The women's 100 metres hurdles competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada was held at the Olympic Stadium on July 28–29.
Competition format The Women's 100m hurdles competition consisted of heats (Round 1), Semifinals and a Final. The four fastest competitors from each race in the heats qualified for the semifinals. The top four athletes from each semifinals race advanced to the final.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
World record12.59Munich, West Germany8 September 1972Olympic record
Results
Round 1 Qual. rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) qualified.
Heat 1 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 12.98 Q 2 13.09 Q 3 13.18 Q 4 13.70 Q 5 13.71 6 14.57 DNS
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 13.05 Q 2 13.37 Q 3 13.49 Q 4 13.51 Q 5 13.68 6 14.07
Heat 3 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 12.94 Q 2 13.02 Q 3 13.52 Q 4 13.69 Q 5 13.84 DNS
Heat 4 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 13.03 Q 2 13.06 Q 3 13.36 Q 4 13.60 Q 5 14.14 6 19.17
Semifinals Qual. rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) qualified.
Heat 1 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 12.93 Q 2 12.96 Q 3 13.03 Q 4 13.04 Q 5 13.04 6 13.36 7 13.67 8 13.73
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 13.08 Q 2 13.35 Q 3 13.41 Q 4 13.59 Q 5 13.71 6 13.95 7 17.32 DNS
Final Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 12.77 12.78 12.80 4 12.82 5 12.96 6 13.04 7 13.35 8 13.51
References
External links Official Olympic Report , la84foundation.org. Retrieved August 20, 2012.