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

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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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Irena Szewińska
 Poland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Christina Lathan
 East Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ellen Streidt
 East Germany
← 1972
1980 →

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

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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

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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

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Round 1

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

Heat 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Christina Brehmer  East Germany 52.45 Q
2 Verona Bernard-Elder  Great Britain 52.60 Q
3 Rita Wilden  West Germany 53.08 Q
4 Lorna Forde  Barbados 53.93 Q
5 Rachelle Campbell  Canada 54.54 Q

Heat 2

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

Heat 3

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

Heat 4

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

Heat 5

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

Heat 6

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

Quarterfinals

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Heat 1

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

Heat 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Nataliya Sokolova  Soviet Union 51.63 Q
2 Christina Brehmer  East Germany 51.67 Q
3 Verna Burnard  Australia 51.79 Q
4 Rita Wilden  West Germany 52.41 Q
5 Gladys Taylor  Great Britain 53.71
6 Marika Lindholm  Finland 54.07
7 Margaret Stride  Canada 55.02
Marilyn Neufville  Jamaica DNS

Heat 3

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

Heat 4

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

Semifinals

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Heat 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Irena Szewińska  Poland 50.48 Q OR
2 Ellen Streidt  East Germany 50.51 Q
3 Sheila Ingram  United States 50.90 Q
4 Riitta Salin  Finland 51.26 Q
5 Bethanie Nail  Australia 51.44
6 Lyudmila Aksyonova  Soviet Union 51.55
7 Christiane Wildschek  Austria 52.20
Marita Koch  East Germany DNS

Heat 2

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

Final

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Irena Szewińska  Poland 49.28 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Christina Brehmer  East Germany 50.51
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ellen Streidt  East Germany 50.55
4 Pirjo Häggman  Finland 50.56
5 Rosalyn Bryant  United States 50.65
6 Sheila Ingram  United States 50.90
7 Riitta Salin  Finland 50.98
8 Debra Sapenter  United States 51.66

References

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  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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