Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres
Appearance
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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Athletics at the 1976 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 | |
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 | |
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
[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 | ![]() |
11.04 | Fürth, West Germany | June 13, 1976 |
Olympic record | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
11.26 | Q |
2 | Lyudmila Zharkova-Maslakova | ![]() |
11.30 | Q |
3 | Rosie Allwood | ![]() |
11.35 | Q |
4 | Marjorie Bailey | ![]() |
11.46 | Q |
5 | Sharon Colyear-Danville | ![]() |
11.47 | Q |
6 | Carol Cummings | ![]() |
11.69 | q |
7 | Lorna Forde | ![]() |
12.02 |
Heat 2
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Brenda Morehead | ![]() |
11.35 | Q |
2 | Patty Loverock | ![]() |
11.47 | Q |
3 | Lelieth Hodges | ![]() |
11.54 | Q |
4 | Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia | ![]() |
11.80 | Q |
5 | Debbie Jones | ![]() |
11.84 | Q |
6 | Rita Hendricks | ![]() |
13.51 |
Heat 3
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Raelene Boyle | ![]() |
11.39 | Q |
2 | Linda Haglund | ![]() |
11.40 | Q |
3 | Sue Jowett | ![]() |
11.70 | Q |
4 | Isabel Taylor | ![]() |
11.73 | Q |
5 | Margaret Howe | ![]() |
11.83 | Q |
6 | Shonel Ferguson | ![]() |
12.26 |
Heat 4
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Chandra Cheeseborough | ![]() |
11.28 | Q |
2 | Vera Anisimova | ![]() |
11.37 | Q |
3 | Silvia Chivás | ![]() |
11.43 | Q |
4 | Elvira Possekel | ![]() |
11.48 | Q |
5 | Denise Robertson | ![]() |
11.50 | Q |
6 | Martina Blos | ![]() |
11.70 | |
7 | Carolina Rieuwpassa | ![]() |
11.98 |
Heat 5
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Marlies Oelsner | ![]() |
11.36 | Q |
2 | Andrea Lynch | ![]() |
11.40 | Q |
3 | Sylviane Telliez | ![]() |
11.47 | Q |
4 | Nadezhda Besfamilnaya | ![]() |
11.52 | Q |
5 | Lea Alaerts | ![]() |
11.63 | Q |
6 | Divina Estrella | ![]() |
12.12 |
Heat 6
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Annegret Richter | ![]() |
11.19 | Q |
2 | Renate Stecher | ![]() |
11.21 | Q |
3 | Evelyn Ashford | ![]() |
11.25 | Q |
4 | Debbie Wells | ![]() |
11.47 | Q |
5 | Carmen Valdés | ![]() |
11.47 | Q |
6 | Mona-Lisa Pursiainen | ![]() |
11.62 | q |
7 | Antoinette Gauthier | ![]() |
13.11 |
Quarterfinals
[edit]Quarterfinal 1
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Annegret Richter | ![]() |
11.05 | Q, OR |
2 | Marlies Oelsner | ![]() |
11.27 | Q |
3 | Rosie Allwood | ![]() |
11.34 | Q |
4 | Patty Loverock | ![]() |
11.50 | Q |
5 | Nadezhda Besfamilnaya | ![]() |
11.63 | |
6 | Sylviane Telliez | ![]() |
11.64 | |
7 | Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia | ![]() |
11.77 | |
— | Debbie Jones | ![]() |
DNS |
Quarterfinal 2
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Inge Helten | ![]() |
11.20 | Q |
2 | Chandra Cheeseborough | ![]() |
11.36 | Q |
3 | Andrea Lynch | ![]() |
11.36 | Q |
4 | Linda Haglund | ![]() |
11.48 | Q |
5 | Carmen Valdés | ![]() |
11.52 | |
6 | Denise Robertson-Boyd | ![]() |
11.56 | |
7 | Carol Cummings | ![]() |
11.75 | |
8 | Sue Jowett | ![]() |
11.81 |
Quarterfinal 3
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Evelyn Ashford | ![]() |
11.28 | Q |
2 | Raelene Boyle | ![]() |
11.29 | Q |
3 | Lyudmila Zharkova-Maslakova | ![]() |
11.37 | Q |
4 | Silvia Chivás | ![]() |
11.42 | Q |
5 | Sharon Colyear-Danville | ![]() |
11.51 | |
6 | Elvira Possekel | ![]() |
11.58 | |
7 | Lea Alaerts | ![]() |
11.71 | |
8 | Margaret Howe | ![]() |
11.96 |
Quarterfinal 4
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Renate Stecher | ![]() |
11.22 | Q |
2 | Brenda Morehead | ![]() |
11.30 | Q |
3 | Marjorie Bailey | ![]() |
11.44 | Q |
4 | Vera Anisimova | ![]() |
11.47 | Q |
5 | Debbie Wells | ![]() |
11.51 | |
6 | Lelieth Hodges | ![]() |
11.58 | |
7 | Mona-Lisa Pursiainen | ![]() |
11.72 | |
8 | Isabel Taylor | ![]() |
11.92 |
Semifinals
[edit]Semifinal 1
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Annegret Richter | ![]() |
11.01 | Q, WR |
2 | Evelyn Ashford | ![]() |
11.21 | Q |
3 | Chandra Cheeseborough | ![]() |
11.26 | Q |
4 | Marlies Oelsner | ![]() |
11.29 | Q |
5 | Rosie Allwood | ![]() |
11.32 | |
6 | Vera Anisimova | ![]() |
11.39 | |
7 | Silvia Chivás | ![]() |
11.43 | |
8 | Marjorie Bailey | ![]() |
11.47 |
Semifinal 2
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Renate Stecher | ![]() |
11.10 | Q |
2 | Inge Helten | ![]() |
11.18 | Q |
3 | Raelene Boyle | ![]() |
11.22 | Q |
4 | Andrea Lynch | ![]() |
11.28 | Q |
5 | Lyudmila Zharkova-Maslakova | ![]() |
11.34 | |
6 | Brenda Morehead | ![]() |
11.38 | |
7 | Patty Loverock | ![]() |
11.40 | |
8 | Linda Haglund | ![]() |
11.41 |
Final
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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Annegret Richter | ![]() |
11.08 |
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Renate Stecher | ![]() |
11.13 |
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Inge Helten | ![]() |
11.17 |
4 | Raelene Boyle | ![]() |
11.23 |
5 | Evelyn Ashford | ![]() |
11.24 |
6 | Chandra Cheeseborough | ![]() |
11.31 |
7 | Andrea Lynch | ![]() |
11.32 |
8 | Marlies Oelsner | ![]() |
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.