Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres

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Women's 200 metres
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Date26–28 July
Competitors36 from 21 nations
Winning time22.37[original research?]
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bärbel Eckert
 East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Annegret Richter
 West Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Renate Stecher
 East Germany
← 1972
1980 →

The Women's 200 metres competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada was held at the Olympic Stadium on 26–28 July.[1]

Competition format[edit]

The Women's 200m 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  Irena Szewińska (POL) 22.21 Potsdam, East Germany 13 June 1974
Olympic record  Renate Stecher (GDR) 22.40 Munich, East Germany 7 September 1972

Results[edit]

Round 1[edit]

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

Heat 1[edit]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Chandra Cheeseborough  United States 23.17 Q
2 Denise Boyd  Australia 23.23 Q
3 Rosie Allwood  Jamaica 23.34 Q
4 Marjorie Bailey  Canada 23.36 Q
5 Annegret Kroniger  West Germany 23.43 Q
6 Beverley Goddard  Great Britain 23.64 q

Heat 2[edit]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Bärbel Eckert  East Germany 23.78 Q
2 Sue Jowett  New Zealand 24.12 Q
3 Joanne McTaggert  Canada 24.35 Q
4 Freida Nicholls-Davy  Barbados 24.45 Q

Heat 3[edit]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Raelene Boyle  Australia 23.12 Q
2 Nadezhda Besfamilnaya  Soviet Union 23.39 Q
3 Annegret Richter  West Germany 23.47 Q
4 Chantal Réga  France 23.54 Q
5 Silvia Schinzel  Austria 23.74 Q
6 Silvina Pereira da Silva  Brazil 24.00
7 Carolina Rieuwpassa  Indonesia 24.86

Heat 4[edit]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Debra Armstrong  United States 23.18 Q
2 Catherine Delachanal  France 23.38 Q
3 Inge Helten  West Germany 23.40 Q
4 Lyudmila Maslakova  Soviet Union 23.51 Q
5 Lea Alaerts  Belgium 23.53 Q
6 Helen Golden  Great Britain 23.77 q
7 Helen Ritter  Liechtenstein 26.15
8 Marie-Louise Pierre  Haiti 28.19

Heat 5[edit]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Carla Bodendorf  East Germany 22.98 Q
2 Jackie Pusey  Jamaica 23.56 Q
3 Debbie Wells  Australia 23.78 Q
4 Ildikó Erdélyi  Hungary 24.35 Q
5 Mona-Lisa Pursiainen  Finland 24.52 Q

Heat 6[edit]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Renate Stecher  East Germany 22.75 Q
2 Tatyana Prorochenko  Soviet Union 23.21 Q
3 Patty Loverock  Canada 23.34 Q
4 Liliyana Panayotova-Ivanova  Bulgaria 23.49 Q
5 Carol Cummings  Jamaica 23.50 Q
6 Divina Estrella  Dominican Republic 24.95

Quarterfinals[edit]

Heat 1[edit]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Carla Bodendorf  East Germany 23.20 Q
2 Debra Armstrong  United States 23.20 Q
3 Annegret Richter  West Germany 23.35 Q
4 Nadezhda Besfamilnaya  Soviet Union 23.48 Q
5 Debbie Wells  Australia 23.65
6 Lea Alaerts  Belgium 23.80
7 Liliyana Panayotova-Ivanova  Bulgaria 23.87
8 Sue Jowett  New Zealand 24.23

Heat 2[edit]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Raelene Boyle  Australia 22.97 Q
2 Inge Helten  West Germany 23.09 Q
3 Tatyana Prorochenko  Soviet Union 23.11 Q
4 Chantal Réga  France 23.33 Q
5 Rosie Allwood  Jamaica 23.40
6 Beverley Goddard  Great Britain 23.74
7 Mona-Lisa Pursiainen  Finland 24.10
8 Joanne McTaggert  Canada 24.47

Heat 3[edit]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Renate Stecher  East Germany 23.04 Q
2 Chandra Cheeseborough  United States 23.19 Q
3 Marjorie Bailey  Canada 23.24 Q
4 Jackie Pusey  Jamaica 23.42 Q
5 Catherine Delachanal  France 23.65
6 Silvia Schinzel  Austria 23.95

Heat 4[edit]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Bärbel Eckert  East Germany 22.85 Q
2 Patty Loverock  Canada 23.03 Q, NR
3 Denise Boyd  Australia 23.12 Q
4 Carol Cummings  Jamaica 23.45 Q
5 Lyudmila Maslakova  Soviet Union 23.63
6 Helen Golden  Great Britain 23.94
7 Freida Nicholls-Davy  Barbados 24.27

Semifinals[edit]

Heat 1[edit]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Renate Stecher  East Germany 22.68 Q
2 Carla Bodendorf  East Germany 22.84 Q
3 Inge Helten  West Germany 22.97 Q
4 Tatyana Prorochenko  Soviet Union 23.03 Q
5 Marjorie Bailey  Canada 23.06
6 Debra Armstrong  United States 23.16
7 Carol Cummings  Jamaica 23.41
Raelene Boyle  Australia DSQ

Heat 2[edit]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Bärbel Eckert  East Germany 22.71 Q
2 Annegret Richter  West Germany 22.90 Q
3 Denise Boyd  Australia 22.91 Q
4 Chantal Réga  France 23.00 Q
5 Patty Loverock  Canada 23.09
6 Chandra Cheeseborough  United States 23.20
7 Jackie Pusey  Jamaica 23.31
8 Nadezhda Besfamilnaya  Soviet Union 23.38

Final[edit]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bärbel Eckert  East Germany 22.37 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Annegret Richter  West Germany 22.39
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Renate Stecher  East Germany 22.47
4 Carla Bodendorf  East Germany 22.64
5 Inge Helten  West Germany 22.68
6 Tatyana Prorochenko  Soviet Union 23.03
7 Denise Boyd  Australia 23.05
8 Chantal Réga  France 23.09

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1976 Montreal Games: Women's 200 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2017.

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