1972 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 400 m (women)
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| sport | athletics | ||||||||
| discipline | 400 meter run | ||||||||
| gender | Women | ||||||||
| Attendees | 49 athletes from 29 countries | ||||||||
| Competition location | Olympic Stadium Munich | ||||||||
| Competition phase | September 2, 1972 (preliminary) September 3, 1972 (quarter-finals) September 4, 1972 (semi-finals) September 7, 1972 (final) |
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The women's 400-meter run at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich was held on September 2, 3, 4 and 7, 1972 in the Munich Olympic Stadium. 49 athletes took part.
Monika Zehre from the GDR became Olympic champion . She won ahead of Rita Wilden from Germany and the American Kathy Hammond .
For the Federal Republic of Germany - officially Germany - Christel Frese and Anette Rückes started alongside silver medalist Wilden . Rückes was eliminated in the quarter-finals, Frese could not finish her semi-final race.
In addition to the winner Zehren, Dagmar Käsling and Helga Seidler competed for the GDR . Both made it to the finals, with Seidler finishing fourth and Käsling seventh.
The Austrian Karoline Käfer was eliminated in the quarter-finals, her compatriot Maria Sykora and the Swiss Vreni Leiser in the preliminary run.
Runners from Liechtenstein did not take part.
Existing records
| World record | 51.0 s |
Marilyn Neufville ( Jamaica )
 |
Edinburgh , UK | July 23, 1970 |
Monika Zehre ( GDR )
 |
Colombes , France | 4th July 1972 | ||
| Olympic record | 52.0 s |
Betty Cuthbert ( Australia )
 |
Tokyo finals , Japan | 17th October 1964 |
Colette Besson ( France )
 |
Mexico City Final , Mexico | October 16, 1968 |
Conducting the competition
The athletes competed in seven preliminary runs on September 2nd. The four best runners and the following four time best made it to the quarter-finals on September 3rd. From this, the four best runners reached the semi-finals on September 4th. From the two preliminary rounds, the four best runners qualified for the final, which took place on September 7th.
Time schedule
September 2, 3:30 p.m .: Preliminaries
September 3, 3 p.m .: quarter-finals
September 4, 5:45 p.m .: semi-finals
September 7, 6 p.m .: final
The directly qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue, the others in light green.
Preliminary round
Date: September 2, 1972, from 3:30 p.m.
Forward 1
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlene Rendina |
Australia
|
51.94 s | OR |
| 2 | Rita Wilden |
 BR Germany
|
51.97 s | |
| 3 | Mable Fergerson |
 United States
|
52.05 s | |
| 4th | Judith Ayaa |
 Uganda
|
52.85 s | |
| 5 | Karoline Beetle |
 Austria
|
53.60 s | |
| 6th | Asunción Acosta |
 Cuba
|
54.52 s | |
| 7th | Barbara Bishop |
 Barbados
|
56.35 s |
Forward 2
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kathy Hammond |
United States
|
53.45 s | |
| 2 | Jannette Roscoe |
 Great Britain
|
53.67 s | |
| 3 | Marika Eklund |
 Finland
|
53.81 s | |
| 4th | Natalja Tschistjakowa |
.svg){kind=small} Soviet Union
|
53.81 s | |
| 5 | Krystyna Kacperczyk |
.svg){kind=small} Poland
|
53.85 s | |
| 6th | Junaidah Aman |
 Malaysia
|
57.36 s | |
| DNS | Christiane Casapicola |
Austria
|
Forward 3
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monika Zehren |
GDR
|
52.49 s | |
| 2 | Mona-Lisa Strandvall |
Finland
|
52.85 s | |
| 3 | Trudy Ruth |
 Netherlands
|
53.16 s | |
| 4th | Tekla Chemabwai |
 Kenya
|
53.83 s | |
| 5 | Debra Edwards |
United States
|
