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]
Women's 100 metres at the Games of the XXI Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
Date | 24–25 July | |||||||||
Competitors | 39 from 21 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 11.08 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Competition format edit
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 edit
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 edit
Heats edit
Qual. rule: first 5 of each heat (Q) plus the two fastest times (q) qualified.
Heat 1 edit
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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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 edit
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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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 edit
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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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 edit
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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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 edit
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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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 edit
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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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 edit
Quarterfinal 1 edit
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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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 edit
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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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 edit
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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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 edit
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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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 edit
Semifinal 1 edit
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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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 edit
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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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 edit
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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Annegret Richter | West Germany | 11.08 | |
Renate Stecher | East Germany | 11.13 | |
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 edit
- ^ "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.
External links edit
- Official Olympic Report Archived 2012-02-12 at the Wayback Machine, la84foundation.org. Retrieved August 19, 2012.