1976 Summer Olympics / Athletics

Athletics at the XXI. Olympic Games
information
Date:	July 18th bis 31 July
Competition location:	Montreal
Venue:	Olympic Stadium
Decisions:	Men: 23 / Women: 14
← Munich 1972	Moscow 1980 →

Olympic Games 1976 (athletics medal table)
space	team				Total
1	GDR	11	8th	8th	27
2	United States	6th	8th	8th	22nd
3	Soviet Union	4th	4th	10	18th
4th	Poland	3	2	-	5
5	Finland	2	2	-	4th
6th	Cuba	2	1	-	3
7th	BR Germany	1	3	5	9
8th	Bulgaria	1	2	1	4th
9	Jamaica	1	1	-	2
	New Zealand	1	1	-	2
11	France	1	-	-	1
	Mexico	1	-	-	1
	Sweden	1	-	-	1
	Trinidad and Tobago	1	-	-	1
	Hungary	1	-	-	1
16	Belgium	-	2	1	3
17th	Italy	-	1	-	1
	Canada	-	1	-	1
	Portugal	-	1	-	1
20th	Brazil	-	-	1	1
	Czechoslovakia	-	-	1	1
	Great Britain	-	-	1	1
	Romania	-	-	1	1

At the XXI. At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal , 37 competitions - 23 for men and 14 for women - were held in athletics . The venue was the Olympic Stadium .

Attendees

As has been the case several times before, there were also considerable problems and special cases with regard to the participation of different nations when these Olympic Games were held. Was not invited again the People's Republic of China , which continues not a member of the IOC was, but also the Republic of China (Taiwan) took in contrast to previous years not participate because officials did not want to accept that their country under the name of Taiwan was in the process should. The greatest extent, however, was the issue of the South African dispute . The country itself was still not allowed because of its apartheid policy . Now numerous African countries have also called for the exclusion of New Zealand because a New Zealand hockey team had competed against a South African team. Since the IOC did not meet this requirement, a total of 22 countries, including 21 from Africa, boycotted these games, which v. a. in athletics meant that numerous fellow favorites were not at the start.

The divided Germany now competed for the third time with two independent teams. The official names were as four years ago: 'Deutschland' or 'Germany' or 'Allemagne' - 'GER' for short - for the Federal Republic of Germany and for the GDR ' German Democratic Republic 'or' German Democratic Republic 'or' République fédérale d'Allemagne '- short' DDR 'or' GDR '.

Stadion

The Montreal Olympic Stadium met the most modern requirements, but was only completed at the very last minute. Before the start of the competitions, the construction work was so far behind schedule that the IOC had even considered having the Olympic Games held at a replacement location. It didn't come to that in the end. The 400-meter circular track and the run-up tracks for the various jumping and throwing competitions were made of plastic, as they have been at all major events, and met the highest standards. As is now customary, eight lanes were available so that eight participants could take part in the finals. This was also practiced in the throwing disciplines as well as in the long jump and triple jump for the last three finals.

measuring technology

The use of electronic measuring instruments had meanwhile become standard, both for the times of the runners and the distances achieved in jumping and throwing. The running and walking times were officially given in hundredths of a second, except for routes of more than ten kilometers. In the discus , hammer and javelin throw , the distance achieved was rounded to a fifth of a centimeter as before.

Competitions

There was only one change in the competition: in walking, a form of competition that was then reserved exclusively for men, the 50 km route was canceled. The only walking competition here in Montreal was the 20 km walk , as usual on the street. However, this cancellation of the long walking distance was unique. In 1980 the discipline was again part of the Olympic program. Until today - as of December 2017 - nothing has changed in the field of Olympic men's disciplines.

For women, however, there were numerous other additions to be made in the future. Her longest running competition was still the 1,500 meter run . That should change from 1984 . From then on, additional longer distances were gradually added to the Olympic program and also in the jumps, throws, in walking and in all-around competitions, there should be a gradual adjustment to the competition catalog for men.

Sporting successes

The level of performance was also very high at these Olympic Games. There were nine new or discontinued world records in nine disciplines. In a further thirteen disciplines, the Olympic record was improved or equalized fifteen times.

