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

Event:Women's 200 metres
Games:1976 Summer
Venue:Olympic Stadium
Date:26–28 July
Competitors:36
Nations:21
Win Value:22.37
Longnames:yes
Gold:Bärbel Eckert
Goldnoc:GDR
Silver:Annegret Richter
Silvernoc:FRG
Bronze:Renate Stecher
Bronzenoc:GDR
Prev:1972
Next:1980

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] The winning margin was 0.02 seconds.

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 record22.21Potsdam, East Germany13 June 1974
Olympic record22.40Munich, East Germany7 September 1972

Results

Round 1

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

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 23.17 Q
2 23.23 Q
3 23.34 Q
4 23.36 Q
5 23.43 Q
6 23.64 q

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 23.78 Q
2 24.12 Q
3 24.35 Q
4 24.45 Q

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 23.12 Q
2 23.39 Q
3 23.47 Q
4 23.54 Q
5 23.74 Q
6 24.00
7 24.86

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 23.18 Q
2 23.38 Q
3 23.40 Q
4 23.51 Q
5 23.53 Q
6 23.77 q
7 26.15
8 28.19

Heat 5

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 22.98 Q
2 23.56 Q
3 23.78 Q
4 24.35 Q
5 24.52 Q

Heat 6

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 22.75 Q
2 23.21 Q
3 23.34 Q
4 23.49 Q
5 23.50 Q
6 24.95

Quarterfinals

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 23.20 Q
2 23.20 Q
3 23.35 Q
4 23.48 Q
5 23.65
6 23.80
7 23.87
8 24.23

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 22.97 Q
2 23.09 Q
3 23.11 Q
4 23.33 Q
5 23.40
6 23.74
7 24.10
8 24.47

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 23.04 Q
2 23.19 Q
3 23.24 Q
4 23.42 Q
5 23.65
6 23.95

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 22.85 Q
2 23.03 Q,
3 23.12 Q
4 23.45 Q
5 23.63
6 23.94
7 24.27

Semifinals

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 22.68 Q
2 22.84 Q
3 22.97 Q
4 23.03 Q
5 23.06
6 23.16
7 23.41

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 22.71 Q
2 22.90 Q
3 22.91 Q
4 23.00 Q
5 23.09
6 23.20
7 23.31
8 23.38

Final

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
22.37 OR
22.39
22.47
4 22.64
5 22.68
6 23.03
7 23.05
8 23.09

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athletics at the 1976 Montreal Games: Women's 200 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173945/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1976/ATH/womens-200-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 15 July 2017 . Sports Reference.