Athletics at the
1976 Summer Olympics
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The women's 100 metres competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada was held at the Olympic Stadium on 24–25 July.[1]

Competition format

The women's 100m 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  Inge Helten (FRG) 11.04 Fürth, West Germany June 13, 1976
Olympic record  Renate Stecher (GDR) 11.07 Munich, East Germany 2 September 1972

Results

Heats

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

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Inge Helten  West Germany 11.26 Q
2 Lyudmila Zharkova-Maslakova  Soviet Union 11.30 Q
3 Rosie Allwood  Jamaica 11.35 Q
4 Marjorie Bailey  Canada 11.46 Q
5 Sharon Colyear-Danville  Great Britain 11.47 Q
6 Carol Cummings  Jamaica 11.69 q
7 Lorna Forde  Barbados 12.02

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Brenda Morehead  United States 11.35 Q
2 Patty Loverock  Canada 11.47 Q
3 Lelieth Hodges  Jamaica 11.54 Q
4 Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia  Brazil 11.80 Q
5 Debbie Jones  Bermuda 11.84 Q
6 Rita Hendricks  Virgin Islands 13.51

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Raelene Boyle  Australia 11.39 Q
2 Linda Haglund  Sweden 11.40 Q
3 Sue Jowett  New Zealand 11.70 Q
4 Isabel Taylor  Cuba 11.73 Q
5 Margaret Howe  Canada 11.83 Q
6 Shonel Ferguson  Bahamas 12.26

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Chandra Cheeseborough  United States 11.28 Q
2 Vera Anisimova  Soviet Union 11.37 Q
3 Silvia Chivás  Cuba 11.43 Q
4 Elvira Possekel  West Germany 11.48 Q
5 Denise Robertson  Australia 11.50 Q
6 Martina Blos  East Germany 11.70
7 Carolina Rieuwpassa  Indonesia 11.98

Heat 5

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Marlies Oelsner  East Germany 11.36 Q
2 Andrea Lynch  Great Britain 11.40 Q
3 Sylviane Telliez  France 11.47 Q
4 Nadezhda Besfamilnaya  Soviet Union 11.52 Q
5 Lea Alaerts  Belgium 11.63 Q
6 Divina Estrella  Dominican Republic 12.12

Heat 6

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Annegret Richter  West Germany 11.19 Q
2 Renate Stecher  East Germany 11.21 Q
3 Evelyn Ashford  United States 11.25 Q
4 Debbie Wells  Australia 11.47 Q
5 Carmen Valdés  Cuba 11.47 Q
6 Mona-Lisa Pursiainen  Finland 11.62 q
7 Antoinette Gauthier  Haiti 13.11

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Annegret Richter  West Germany 11.05 Q, OR
2 Marlies Oelsner  East Germany 11.27 Q
3 Rosie Allwood  Jamaica 11.34 Q
4 Patty Loverock  Canada 11.50 Q
5 Nadezhda Besfamilnaya  Soviet Union 11.63
6 Sylviane Telliez  France 11.64
7 Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia  Brazil 11.77
— Debbie Jones  Bermuda DNS

Quarterfinal 2

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Inge Helten  West Germany 11.20 Q
2 Chandra Cheeseborough  United States 11.36 Q
3 Andrea Lynch  Great Britain 11.36 Q
4 Linda Haglund  Sweden 11.48 Q
5 Carmen Valdés  Cuba 11.52
6 Denise Robertson-Boyd  Australia 11.56
7 Carol Cummings  Jamaica 11.75
8 Sue Jowett  New Zealand 11.81

Quarterfinal 3

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Evelyn Ashford  United States 11.28 Q
2 Raelene Boyle  Australia 11.29 Q
3 Lyudmila Zharkova-Maslakova  Soviet Union 11.37 Q
4 Silvia Chivás  Cuba 11.42 Q
5 Sharon Colyear-Danville  Great Britain 11.51
6 Elvira Possekel  West Germany 11.58
7 Lea Alaerts  Belgium 11.71
8 Margaret Howe  Canada 11.96

Quarterfinal 4

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Renate Stecher  East Germany 11.22 Q
2 Brenda Morehead  United States 11.30 Q
3 Marjorie Bailey  Canada 11.44 Q
4 Vera Anisimova  Soviet Union 11.47 Q
5 Debbie Wells  Australia 11.51
6 Lelieth Hodges  Jamaica 11.58
7 Mona-Lisa Pursiainen  Finland 11.72
8 Isabel Taylor  Cuba 11.92

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Annegret Richter  West Germany 11.01 Q, WR
2 Evelyn Ashford  United States 11.21 Q
3 Chandra Cheeseborough  United States 11.26 Q
4 Marlies Oelsner  East Germany 11.29 Q
5 Rosie Allwood  Jamaica 11.32
6 Vera Anisimova  Soviet Union 11.39
7 Silvia Chivás  Cuba 11.43
8 Marjorie Bailey  Canada 11.47

Semifinal 2

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Renate Stecher  East Germany 11.10 Q
2 Inge Helten  West Germany 11.18 Q
3 Raelene Boyle  Australia 11.22 Q
4 Andrea Lynch  Great Britain 11.28 Q
5 Lyudmila Zharkova-Maslakova  Soviet Union 11.34
6 Brenda Morehead  United States 11.38
7 Patty Loverock  Canada 11.40
8 Linda Haglund  Sweden 11.41

Final

Rank Athlete Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Annegret Richter  West Germany 11.08
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Renate Stecher  East Germany 11.13
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Inge Helten  West Germany 11.17
4 Raelene Boyle  Australia 11.23
5 Evelyn Ashford  United States 11.24
6 Chandra Cheeseborough  United States 11.31
7 Andrea Lynch  Great Britain 11.32
8 Marlies Oelsner  East Germany 11.34

References

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Women's 100 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_100_metres
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