Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay

These are the official results of the women's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The event was held on 30 and 31 July 1976. There were a total number of 10 nations competing.

Medalists

Marlies OelsnerRenate StecherCarla BodendorfBärbel Eckert Elvira PossekelInge HeltenAnnegret RichterAnnegret Kroniger Tatyana ProrochenkoLyudmila MaslakovaNadezhda BesfamilnayaVera Anisimova

Records These were the standing World and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1976 Summer Olympics.

World record 42.50 Marlies Oelsner Renate Stecher Carla Bodendorf Martina BlosKarl-Marx-Stadt (GDR)June 29, 1974 Olympic record 42.88 Margaret Bailes Barbara Ferrell Mildrette Netter Wyomia TyusMexico City (MEX)October 20, 1968

Results

Final Held on Saturday 31 July 1976 RANKNATIONATHLETESTIME• Marlies Oelsner• Renate Stecher• Carla Bodendorf• Bärbel Eckert42.55 (OR)• Elvira Possekel• Inge Helten• Annegret Richter• Annegret Kroniger42.59• Tatyana Prorochenko• Lyudmila Maslakova• Nadezhda Besfamilnaya• Vera Anisimova43.094.• Margaret Howe• Patty Loverock• Joanne McTaggart• Marjorie Bailey43.17 CWR, 5.• Barbara Wilson• Debbie Wells• Denise Robertson• Raelene Boyle 43.18 6.• Leleith Hodges• Rose Allwood• Carol Cummings• Jacqueline Pusey 43.247.• Martha Watson• Evelyn Ashford• Debra Armstrong• Chandra Cheeseborough 43.358.• Wendy Clarke• Denise Ramsden• Sharon Colyear• Andrea Lynch 43.79

Heats Held on Friday 30 July 1976

Heat 1 RANKNATIONATHLETESTIME1.• Elvira Possekel• Inge Helten• Annegret Richter• Annegret Kroniger42.61(OR)2.• Tatyana Prorochenko• Lyudmila Maslakova• Nadezhda Besfamilnaya• Vera Anisimova 43.333.• Wendy Clarke• Denise Ramsden• Sharon Colyear• Andrea Lynch 43.444.• Barbara Wilson• Debbie Wells• Denise Robertson• Raelene Boyle 43.675.• Chantal Corbrejaud• Catherine Delachanal• Chantal Rega• Sylvie Telliez 43.95

Heat 2 RANKNATIONATHLETESTIME1.• Marlies Oelsner• Renate Stecher• Carla Bodendorf• Bärbel Eckert43.002.• Martha Watson• Evelyn Ashford• Debra Armstrong• Chandra Cheeseborough 43.463.• Margaret Howe• Patty Loverock• Joanne McTaggart• Marjorie Bailey43.534.• Rose Allwood• Jacqueline Pusey• Carol Cummings• Leleith Hodges 43.885.• Isabel Taylor• Carmen Valdés• Fulgencia Romay• Silvia Chivás 44.29

References

External links Official Report Results