Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay explained

Event:	Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
Games:	1972 Summer
Venue:	Olympic Stadium
Dates:	9–10 September
Nations:	14
Gold:	Dagmar Käsling, Rita Kühne, Helga Seidler, Monika Zehrt
Goldnoc:	GDR
Silver:	Mable Fergerson, Madeline Manning, Cheryl Toussaint, Kathy Hammond
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Anette Rückes, Inge Bödding, Hildegard Falck, Rita Wilden
Bronzenoc:	FRG
Next:	1976

These are the official results of the women's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. The event was held on the 9 and 10 September 1972. There were a total number of 14 nations competing.^[1]

Records

These were the standing World and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1972 Summer Olympics.

World Record	3:29.28	Monika Zehrt Rita Kühne Ingelore Lohse Helga Seidler	Helsinki (FIN)	27 July 1972

RANK	ATHLETES	TIME
	• Dagmar Käsling • Rita Kühne • Helga Seidler • Monika Zehrt	3:22.95 (WR)
	• Mable Fergerson • Madeline Manning • Cheryl Toussaint • Kathy Hammond	3:25.15
	• Anette Rückes • Inge Bödding • Hildegard Falck • Rita Wilden	3:26.51
4.		3:27.5
5.		3:28.7
6.		3:28.8
7.		3:29.4
8.		3:31.9

RANK	ATHLETES	TIME
1.	• Anette Rückes • Inge Bödding • Hildegard Falck • Rita Wilden	3:29.3
2.		3:30.0
3.		3:30.2
4.		3:30.8
5		3:32:4
6.	• Eva-Charlotte Malmström • Elisabeth Randerz • Ann Larsson • Karin Lundgren	3:32.6
7.	• Lorna Forde • Barbara Bishop • Marcia Trotman • Heather Gooding	3:44.5

RANK	ATHLETES	TIME
1.	• Dagmar Käsling • Rita Kühne • Helga Seidler • Monika Zehrt	3:28.5 (WR)
2.	• Mable Fergerson • Madeline Manning • Cheryl Toussaint • Kathy Hammond	3:28.6
3.		3:30.0
4.		3:30.1
5.		3:31.98
6.		3:42.2
-		DSQ

Web site: Athletics at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Women's 4 × 400 metres Relay . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174716/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/ATH/womens-4-x-400-metres-relay.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 1 September 2017 . sports-reference.com.