The most successful nation in athletics was for the first time the GDR , which was able to record eleven Olympic victories and eight silver and eight bronze medals. The United States , which was ahead in this regard up to and including 1968 , was able to move up one rank from third place, which it had reached in 1972 . They received six gold, eight silver and eight bronze. It was followed by the Soviet Union , which was in the lead in the Nations Cup at the last games, with four gold, four silver and ten bronze medals. Poland had three Olympic athletics champions, while Finland and Cuba had two each. For all other nations there was at most one gold medal in athletics at these games.

Four athletes won at least two gold medals in athletics at these games:

• Lasse Virén ( Finland ) - Gold: 5000 and 10,000 meters . He repeated his one-two victory in 1972 and finished fifth in the marathon .
• Alberto Juantorena ( Cuba ) - Gold: 400 and 800 meter races with world record over 800 meters. In addition, he came seventh with the Cuban 4 x 400 meter relay
• Tatjana Kasankina ( Soviet Union ) - Gold: 800 and 1500 meter races with world record over 800 meters
• Bärbel Eckert ( GDR ) - Gold: 200-meter run and 4-by-400-meter relay

In addition, other services deserve special mention:

• The Soviet triple jumper Viktor Saneyev won his third and final gold medal in a row in this discipline.
• Renate Stecher ( GDR ) won gold in the 4 x 100 meter relay and twice silver in the 100 and 200 meter run .
• Annegret Richter ( BR Germany ) won gold in the 100 , silver in the 200-meter run and bronze in the 4-by-100-meter relay .
• The Polish Irena Szewińska won her third gold and fifth medal in her fourth games: 1964 - gold 4 x 100 meter relay and silver 200 meter run , 1968 - gold 200 meters , 1972 - bronze 200 meters Run and 1976 - gold 400-meter run

Results men

100 m

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space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Hasely Crawford	TTO	10.06
2	Donald Quarrie	JAM	10.08
3	Valery Borsov	URS	10.14
4th	Harvey Glance	United States	10.19
5	Guy Abrahams	PAN	10.25
6th	Johnny Jones	United States	10.27
7th	Klaus-Dieter Kurrat	GDR	10.31
8th	Petar Petrov	BUL	10.35

Final on July 24th

Wind: −0.01 m / s

200 m

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space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Donald Quarrie	JAM	20.23
2	Billard Hampton	United States	20.29
3	Dwayne Evans	United States	20.43
4th	Pietro Mennea	ITA	20.54
5	Rui da Silva	BRA	20.84
6th	Bogdan Grzejszczak	POLE	20.91
7th	Colin Bradford	JAM	21.17
8th	Hasely Crawford	TTO	79.60

Final on July 26th

Wind: +0.72 m / s

400 m

→ Main article : 1976 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 400 m (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Alberto Juantorena	CUB	44.26
2	Fred Newhouse	United States	44.40
3	Herman Frazier	United States	44.95
4th	Alfons Brijdenbach	BEL	45.04
5	Maxie Parks	United States	45.24
6th	Rick Mitchell	OUT	45.40
7th	David Jenkins	GBR	45.57
8th	Jan Werner	POLE	45.63

Final on July 29th

800 m

→ Main article : 1976 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 800 m (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Alberto Juantorena	CUB	1: 43.50 WR
2	Ivo Van Damme	BEL	1: 43.86
3	Rick Wohlhuter	United States	1: 44.12
4th	Willi Wuelbeck	FRG	1: 45.26
5	Steve Ovett	GBR	1: 45.44
6th	Luciano Sušanj	YUG	1: 45.75
7th	Sriram Singh	IND	1: 45.77
8th	Carlo Grippo	ITA	1: 48.39

Final on July 25th

1500 m

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space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	John Walker	NZL	3: 39.17
2	Ivo Van Damme	BEL	3: 39.27
3	Paul-Heinz Wellmann	FRG	3: 39.33
4th	Eamonn Coghlan	IRL	3: 39.51
5	Frank Clement	GBR	3: 39.65
6th	Rick Wohlhuter	United States	3: 40.64
7th	David Moorcroft	GBR	3: 40.94
8th	Graham Crouch	OUT	3: 41.80

Final on July 31st

5000 m

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space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Let Virén	FIN	13: 24.76
2	Dick Quax	NZL	13: 25.16
3	Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand	FRG	13: 25.38
4th	Rod Dixon	NZL	13: 25.50
5	Brendan Foster	GBR	13: 26.19
6th	Willy Polleunis	BEL	13: 26.99
7th	Ian Stewart	GBR	13: 27.65
8th	Aniceto Simões	POR	13: 29.38

Final on July 30th

Brendan Foster set an Olympic record in the run-up with 13: 20.34 minutes .

