6 | Joan Wenzel | |
2:03.62 | |
| N/A | Chee Swee Lee |  |
DNF |
Heat 3
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Svetla Zlateva | |
1:59.24 | Q |
| 2 | Valentina Gerasimova | |
1:59.68 | Q |
| 3 | Wendy Koenig | |
1:59.91 | Q |
| 4 | Mariana Suman | .svg.png){kind=small} |
2:00.00 | q |
| 5 | Liz Barnes |  |
2:01.70 | |
| 6 | Célestine N'Drin |  |
2:04.54 | |
| 7 | Maria Ritter |  |
2:14.39 |
Heat 4
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elfi Zinn | |
2:01.54 | Q |
| 2 | Charlene Rendina | |
2:01.76 | Q |
| 3 | Ileana Silai | |
2:02.82 | Q |
| 4 | Angela Creamer | |
2:03.48 | |
| 5 | Magdolna Lázár |  |
2:04.05 | |
| 6 | Ileana Hocking | .svg.png){kind=small} |
2:08.46 | |
| 7 | Ndew Niang |  |
2:09.32 |
Heat 5
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tatyana Kazankina | |
2:00.15 | Q |
| 2 | Lilyana Tomova | |
2:00.54 | Q |
| 3 | Madeline Manning | |
2:00.62 | Q |
| 4 | Yvonne Saunders | |
2:03.54 | |
| 5 | Anne-Marie Van Nuffel | |
2:04.09 | |
| 6 | Chris McMeekin | |
2:04.54 | |
| 7 | Anne Audain |  |
2:05.78 |
Semifinals
Heat 1
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anita Weiß | |
1:56.53 | Q OR |
| 2 | Tatyana Kazankina | |
1:57.49 | Q |
| 3 | Svetla Zlateva | |
1:57.93 | Q |
| 4 | Doris Gluth | |
1:59.32 | Q |
| 5 | Judy Amoore | |
1:59.93 | |
| 6 | Ileana Silai | |
2:02.22 | |
| 7 | Wendy Koenig | |
2:02.31 | |
| 8 | Gabriella Dorio | |
2:02.46 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Svetlana Styrkina | |
1:57.28 | Q |
| 2 | Nikolina Shtereva | |
1:57.35 | Q |
| 3 | Elfi Zinn | |
1:57.56 | Q |
| 4 | Mariana Suman | |
2:00.01 | Q |
| 5 | Charlene Rendina | |
2:00.29 | |
| 6 | Valentina Gerasimova | |
2:01.00 | |
| 7 | Lilyana Tomova | |
2:01.97 | |
| 8 | Madeline Manning | |
2:07.25 |
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Tatyana Kazankina | |
1:54.94 | WR |
 | Nikolina Shtereva | |
1:55.42 | |
 | Elfi Zinn | |
1:55.60 | |
| 4 | Anita Weiß | |
1:55.74 | |
| 5 | Svetlana Styrkina | |
1:56.44 | |
| 6 | Svetla Zlateva | |
1:57.21 | |
| 7 | Doris Gluth | |
1:58.99 | |
| 8 | Mariana Suman | |
2:02.21 |
References
- "Athletics at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Women's 800 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
External links
- Official Olympic Report, la84foundation.org. Retrieved August 20, 2012.
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