1976 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 200 m (women)
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| sport | athletics | ||||||||
| discipline | 200 meter run | ||||||||
| gender | Women | ||||||||
| Attendees | 36 athletes from 21 countries | ||||||||
| Competition location | Montreal Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
| Competition phase | July 26, 1976 (preliminary / quarter-finals) July 28, 1976 (semi-finals / final) |
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The women's 200-meter run at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal was held on July 26 and 28, 1976 in the Montreal Olympic Stadium. 36 athletes took part.
Olympic champion was Bärbel Eckert from the GDR. She won ahead of Annegret Richter from the Federal Republic of Germany and Renate Stecher from the GDR.
In addition to the two medal winners, Carla Bodendorf also took part for the GDR. She could also qualify for the final and finished fourth. Inge Helten and Annegret Kroniger
also started for the Federal Republic of Germany . Kroniger qualified for the quarter-finals, but did not appear there. Helten reached the final and was fifth.
Austria was represented by Silvia Schinzel , who was eliminated in the quarter-finals. Helen Ritter from
Liechtenstein was eliminated in the preliminary round.
Runners from Switzerland did not take part.
Existing records
| World record | 22.21 s |
Irena Szewińska ( Poland )
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Potsdam , GDR (now Germany ) | June 13, 1974 |
| Olympic record | 22.40 s |
Renate Stecher ( GDR )
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Final of Munich , FR Germany (today Germany ) | 7th September 1972 |
Note:
Even hand-timed times were still part of the official best and record lists at that time, which had an impact on the short distances in particular and led to different records. The official lists consisted of a mixture in which hand-stopped and electronically taken times rounded to tenths were entered together. However, since the hand-timed times were about one to two tenths of a second better than the electronically determined values due to the delay in reaction of the timekeepers, there were soon separate lists. From 1977 on, only electronic times were officially kept.
To complete this, here is an overview of the records rounded to tenths of a second, including hand-timed times:
| World record | 22.1 s |
Renate Stecher ( GDR )
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Dresden , GDR (now Germany ) | July 21, 1973 |
| Olympic record | 22.4 s | Final of Munich , FR Germany (today Germany ) | 7th September 1972 |
Conducting the competition
The athletes competed in six heats on July 26th. The five best runners and the following two fastest made it to the quarter-finals on the same day. From this, the four best runners reached the semi-finals on July 28th. From the preliminary rounds, the four top runners qualified for the final, which took place on the same day.
Time schedule
July 26, 11:45 a.m .: Preliminaries
July 26, 3:45 p.m .: Quarter-finals
July 28, 3 p.m .: Semi-finals
July 28, 6:10 p.m .: Final
Note: All times are local Montreal time ( UTC − 5 )
The directly qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue, the others in light green.
Preliminary round
Date: July 26, 1976, from 11:45 a.m.
Forward 1
Wind: 0.00 m / s
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chandra Cheeseborough |
 United States
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23.17 s | |
| 2 | Denise Robertson |
 Great Britain
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52.60 s | |
| 3 | Rosie Allwood |
 Jamaica
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23.34 s | |
| 4th | Marjorie Bailey |
 Canada
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23.36 s | |
| 5 | Annegret Kroniger |
 BR Germany
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23.43 s | |
| 6th | Beverley Goddard |
Great Britain
|
23.64 s | |
| DNS | Isabel Taylor |
 Cuba
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Forward 2
Wind: 0.00 m / s
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bärbel Eckert |
GDR
|
23.78 s | |
| 2 | Susan Jowett |
 New Zealand
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24.12 s | |
| 3 | Joanne McTaggart |
Canada
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24.35 s | |
| 4th | Freida Davy |
 Barbados
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24.45 s | |
| DNS | Linda Haglund |
 Sweden
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| Brenda Morehead |
United States
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| Carmen Valdés |
Cuba
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Forward 3
Wind: 0.00 m / s
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raelene Boyle |
 Australia
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23.12 s | |
| 2 | Nadezhda Besfamilnaja |
.svg){kind=small} Soviet Union
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23.39 s | |
| 3 | Annegret Richter |
BR Germany
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23.47 s | |
| 4th | Chantal Rega |
 France
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23.54 s | |
| 5 | Silvia Schinzel |
 Austria
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23.74 s | |
| 6th | Silvina Pereira da Silva |
.svg){kind=small} Brazil
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24.00 s | |
| 7th | Carolina Rieuwpassa |
 Indonesia
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24.86 s | |
| DNS | Miriama Tuisorisori |
 Fiji
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Forward 4
Wind: 0.00 m / s
