Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

Athletics at the
1976 Summer Olympics
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

These are the official results of the women's 4 x 100 metres relay event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The event was held on the 30th and the 31st of July 1976. There were a total number of 10 nations competing.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 East Germany (GDR)
Marlies Oelsner
Renate Stecher
Carla Bodendorf
Bärbel Eckert
 West Germany (FRG)
Elvira Possekel
Inge Helten
Annegret Richter
Annegret Kroniger
 Soviet Union (URS)
Tetyana Prorochenko
Lyudmila Maslakova
Nadezhda Besfamilnaya
Vera Anisimova

Records

These were the standing World and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1976 Summer Olympics.

World Record 42.50 East Germany Marlies Göhr
East Germany Renate Stecher
East Germany Carla Bodendorf
East Germany Martina Blos
Karl-Marx-Stadt (GDR) June 29, 1974
Olympic Record 42.88 United States Margaret Bailes
United States Barbara Ferrell
United States Mildrette Netter
United States Wyomia Tyus
Mexico City (MEX) October 20, 1968

Results

Final

RANK NATION ATHLETES TIME
 East Germany (GDR) Marlies Oelsner
Renate Stecher
Carla Bodendorf
Bärbel Eckert
42.55
(OR)
 West Germany (FRG) Elvira Possekel
Inge Helten
Annegret Richter
Annegret Kroniger
42.59
 Soviet Union (URS) Tetyana Prorochenko
Lyudmila Maslakova
Nadezhda Besfamilnaya
Vera Anisimova
43.09
4.  Canada (CAN) • Margaret Howe
• Patty Loverock
• Joanne McTaggart
• Marjorie Bailey
43.17
5.  Australia (AUS) Barbara Wilson
Debbie Wells
Denise Robertson
Raelene Boyle
43.18
6.  Jamaica (JAM) Leleith Hodges
• Rose Allwood
• Carol Cummings
Jacqueline Pusey
43.24
7.  United States (USA) Martha Watson
Evelyn Ashford
Debra Armstrong
Chandra Cheeseborough
43.35
8.  Great Britain (GBR) Wendy Clarke
Denise Ramsden
• Sharon Colyear
Andrea Lynch
43.79

Heats

Heat 1

RANK NATION ATHLETES TIME
1.  West Germany (FRG) Elvira Possekel
Inge Helten
Annegret Richter
Annegret Kroniger
42.61
(OR)
2.  Soviet Union (URS) Tetyana Prorochenko
Lyudmila Maslakova
Nadezhda Besfamilnaya
Vera Anisimova
43.33
3.  Great Britain (GBR) Wendy Clarke
Denise Ramsden
• Sharon Colyear
Andrea Lynch
43.44
4.  Australia (AUS) Barbara Wilson
Debbie Wells
Denise Robertson
Raelene Boyle
43.67
5.  France (FRA) • Chantal Corbrejaud
Catherine Delachanal
Chantal Rega
• Sylvie Telliez
43.95

Heat 2

RANK NATION ATHLETES TIME
1.  East Germany (GDR) Marlies Oelsner
Renate Stecher
Carla Bodendorf
Bärbel Eckert
43.00
2.  United States (USA) Martha Watson
Evelyn Ashford
Debra Armstrong
Chandra Cheeseborough
43.46
3.  Canada (CAN) • Margaret Howe
• Patty Loverock
• Joanne McTaggart
• Marjorie Bailey
43.53
4.  Jamaica (JAM) • Rose Allwood
Jacqueline Pusey
• Carol Cummings
Leleith Hodges
43.88
5.  Cuba (CUB) • Isabel Taylor
Carmen Valdés
Fulgencia Romay
Silvia Chivás
44.29

References

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