Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres

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]

Women's 100 metres
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Date24–25 July
Competitors39 from 21 nations
Winning time11.08
Medalists
Annegret Richter
 West Germany
Renate Stecher
 East Germany
Inge Helten
 West Germany

Competition format

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

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Inge Helten (FRG) 11.04 Fürth, West Germany June 13, 1976
Olympic record  Renate Stecher (GDR) 11.07 Munich, East Germany 2 September 1972

Results

Round 1

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

Heat 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Inge Helten West Germany 11.26Q
2Lyudmila Zharkova-Maslakova Soviet Union 11.30Q
3Rosie Allwood Jamaica 11.35Q
4Marjorie Bailey Canada 11.46Q
5Sharon Colyear-Danville Great Britain 11.47Q
6Carol Cummings Jamaica 11.69q
7Lorna Forde Barbados 12.02

Heat 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Brenda Morehead United States 11.35Q
2Patty Loverock Canada 11.47Q
3Lelieth Hodges Jamaica 11.54Q
4Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia Brazil 11.80Q
5Debbie Jones Bermuda 11.84Q
6Rita Hendricks Virgin Islands 13.51

Heat 3

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Raelene Boyle Australia 11.39Q
2Linda Haglund Sweden 11.40Q
3Susan Jowett New Zealand 11.70Q
4Isabel Taylor Cuba 11.73Q
5Margaret Howe Canada 11.83Q
6Shonel Ferguson Bahamas 12.26

Heat 4

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Chandra Cheeseborough United States 11.28Q
2Vera Anisimova Soviet Union 11.37Q
3Silvia Chivás Cuba 11.43Q
4Elvira Possekel West Germany 11.48Q
5Denise Robertson Australia 11.50Q
6Martina Blos East Germany 11.70
7Carolina Rieuwpassa Indonesia 11.98

Heat 5

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Marlies Oelsner East Germany 11.36Q
2Andrea Lynch Great Britain 11.40Q
3Sylviane Telliez France 11.47Q
4Nadezhda Besfamilnaya Soviet Union 11.52Q
5Lea Alaerts Belgium 11.63Q
6Divina Estrella Dominican Republic 12.12

Heat 6

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Annegret Richter West Germany 11.19Q
2Renate Stecher East Germany 11.21Q
3Evelyn Ashford United States 11.25Q
4Debbie Wells Australia 11.47Q
5Carmen Valdés Cuba 11.47Q
6Mona-Lisa Pursiainen Finland 11.62q
7Antoinette Gauthier Haiti 13.11

Quarterfinal 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Annegret Richter West Germany 11.05Q, OR
2Marlies Oelsner East Germany 11.27Q
3Rosie Allwood Jamaica 11.34Q
4Patty Loverock Canada 11.50Q
5Nadezhda Besfamilnaya Soviet Union 11.63
6Sylviane Telliez France 11.64
7Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia Brazil 11.77
Debbie Jones Bermuda DNS

Quarterfinal 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Inge Helten West Germany 11.20Q
2Chandra Cheeseborough United States 11.36Q
3Andrea Lynch Great Britain 11.36Q
4Linda Haglund Sweden 11.48Q
5Carmen Valdés Cuba 11.52
6Denise Robertson-Boyd Australia 11.56
7Carol Cummings Jamaica 11.75
8Sue Jowett New Zealand 11.81

Quarterfinal 3

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Evelyn Ashford United States 11.28Q
2Raelene Boyle Australia 11.29Q
3Lyudmila Zharkova-Maslakova Soviet Union 11.37Q
4Silvia Chivás Cuba 11.42Q
5Sharon Colyear-Danville Great Britain 11.51
6Elvira Possekel West Germany 11.58
7Lea Alaerts Belgium 11.71
8Margaret Howe Canada 11.96

Quarterfinal 4

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Renate Stecher East Germany 11.22Q
2Brenda Morehead United States 11.30Q
3Marjorie Bailey Canada 11.44Q
4Vera Anisimova Soviet Union 11.47Q
5Debbie Wells Australia 11.51
6Lelieth Hodges Jamaica 11.58
7Mona-Lisa Pursiainen Finland 11.72
8Isabel Taylor Cuba 11.92

Heat 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Annegret Richter West Germany 11.01Q, WR
2Evelyn Ashford United States 11.21Q
3Chandra Cheeseborough United States 11.26Q
4Marlies Oelsner East Germany 11.29Q
5Rosie Allwood Jamaica 11.32
6Vera Anisimova Soviet Union 11.39
7Silvia Chivás Cuba 11.43
8Marjorie Bailey Canada 11.47

Heat 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Renate Stecher East Germany 11.10Q
2Inge Helten West Germany 11.18Q
3Raelene Boyle Australia 11.22Q
4Andrea Lynch Great Britain 11.28Q
5Lyudmila Zharkova-Maslakova Soviet Union 11.34
6Brenda Morehead United States 11.38
7Patty Loverock Canada 11.40
8Linda Haglund Sweden 11.41

Final

RankAthleteNationTime
Annegret Richter West Germany 11.08
Renate Stecher East Germany 11.13
Inge Helten West Germany 11.17
4Raelene Boyle Australia 11.23
5Evelyn Ashford United States 11.24
6Chandra Cheeseborough United States 11.31
7Andrea Lynch Great Britain 11.32
8Marlies Oelsner East Germany 11.34

References

  1. "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.
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