10,000 m

→ Main article : 1976 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 10,000 m (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Let Virén	FIN	27: 40.38
2	Carlos Lopes	POR	27: 45.17
3	Brendan Foster	GBR	27: 54.92
4th	Tony Simmons	GBR	27: 56.26
5	Ilie Floroiu	ROME	27: 59.93
6th	Mariano Haro	ESP	28: 00.28
7th	Marc Smet	BEL	28: 02.80
8th	Bernie Ford	GBR	28: 17.78

Final on July 26th

Waldemar Cierpinski during his marathon victory in Montreal

marathon

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space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Waldemar Cierpinski	GDR	2: 09: 55.0 OR
2	Frank Shorter	United States	2: 10: 45.8
3	Karel Lismont	BEL	2: 11: 12.6
4th	Don Kardong	United States	2: 11: 15.8
5	Let Virén	FIN	2: 13: 10.8
6th	Jerome Drayton	CAN	2: 13: 30.0
7th	Leonid Mossejew	URS	2: 13: 33.4
8th	Franco Fava	ITA	2: 14: 24.6

July 31

110 m hurdles

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space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Guy Drut	FRA	13.28
2	Alejandro Casañas	CUB	13.33
3	Willie Davenport	United States	13.38
4th	Charles Foster	United States	13.41
5	Thomas Munkelt	GDR	13.44
6th	James Owens	United States	13.73
7th	Vyacheslav Kulebjakin	URS	13.93
8th	Viktor Myasnikov	URS	13.94

Final on July 28th

Wind: 0.00 m / s

400 m hurdles

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space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Edwin Moses	United States	47.64 WR
2	Michael Shine	United States	48.69
3	Jauhen Haurylenka	URS	49.45
4th	Quentin Wheeler	United States	49.86
5	José Carvalho	POR	49.94
6th	Janko Bratanow	BUL	50.03
7th	Dámaso Alfonso	CUB	50.19
8th	Alan Pascoe	GBR	51.29

Final on July 25th

3000 m obstacle

→ Main article : 1976 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 3000 m obstacle (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Gärderud is different	SWE	8: 08.02 WR
2	Bronislaw Malinowski	POLE	8: 09.11
3	Frank Baumgartl	GDR	8: 10.36
4th	Tapio cantans	FIN	8: 12.60
5	Michael Karst	FRG	8: 20.14
6th	Euan Robertson	NZL	8: 21.08
7th	Dan Glans	SWE	8: 21.53
8th	Antonio Campos	ESP	8: 22.65

Final on July 28th

4 × 100 m relay

→ Main article : 1976 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 4 × 100 m (men)

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	United States	Harvey Glance Johnny Jones Millard Hampton Steve Riddick	38.33
2	GDR	Manfred Kokot Jörg Pfeifer Klaus-Dieter Kurrat Alexander Thieme	38.66
3	Soviet Union	Alexandr Aksinin Nikolai Kolesnikow Juris Silovs Valeriy Borsow	38.78
4th	Poland	Andrzej Świerczyński Marian Voronin Bogdan Grzejszczak Zenon Licznerski	38.83
5	Cuba	Francisco Gómez Alejandro Casañas Hermes Ramírez Silvio Leonard	39.01
6th	Italy	Vincenzo Guerini Luciano Caravani Luigi Benedetti Pietro Mennea	39.08
7th	France	Jean-Claude Amoureux Joseph Arame Lucien Sainte-Rose Dominique Chauvelot	39.16
8th	Canada	Hugh Spooner Marvin Nash Albin Dukowski Hugh Fraser	39.47

Final on July 31st

4 × 400 m relay

→ Main article : 1976 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 4 × 400 m (men)