54.43 s | |
| 6th | Maria Sykora |
Austria
|
54.46 s | |
| 7th | Josefa Vicent |
 Uruguay
|
55.33 s |
Forward 4
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicole Duclos |
France
|
52.69 s | |
| 2 | Györgyi Balogh |
 Hungary
|
52.75 s | |
| 3 | Nadezhda Kolesnikova |
Soviet Union
|
53.20 s | |
| 4th | Karin Lundgren |
 Sweden
|
53.70 s | |
| 5 | Bożena Zientarska |
Poland
|
54.20 s | |
| 6th | Ruth Williams |
Jamaica
|
55.72 s | |
| 7th | Aida Mantawel |
.svg){kind=small} Philippines
|
57.91 s |
Forward 5
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yvonne Saunders |
Jamaica
|
52.38 s | |
| 2 | Helga Seidler |
GDR
|
52.79 s | |
| 3 | Colette Besson |
France
|
53.41 s | |
| 4th | Allison Ross-Edwards |
Australia
|
53.48 s | |
| 5 | Donata Govoni |
 Italy
|
53.98 s | |
| 6th | Irén Orosz |
Hungary
|
54.83 s | |
| 7th | Arda Kalpakian |
 Lebanon
|
1: 05.18 min |
Forward 6
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christel Frese |
BR Germany
|
52.89 s | |
| 2 | Dagmar Käsling |
GDR
|
52.99 s | |
| 3 | Aurelia Pentón |
Cuba
|
53.25 s | |
| 4th | Olga Syrovatskaya |
Soviet Union
|
53.62 s | |
| 5 | Janet Simpson |
Great Britain
|
54.13 s | |
| 6th | Joyce Sadowick |
 Canada
|
54.59 s | |
| 7th | Elsy Rivas |
 Colombia
|
56.33 s | |
| 8th | Kamaljeet Sandhu |
 India
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57.74 s |
Forward 7
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carmen Trustée |
Cuba
|
52.80 s | |
| 2 | Penny Hunt |
 New Zealand
|
52.82 s | |
| 3 | Danuta Piecyk |
Poland
|
53.08 s | |
| 4th | Verona Bernard |
Great Britain
|
53.31 s | |
| 5 | Anette Rückes |
BR Germany
|
53.92 s | |
| 6th | Vreni Leiser |
 Switzerland
|
54.65 s | |
| 7th | Grace Muneene |
.svg){kind=small} Zambia
|
57.71 s |
Quarter finals
Run 1
Date: September 3, 1972, from 3 p.m.
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlene Rendina |
Australia
|
51.96 s | |
| 2 | Helga Seidler |
GDR
|
51.97 s | |
| 3 | Nadezhda Kolesnikova |
Soviet Union
|
52.30 s | |
| 4th | Trudy Ruth |
Netherlands
|
52.45 s | |
| 5 | Karoline Beetle |
Austria
|
52.82 s | |
| 6th | Jannette Roscoe |
Great Britain
|
53.01 s | |
| 7th | Anette Rückes |
BR Germany
|
53.22 s | |
| DNS | Carmen Trustée |
Cuba
|
Run 2
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yvonne Saunders |
Jamaica
|
52.13 s | |
| 2 | Monika Zehren |
GDR
|
52.33 s | |
| 3 | Judith Ayaa |
Uganda
|
52.68 s | |
| 4th | Christel Frese |
BR Germany
|
53.01 s | |
| 5 | Colette Besson |
France
|
53.39 s | |
| 6th | Marika Eklund |
Finland
|
53.50 s | |
| 7th | Tekla Chemabwai |
Kenya
|
53.54 s | |
| 8th | Natalja Tschistjakowa |
Soviet Union
|
54.58 s |
Run 3
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Györgyi Balogh |
Hungary
|
51.71 s | OR |
| 2 | Rita Wilden |
BR Germany
|
51.91 s | |
| 3 | Aurelia Pentón |
Cuba
|
52.02 s | |
| 4th | Kathy Hammond |
United States
|
52.44 s | |
| 5 | Danuta Piecyk |
Poland
|
52.62 s | |
| 6th | Penny Hunt |
New Zealand
|
52.66 s | |
| 7th | Olga Syrovatskaya |
Soviet Union
|
53.42 s | |
| 8th | Donata Govoni |
Italy
|
53.78 s |
Run 4
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dagmar Käsling |
GDR
|
52.33 s | |
| 2 | Mona-Lisa Strandvall |
Finland
|
52.53 s | |
| 3 | Mable Fergerson |
United States
|
52.93 s | |
| 4th | Nicole Duclos |
France
|
52.96 s | |
| 5 | Verona Bernard |
Great Britain
|
53.29 s | |
| 6th | Allison Ross-Edwards |
Australia
|
53.60 s | |
| 7th | Karin Lundgren |
Sweden
|
53.87 s | |
| 8th | Krystyna Kacperczyk |
Poland
|
54.39 s |
Semifinals
Date: September 4, 1972, from 5.45 p.m.
