Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
| Women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the Games of the XX Olympiad | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Olympic Stadium |
| Dates | 9–10 September |
| Competitors | from 14 nations |
| Medalists | |
| Athletics at the 1972 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 | |
| 50 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 | |
These are the official results of the women's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. The event was held on the 9 and 10 September 1972. There were a total number of 14 nations competing.[1]
Records
[edit]These were the standing World and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1972 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 3:29.28 |  Monika Zehrt Rita Kühne Ingelore Lohse Helga Seidler
|
Helsinki (FIN) | 27 July 1972 |
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Results
[edit]Final
[edit]- Held on 10 September 1972
| RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
|
 East Germany (GDR)
|
• Dagmar Käsling • Rita Kühne • Helga Seidler • Monika Zehrt |
3:22.95 (WR) |
|
 United States (USA)
|
• Mable Fergerson • Madeline Manning • Cheryl Toussaint • Kathy Hammond |
3:25.15 |
|
 West Germany (FRG)
|
• Anette Rückes • Inge Bödding • Hildegard Falck • Rita Wilden |
3:26.51 |
| 4. |  France (FRA)
|
• Martine Duvivier • Colette Besson • Bernadette Martin • Nicole Duclos |
3:27.5 |
| 5. |  Great Britain (GBR)
|
• Verona Bernard • Janet Simpson • Jannette Roscoe • Rosemary Stirling |
3:28.7 |
| 6. |  Australia (AUS)
|
• Allison Ross-Edwards • Raelene Boyle • Cheryl Peasley • Charlene Rendina |
3:28.8 |
| 7. |  Finland (FIN)
|
• Marika Eklund • Pirjo Wilmi • Tuula Rautanen • Mona-Lisa Strandvall |
3:29.4 |
| 8. |  Soviet Union (URS)
|
• Lyubov Runtso • Olga Syrovatskaia • Natalya Chistiakova • Nadezhda Kolesnikova |
3:31.9 |
Semifinals
[edit]- Held on 9 September 1972
Heat 1
[edit]| RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | West Germany (FRG)
|
• Anette Rückes • Inge Bödding • Hildegard Falck • Rita Wilden |
3:29.3 |
| 2. | France (FRA)
|
• Martine Duvivier • Colette Besson • Bernadette Martin • Nicole Duclos |
3:30.0 |
| 3. | Soviet Union (URS)
|
• Lyubov Runtso • Olga Syrovatskaia • Natalya Chistiakov • Nadezhda Kolesnikova |
3:30.2 |
| 4. | Finland (FIN)
|
• Marika Eklund • Pirjo Wilmi • Tuula Rautanen • Mona-Lisa Strandvall |
3:30.8 |
| 5 |  Cuba (CUB)
|
• Asuncion Acosta • Marcela Chibás • Beatriz Castillo • Aurelia Pentón |
3:32:4 |
| 6. |  Sweden (SWE)
|
• Eva-Charlotte Malmström • Elisabeth Randerz • Ann Larsson • Karin Lundgren |
3:32.6 |
| 7. |  Barbados (BAR)
|
• Lorna Forde • Barbara Bishop • Marcia Trotman • Heather Gooding |
3:44.5 |
Heat 2
[edit]| RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | East Germany (GDR)
|
• Dagmar Käsling • Rita Kühne • Helga Seidler • Monika Zehrt |
3:28.5 (WR) |
| 2. | United States (USA)
|
• Mable Fergerson • Madeline Manning • Cheryl Toussaint • Kathy Hammond |
3:28.6 |
| 3. | Australia (AUS)
|
• Allison Ross-Edwards • Raelene Boyle • Cheryl Peasley • Charlene Rendina |
3:30.0 |
| 4. | Great Britain (GBR)
|
• Janet Simpson • Verona Bernard • Jannette Roscoe • Rosemary Stirling |
3:30.1 |
| 5. |  Jamaica (JAM)
|
• Ruth Williams • Una Morris • Rosie Allwood • Yvonne Saunders |
3:31.98 |
| 6. |  Austria (AUT)
|
• Christiane Casapicola • Maria Sykora • Gerlinde Massing • Karoline Käfer |
3:42.2 |
| — |  Poland (POL)
|
• Bozena Zientarska • Krystyna Kacperczyk • Elżbieta Katolik • Danuta Piecyk |
DSQ |
References
[edit]- ^ "Athletics at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Women's 4 × 400 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