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United States	Herman Frazier Benny Brown Fred Newhouse Maxie Parks	2: 58.65
2	Poland	Ryszard Podlas Jan Werner Zbigniew Jaremski Jerzy Pietrzyk	3: 01.43
3	BR Germany	Franz-Peter Hofmeister Lothar Krieg Harald Schmid Bernd Herrmann	3: 01.98
4th	Canada	Ian Seale Don Domansky Leighton Hope Brian Saunders	3: 02.64
5	Jamaica	Leighton Priestley Donald Quarrie Colin Bradford Seymour Newman	3: 02.84
6th	Trinidad and Tobago	Mike Solomon Horace Tuitt Joseph Coombs Charles Joseph	3: 03.46
7th	Cuba	Eddy Gutiérrez Dámaso Alfonso Carlos Álvarez Alberto Juantorena	3: 03.81
8th	Finland	Hannu Mäkelä Ossi Karttunen Stig Lönnqvist Markku Kukkoaho	3: 06.51

Final on July 31st

20 km walking

→ Main article : 1976 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 20 km walk (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Daniel Bautista	MEX	1: 24: 40.6 OR
2	Hans-Georg Reimann	GDR	1: 25: 13.8
3	Peter Frenkel	GDR	1: 25: 29.4
4th	Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller	GDR	1: 26: 50.6
5	Raúl González	MEX	1: 28: 18.2
6th	Armando Zambaldo	ITA	1: 28: 25.2
7th	Volodymyr Holubnychy	URS	1: 29: 24.6
8th	Vittorio Visini	ITA	1: 29: 31.6

July 23

high jump

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space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Jacek Wszoła	POLE	2.25 OR
2	Greg Joy	CAN	2.23
3	Dwight Stones	United States	2.21
4th	Sergei Budalov	URS	2.21
5	Serhiy Senjukov	URS	2.18
6th	Rodolfo Bergamo	ITA	2.18
7th	Rolf Beilschmidt	GDR	2.18
8th	Jesper Tørring	THE	2.18

Final on July 31st

Pole vault

→ Main article : 1976 Summer Olympics / Athletics - pole vault (men)

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Tadeusz Ślusarski	POLE	5.50 ORe
2	Antti Kalliomäki	FIN	5.50 ORe
3	David Roberts	United States	5.50 ORe
4th	Patrick Abada	FRA	5.45
5	Wojciech Buciarski	POLE	5.45
6th	Earl Bell	United States	5.45
7th	Jean-Michel Bellot	FRA	5.40
8th	Itsuo Takanezawa	JPN	5.40

Final on July 26th

Long jump

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space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Arnie Robinson	United States	8.35
2	Randy Williams	United States	8.11
3	Frank Wartenberg	GDR	8.02
4th	Jacques Rousseau	FRA	8.00
5	João Carlos de Oliveira	BRA	8.00
6th	Nenad Stekic	YUG	7.89
7th	Valery Pidluschnyj	URS	7.88
8th	Hans Baumgartner	FRG	7.84

Final on July 29th

Triple jump

→ Main article : 1976 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Triple Jump (Men)

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Viktor Saneyev	URS	17.29
2	James Butts	United States	17.18
3	João Carlos de Oliveira	BRA	16.90
4th	Pedro Perez	CUB	16.81
5	Tommy Haynes	United States	16.78
6th	Wolfgang Kolmsee	FRG	16.68
7th	Eugeniusz Biskupski	POLE	16.49
8th	Carol Corbu	ROME	16.43

Final on July 30th

Shot put

→ Main article : 1976 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Shot Put (Men)

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Udo Beyer	GDR	21.05
2	Yevgeny Mironov	URS	21.03
3	Alexander Baryshnikov	URS	21.00
4th	Al Feuerbach	United States	20.55
5	Hans-Peter Gies	GDR	20.47
6th	Geoff Capes	GBR	20.36
7th	George Woods	United States	20.26
8th	Hans Höglund	SWE	20.17

Final on July 24th

In the qualification, Alexander Baryschnikow set a new Olympic record 21.32 m .

Discus throw

→ Main article : 1976 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Discus throw (men)

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Mac Wilkins	United States	67.50
2	Wolfgang Schmidt	GDR	66.22
3	John Powell	United States	65.70
4th	Norbert Thiede	GDR	64.30
5	Siegfried Pachale	GDR	64.24
6th	Pentti Kahma	FIN	63.12
7th	Knut Hjeltnes	NOR	63.06
8th	Jay New Years	United States	61.98

Final on July 25th

Mac Wilkins set an Olympic record with 68.28 meters in the qualifying round .