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Debra Armstrong |
United States
|
23.18 s | |
| 2 | Catherine Delachanal |
France
|
23.38 s | |
| 3 | Inge Helten |
BR Germany
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23.40 s | |
| 4th | Lyudmila Maslakova |
Soviet Union
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23.51 s | |
| 5 | Lea Alaerts |
 Belgium
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23.53 s | |
| 6th | Helen Golden |
Great Britain
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23.77 s | |
| 7th | Helen Knight |
.svg){kind=small} Liechtenstein
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26.15 s | |
| 8th | Marie-Louise Pierre |
.svg){kind=small} Haiti
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28.19 s |
Forward 5
Wind: 0.00 m / s
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carla Bodendorf |
GDR
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22.98 s | |
| 2 | Jacqueline Pusey |
Jamaica
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23.56 s | |
| 3 | Debbie Wells |
Australia
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23.78 s | |
| 4th | Ildikó Erdélyi |
 Hungary
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24.35 s | |
| 5 | Mona-Lisa Pursiainen |
 Finland
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24.52 s | |
| DNS | Rita Bottiglieri |
 Italy
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| Sonia Lannaman |
Great Britain
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Forward 6
Wind: 0.00 m / s
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Renate Stecher |
GDR
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22.75 s | |
| 2 | Tetiana Prorochenko |
Soviet Union
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23.21 s | |
| 3 | Patty Loverock |
Canada
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23.34 s | |
| 4th | Lilijana Panayotova |
.svg){kind=small} Bulgaria
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23.49 s | |
| 5 | Carol Cummings |
Jamaica
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23.50 s | |
| 6th | Divina Estrella |
 Dominican Republic
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24.95 s | |
| DNS | Fulgencia Romay |
Cuba
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Quarter finals
Date: July 26, 1976, from 3:45 p.m.
Run 1
Wind: +0.71 m / s
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carla Bodendorf |
GDR
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23.20 s | |
| Debra Armstrong |
United States
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| 3 | Annegret Richter |
BR Germany
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23.35 s | |
| 4th | Nadezhda Besfamilnaja |
Soviet Union
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23.48 s | |
| 5 | Debbie Wells |
Australia
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23.65 s | |
| 6th | Lea Alaerts |
Belgium
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23.80 s | |
| 7th | Lilijana Panayotova |
Bulgaria
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23.87 s | |
| 8th | Susan Jowett |
New Zealand
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24.23 s |
Run 2
Wind: +1.43 m / s
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raelene Boyle |
Australia
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22.97 s | |
| 2 | Inge Helten |
BR Germany
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23.09 s | |
| 3 | Tetiana Prorochenko |
Soviet Union
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23.11 s | |
| 4th | Chantal Rega |
France
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23.00 s | |
| 5 | Rosie Allwood |
Jamaica
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23.40 s | |
| 6th | Beverley Goddard |
Great Britain
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23.74 s | |
| 7th | Mona-Lisa Pursiainen |
Finland
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24.10 s | |
| 8th | Joanne McTaggart |
Canada
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24.47 s |
Run 3
Wind: 0.00 m / s
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Renate Stecher |
GDR
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23.04 s | |
| 2 | Chandra Cheeseborough |
United States
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23.19 s | |
| 3 | Marjorie Bailey |
Canada
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23.24 s | |
| 4th | Jacqueline Pusey |
Jamaica
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23.42 s | |
| 5 | Catherine Delachanal |
France
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23.65 s | |
| 6th | Silvia Schinzel |
Austria
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23.95 s | |
| DNS | Annegret Kroniger |
BR Germany
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Run 4
Wind: +1.11 m / s
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bärbel Eckert |
GDR
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22.85 s | |
| 2 | Patty Loverock |
Canada
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23.03 s | |
| 3 | Denise Robertson |
Australia
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23.12 s | |
| 4th | Carol Cummings |
Jamaica
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23.45 s | |
| 5 | Lyudmila Maslakova |
Soviet Union
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23.63 s | |
| 6th | Helen Golden |
Great Britain
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23.94 s | |
| 7th | Freida Davy |
Barbados
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24.27 s | |
| DNS | Ildikó Erdélyi |
Hungary
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Semifinals
Date: July 28, 1976, from 3 p.m.
