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

Event:	Women's 100 metres
Games:	1976 Summer
Venue:	Olympic Stadium
Date:	24–25 July
Competitors:	39
Nations:	21
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Annegret Richter
Goldnoc:	FRG
Silver:	Renate Stecher
Silvernoc:	GDR
Bronze:	Inge Helten
Bronzenoc:	FRG
Win Value:	11.08
Prev:	1972
Next:	1980

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]

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		11.04	Fürth, West Germany	June 13, 1976
Olympic record		11.07	Munich, East Germany	2 September 1972

Results

Heats

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

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			11.26
2			11.30
3			11.35
4			11.46
5			11.47
6			11.69
7			12.02

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			11.35
2			11.47
3			11.54
4			11.80
5			11.84
6			13.51

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			11.39
2			11.40
3			11.70
4			11.73
5			11.83
6			12.26

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			11.28
2			11.37
3			11.43
4			11.48
5			11.50
6			11.70
7			11.98

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			11.36
2			11.40
3			11.47
4			11.52
5			11.63
6			12.12

Heat 6

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			11.19
2			11.21
3			11.25
4			11.47
5			11.47
6			11.62
7			13.11

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1		11.05	,
2		11.27
3		11.34
4		11.50
5		11.63
6		11.64
7		11.77
data-sort-value=8	-

Quarterfinal 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			11.20
2			11.36
3			11.36
4			11.48
5			11.52
6			11.56
7			11.75
8			11.81

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			11.28
2			11.29
3			11.37
4			11.42
5			11.51
6			11.58
7			11.71
8			11.96

Quarterfinal 4

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			11.22
2			11.30
3			11.44
4			11.47
5			11.51
6			11.58
7			11.72
8			11.92

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank	Time	Notes
1	11.01	,
2	11.21
3	11.26
4	11.29
5	11.32
6	11.39
7	11.43
8	11.47

Semifinal 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			11.10
2			11.18
3			11.22
4			11.28
5			11.34
6			11.38
7			11.40
8			11.41

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
			11.08
			11.13
			11.17
4			11.23
5			11.24
6			11.31
7			11.32
8			11.34

External links

Official Olympic Report, la84foundation.org. Retrieved August 19, 2012.

Notes and References

Web site: Athletics at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Women's 100 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173353/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1976/ATH/womens-100-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 2 July 2017 . Sports Reference.