Hammer throw

→ Main article : 1976 Summer Olympics / Athletics - hammer throw (men)

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Yury Sjedych	URS	77.52 OR
2	Alexei Spiridonov	URS	76.08
3	Anatoly Bondarchuk	URS	75.48
4th	Karl-Hans Riehm	FRG	75.46
5	Walter Schmidt	FRG	74.72
6th	Jochen Sachse	GDR	74.30
7th	Chris Black	GBR	73.18
8th	Edwin Klein	FRG	71.34

Final on July 28th

Javelin throw

→ Main article : 1976 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Javelin Throw (Men)

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Miklós Németh	HUN	94.58 WR
2	Hannu Siitonen	FIN	87.92
3	Gheorghe Megelea	ROME	87.16
4th	Piotr Bielczyk	POLE	86.50
5	Sam Colson	United States	86.16
6th	Wassyl Yershov	URS	85.26
7th	Seppo Hovinen	FIN	84.26
8th	Jānis Lūsis	URS	80.26

Final on July 25th

Decathlon

→ Main article : 1976 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Decathlon (men)

space	athlete	country	P - official value.	P - 85 value.
1	Bruce Jenner	United States	8618 WR	8634
2	Guido Kratschmer	FRG	8411	8407
3	Mykola Awilow	URS	8369	8378
4th	Raimo Pihl	SWE	8218	8217
5	Ryszard Skowronek	POLE	8113	8099
6th	Siegfried Stark	GDR	8048	8051
7th	Leonid Lytwynenko	URS	8025	7963
8th	Lennart Hedmark	SWE	7974	8002

July 29th and 30th

Scoring was based on the points table from 1964, which had also been used in the previous Olympic Games . In order to better classify the performance, in addition to the official points according to the 1964 rating table, the converted points according to the rating system valid from 1985 onwards are given; after that, only the seventh and eighth would switch places.

Results women

100 m

→ Main article : 1976 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 100 m (women)

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Annegret Richter	FRG	11.08
2	Renate Stecher	GDR	11.13
3	Inge Helten	FRG	11.17
4th	Raelene Boyle	OUT	11.23
5	Evelyn Ashford	United States	11.24
6th	Chandra Cheeseborough	United States	11.31
7th	Andrea Lynch	GBR	11.32
8th	Marlies Oelsner	GDR	11.34

Final on July 25th

Wind: 0.00 m / s

Annegret Richter set a world record in the semifinals with 11.01 seconds .

200 m

→ Main article : 1976 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 200 m (women)

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Bärbel Eckert	GDR	22.37 ORe / ORel
2	Annegret Richter	FRG	22.39
3	Renate Stecher	GDR	22.47
4th	Carla Bodendorf	GDR	22.64
5	Inge Helten	FRG	22.68
6th	Tetiana Prorochenko	URS	23.03
7th	Denise Robertson	OUT	23.05
8th	Chantal Rega	FRA	23.09

Final on July 28th

Wind: 0.00 m / s

400 m

→ Main article : 1976 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 400 m (women)

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Irena Szewińska	POLE	49.28 WR
2	Christina Brehmer	GDR	50.51
3	Ellen Streidt	GDR	50.55
4th	Pirjo Haggman	FIN	50.56
5	Rosalyn Bryant	United States	50.65
6th	Sheila Ingram	United States	50.90
7th	Riitta Salin	FIN	50.98
8th	Debra Sapenter	United States	51.66

Final on July 29th

800 m

→ Main article : 1976 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 800 m (women)

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Tatiana Kasankina	URS	1: 54.94 WR
2	Nikolina Shtereva	BUL	1: 55.42
3	Elfi tin	GDR	1: 55.60
4th	Anita white	GDR	1: 55.74
5	Svetlana Styrkina	URS	1: 56.44
6th	Svetla Slateva	BUL	1: 57.21
7th	Doris Gluth	GDR	1: 58.99
8th	Mariana Suman	ROME	2: 02.21

Final on July 26th

1500 m

→ Main article : 1976 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 1,500 m (women)

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Tatiana Kasankina	URS	4: 05.48
2	Gunhild Hoffmeister	GDR	4: 06.02
3	Ulrike Klapezynski	GDR	4: 06.09
4th	Nikolina Shtereva	BUL	4: 06.57
5	Lyudmila Bragina	URS	4: 07.20
6th	Gabriella Dorio	ITA	4: 07.27
7th	Ellen Wellmann	FRG	4: 07.91
8th	Jan Merrill	United States	4: 08.54