Run 1
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helga Seidler |
GDR
|
51.68 s | OR |
| 2 | Dagmar Käsling |
GDR
|
51.73 s | |
| 3 | Györgyi Balogh |
Hungary
|
51.90 s | |
| 4th | Kathy Hammond |
United States
|
51.92 s | |
| 5 | Aurelia Pentón |
Cuba
|
52.15 s | |
| 6th | Mona-Lisa Strandvall |
Finland
|
52.23 s | |
| 7th | Judith Ayaa |
Uganda
|
52.91 s | |
| DNF | Christel Frese |
BR Germany
|
Run 2
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monika Zehren |
GDR
|
51.47 s | OR |
| 2 | Rita Wilden |
BR Germany
|
51.76 s | |
| 3 | Charlene Rendina |
Australia
|
51.90 s | |
| 4th | Mable Fergerson |
United States
|
51.91 s | |
| 5 | Yvonne Saunders |
Jamaica
|
51.93 s | |
| 6th | Nicole Duclos |
France
|
52.18 s | |
| 7th | Nadezhda Kolesnikova |
Soviet Union
|
52.29 s | |
| 8th | Trudy Ruth |
Netherlands
|
53.02 s |
final
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monika Zehren |
GDR
|
51.08 s | OR |
| 2 | Rita Wilden |
BR Germany
|
51.21 s | |
| 3 | Kathy Hammond |
United States
|
51.64 s | |
| 4th | Helga Seidler |
GDR
|
51.86 s | |
| 5 | Mable Fergerson |
United States
|
51.96 s | |
| 6th | Charlene Rendina |
Australia
|
51.99 s | |
| 7th | Dagmar Käsling |
GDR
|
52.19 s | |
| 8th | Györgyi Balogh |
Hungary
|
52.39 s |
Date: September 7, 1972, 6:00 p.m.
The Jamaican world record holder Marilyn Neufville could not take part because of an injury. Therefore, the GDR runner Monika Zehre, who had equalized this record in July of that year, was the only favorite. Another medal contender was her teammate Helga Seidler - former Helga Fischer, European champion from 1971 .
The final was led by the Hungarian Györgyi Balogh. But her starting pace was too fast and she was finally passed through to the last place. Zehren took the lead at the beginning of the second corner. On the home straight it got tight again when the German runner Rita Wilden - former Rita Jahn - got close to the leading runner. But it remained in this order. Monika Zehren was Olympic champion ahead of Rita Wilden. The American Kathy Hammond won the bronze medal. Helga Seidler came fourth in front of the US runner Mable Fergerson and the Australian Charlene Rendina - former Charlene Neighbor.
Monika Zehren, Rita Wilden and Kathy Hammond each won the first medals for their countries in this discipline.
literature
- Werner Schneider / Sport-Informations-Dienst / Bertelsmann Sportredaktion, The Olympic Games 1972. Munich - Kiel - Sapporo, Bertelsmann-Verlag, Munich, Gütersloh, Vienna 1972, ISBN 3-570-04559-5 , p. 53
Web links
- SportsReference 400m , accessed December 6, 2017
- Official report, Volume 3 "The competitions" , p. 66f, English / French / German (PDF, 28 MB), accessed on December 6, 2017
Individual evidence
- ^ IAAF records, 400 m women , accessed on December 6, 2017
- ↑ Official Report, Volume 3 "The competitions" ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , P. 43, English / French / German (PDF, 28 MB), accessed on December 6, 2017
- ↑ Official Report, Volume 3 "The competitions" ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , P. 66, English / French / German (PDF, 28 MB), accessed on December 6, 2017
- ↑ Official Report, Volume 3 "The competitions" ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , P. 66f, English / French / German (PDF, 28 MB), accessed on December 6, 2017
- ↑ a b Official Report, Volume 3 "The competitions" ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , P. 67, English / French / German (PDF, 28 MB), accessed on December 6, 2017
- ↑ SportsReference , accessed December 6, 2017
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