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

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]

Women's 200 metres
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Date26–28 July
Competitors36 from 21 nations
Winning time22.37
Medalists
Bärbel Eckert
 East Germany
Annegret Richter
 West Germany
Renate Stecher
 East Germany

Competition format

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

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

Round 1

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

Heat 1

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

Heat 2

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

Heat 3

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

Heat 4

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

Heat 5

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

Heat 6

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

Heat 1

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

Heat 2

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

Heat 3

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

Heat 4

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

Heat 1

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

Heat 2

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

Final

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
Bärbel Eckert East Germany 22.37OR
Annegret Richter West Germany 22.39
Renate Stecher East Germany 22.47
4Carla Bodendorf East Germany 22.64
5Inge Helten West Germany 22.68
6Tatyana Prorochenko Soviet Union 23.03
7Denise Boyd Australia 23.05
8Chantal Réga France 23.09

References

  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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