Final on July 30th

100 m hurdles

→ Main article : 1976 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 100 m hurdles (women)

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Johanna Schaller	GDR	12.77
2	Tatiana Anisimova	URS	12.78
3	Natalia Lebedeva	URS	12.80
4th	Gudrun Berend	GDR	12.82
5	Grażyna Rabsztyn	POLE	12.96
6th	Esther Roth	ISR	13.04
7th	Valeria Ștefănescu	ROME	13.35
8th	Ileana Ongar	ITA	13.51

Final on July 29th

Wind: 0.00 m / s

4 × 100 m relay

→ Main article : 1976 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 4 × 100 m (women)

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	GDR	Marlies Oelsner Renate Stecher Carla Bodendorf Bärbel Eckert	42.55 OR
2	BR Germany	Elvira Possekel Inge Helten Annegret Judge Annegret Kroniger	42.59
3	Soviet Union	Tetjana Prorotschenko Lyudmila Maslakowa Nadezhda Besfamilnaja Vera Anissimowa	43.09
4th	Canada	Margaret Howe Patty Loverock Joanne McTaggart Marjorie Bailey	43.17
5	Australia	Barbara Wilson Debbie Wells Denise Robertson Raelene Boyle	43.18
6th	Jamaica	Leleith Hodges Rosie Allwood Carol Cummings Jacqueline Pusey	43.24
7th	United States	Martha Watson Evelyn Ashford Debra Armstrong Chandra Cheeseborough	43.35
8th	Great Britain	Wendy Clarke Denise Ramsden Sharon Colyear Andrea Lynch	43.79

Final on July 31st

4 × 400 m relay

→ Main article : 1976 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 4 × 400 m (women)

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	GDR	Doris Maletzki Brigitte Rohde Ellen Streidt Christina Brehmer	3: 19.23 WR
2	United States	Debra Sapenter Sheila Ingram Pamela Jiles Rosalyn Bryant	3: 22.81
3	Soviet Union	Inta Kļimoviča Lyudmila Aksjonowa Natalja Sokolowa Nadezhda Ilyina	3: 24.24
4th	Australia	Judy Canty Verna Burnard Charlene Rendina Beth Nail	3: 25.56
5	BR Germany	Claudia Steger Dagmar Fuhrmann Elke Barth Rita Wilden	3: 25.71
6th	Finland	Marika Lindholm Pirjo Häggman Mona-Lisa Pursiainen Riitta Salin	3: 25.87
7th	Great Britain	Liz Barnes Gladys Taylor Verona Elder Donna Murray	3: 28.01
8th	Canada	Margaret Stride Joyce Yakubowich Rachelle Campbell Yvonne Saunders	3: 28.91

Final on July 31st

high jump

→ Main article : 1976 Summer Olympics / Athletics - high jump (women)

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Rosemarie Ackermann	GDR	1.93 OR
2	Sara Simeoni	ITA	1.91
3	Jordanka Blagoewa	BUL	1.91
4th	Mária Mračnová	TCH	1.89
5	Joni Huntley	United States	1.89
6th	Tazzjana Bojka	URS	1.87
7th	Annette Tånnander	SWE	1.87
8th	Cornelia Popa	ROME	1.87

Final on July 28th

Long jump

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space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Angela Voigt	GDR	6.72
2	Kathy McMillan	United States	6.66
3	Lidija Alfeyeva	URS	6.60
4th	Sigrun Siegl	GDR	6.59
5	Ildikó Erdélyi	HUN	6.57
6th	Jarmila Nygrýnová	TCH	6.54
7th	Heidemarie Wycisk	GDR	6.39
8th	Elena Vintilă	ROME	6.38

Final on July 23

Shot put

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space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Ivanka Christowa	BUL	21.16 OR
2	Nadezhda Tschischowa	URS	20.96
3	Helena Fibingerová	TCH	20.67
4th	Marianne Adam	GDR	20.55
5	Ilona Schoknecht	GDR	20.54
6th	Margitta Droese	GDR	19.79
7th	Eva Wilms	FRG	19.29
8th	Elena Stoyanova	BUL	18.89