Run 1
Wind: 0.00 m / s
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Renate Stecher |
GDR
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22.68 s | |
| 2 | Carla Bodendorf |
GDR
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22.84 s | |
| 3 | Inge Helten |
BR Germany
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22.97 s | |
| 4th | Tetiana Prorochenko |
Soviet Union
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23.03 s | |
| 5 | Marjorie Bailey |
Canada
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23.06 s | |
| 6th | Debra Armstrong |
United States
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23.16 s | |
| 7th | Carol Cummings |
Jamaica
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23.41 s | |
| DSQ | Raelene Boyle |
Australia
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False starts |
Run 2
Wind: 0.00 m / s
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bärbel Eckert |
GDR
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22.71 s | |
| 2 | Annegret Richter |
BR Germany
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22.90 s | |
| 3 | Denise Richardson |
Australia
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22.91 s | |
| 4th | Chantal Rega |
France
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23.00 s | |
| 5 | Patty Loverock |
Canada
|
23.09 s | |
| 6th | Chandra Cheeseborough |
United States
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23.20 s | |
| 7th | Jacqueline Pusey |
Jamaica
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23.31 s | |
| 8th | Nadezhda Besfamilnaja |
Soviet Union
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23.38 s |
final
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bärbel Eckert |
GDR
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22.37 s | ORe / ORel |
| 2 | Annegret Richter |
BR Germany
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22.39 s | |
| 3 | Renate Stecher |
GDR
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22.47 s | |
| 4th | Carla Bodendorf |
GDR
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22.64 s | |
| 5 | Inge Helten |
BR Germany
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22.68 s | |
| 6th | Tetiana Prorochenko |
Soviet Union
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23.03 s | |
| 7th | Denise Robertson |
Australia
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23.05 s | |
| 8th | Chantal Rega |
France
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23.09 s |
Date: July 26, 1976, 6:10 p.m.
Wind: 0.00 m / s
Five Germans qualified for the final, three sprinters from the GDR and two from the Federal Republic of Germany. The final field was completed with one athlete each from Australia, France and the Soviet Union. After the disqualification of the Australian Raelene Boyle in the semifinals due to false starts, the GDR sprinter Renate Stecher was the favorite. But especially after her Olympic victory over 100 meters , Annegret Richter was also one of the gold candidates. Stecher's teammates Bärbel Eckert and Carla Bodendorf, formerly also known under her name Carla Rietig, were also highly rated.
No decision was made for the first 100 meters. Four runners came out of the curve only separated by minimal gaps. Richter and Eckert lay wafer-thin in front of Stecher and Helten. Even on the home stretch it remained tight between Richter and Eckert. Bärbel Eckert prevailed in the end and won the gold medal with an Olympic record . Annegret Richter crossed the finish line just two hundredths of a second behind her, who was eight hundredths of a second ahead of Renate Stecher. Carla Bodendorf made up some ground in the last hundred meters and finished fourth, Inge Helten came in fifth. Thus, for the first time in Olympic history, the first five places in an athletics discipline went exclusively to German participants, who, however, appeared here as two different nations during the time of divided Germany.
literature
- Ernst Huberty / Willy B. Wange, The Olympic Games Montreal Innsbruck 1976, Lingen-Verlag, Cologne 1976, p. 238f
Videos
- 1976 Olympics Women's 200 m All Stages (prelims, semi-final and final) , published January 4, 2012 on youtube.com, accessed December 19, 2017
- 1976 Olympic 200m Final Women , published May 24, 2008 on youtube.com, accessed December 19, 2017
Web links
- SportsReference 200m , accessed December 19, 2017
- Montréal 1976 Official Report, Volume III, Results , p. 30 (photos) / p. 32 (results), English / French (PDF, 23 MB), accessed on December 19, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009 Page 641 (Engl.) ( Memento of 29 June 2011 at the Internet Archive ), accessed on 19 December 2017
- ↑ IAAF records. 200m women , accessed December 19, 2017
- ↑ Montréal 1976 Official Report, Volume III, Results , p. 23, English / French (PDF, 23 MB), accessed on December 19, 2017
- ↑ a b c d Montréal 1976 Official Report, Volume III, Results , p. 32, English / French (PDF, 23 MB), accessed on December 19, 2017
- ↑ SportsReference 200 m , accessed December 19, 2017
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