Final on July 31st

Discus throw

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space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Evelin Schlaak	GDR	69.00 OR
2	Marija Wergowa	BUL	67.30
3	Gabriele Hinzmann	GDR	66.84
4th	Faina Melnik	URS	66.40
5	Sabine Engel	GDR	65.88
6th	Argentina Menis	ROME	65.38
7th	Maria Cristina Betancourt	CUB	63.86
8th	Natalia Gorbacheva	URS	63.46

Final on July 29th

Javelin throw

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space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Ruth Fuchs	GDR	65.94 OR
2	Marion Becker	FRG	64.70
3	Kate Schmidt	United States	63.96
4th	Jacqueline Hein	GDR	63.84
5	Sabine Sebrowski	GDR	63.08
6th	Svetlana Babitsch	URS	59.42
7th	Nadezhda Jakubowitsch	URS	59.16
8th	Karin Smith	United States	57.50

Final on July 24th

Pentathlon

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space	Athlete	country	P - official value.	P - 80 value.
1	Sigrun Siegl	GDR	4745	4777
2	Christine Laser	GDR	4745	4774
3	Burglinde Pollak	GDR	4740	4767
4th	Lyudmila Popovskaya	URS	4700	4719
5	Nadia Tkachenko	URS	4669	4692
6th	Diane Jones	CAN	4582	4616
7th	Jane Frederick	United States	4566	4564
8th	Margit Papp	HUN	4535	4567

July 25th and 26th

As in the last Olympic Games, the points table of 1971 was used for evaluation . For a better classification of the performance, the official points according to the table of 1971 and the points converted according to today's heptathlon system from 1980 are also given. According to this table, there would have been only one change in the order of the first eight, despite the extremely tight gaps: positions seven and eight should have been swapped. These comparisons are of course only indicative, because the different standards of the time must apply as a basis.

literature

• Ernst Huberty / Willy B. Wange, The Olympic Games Montreal Innsbruck 1976, Lingen-Verlag, Cologne 1976, pp. 5–22 (general information) / pp. 216–255 (athletics)

Web links

• Montréal 1976 Official Report, Volume III, Results , p. 23 (schedule) / p. 30–79 (the individual competitions), English / French (PDF, 23 MB), accessed on December 9, 2017
• Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics from Sports-Reference.com database , accessed December 9, 2017
• IOC's 1976 Olympic Games Athletics website at olympic.org, accessed December 9, 2017
• That was the 1976 Olympic Games on rio.sportschau.de, accessed on December 9, 2017
• Montreal 1976 from olympia-lexikon.de, accessed December 9, 2017
• ADVERTISING. Total sold , Der Spiegel July 26, 1976, H. 31/1976, accessed December 9, 2017
• Class struggle in the stadium , Der Spiegel July 5, 1976, H. 28/1976, accessed on December 9, 2017
• "Magnificent disaster". Das Bauwunder von Montreal , Der Spiegel July 12, 1976, H. 29/1976, accessed on December 9, 2017
• FRAUD. Sieg oder schieb , Der Spiegel July 26, 1976, H. 31/1976, accessed on December 9, 2017
• “I am ashamed to be an African” , Der Spiegel July 26, 1976, H. 31/1976, accessed on December 9, 2017
• Richter 40 years after Olympic gold: "I would have run below 11.0 without false starts" , Focus July 24, 2016, accessed on December 9, 2017
• 1976: Interview with Heinz Fallak , article from October 6, 2017 on www.dw.com, accessed on December 9, 2017
• 07/30/1976: When Caitlyn Jenner was still Bruce, she became the Olympic decathlon champion on watson.ch, accessed on December 9, 2017

Videos

• Montreal 1976 Official Olympic Film - Part 4 | Olympic History , range 9:05 min - 22:27 min, published October 14, 2015 on youtube.com, accessed December 9, 2017
• Montreal 1976 Official Olympic Film - Part 5 | Olympic History , published November 14, 2015 on youtube.com, accessed December 9, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Montréal 1976 Official Report, Volume III, Results , p. 24, English / French (PDF, 23 MB), accessed on December 9, 2017
2. ^ Dark Hours at Olympia - Montreal 1976 - Boycott of 22 states Süddeutsche Zeitung July 27, 2012, accessed on December 9, 2017
3. ↑ Montréal 1976 Official Report, Volume III, Results , p. 7, English / French (PDF, 23 MB), accessed on December 9, 2017