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

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Women's 200 metres
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium
Date26–28 July
Competitors36 from 21 nations
Winning time22.37 [ original research? ]
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Bärbel Eckert
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Annegret Richter
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Renate Stecher
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
  1972
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 record Flag of Poland.svg  Irena Szewińska  (POL)22.21 Potsdam, East Germany 13 June 1974
Olympic recordFlag of East Germany.svg  Renate Stecher  (GDR)22.40 Munich, East Germany 7 September 1972

Results

Round 1

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

Heat 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Chandra Cheeseborough Flag of the United States.svg  United States 23.17Q
2 Denise Boyd Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 23.23Q
3 Rosie Allwood Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 23.34Q
4 Marjorie Bailey Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 23.36Q
5 Annegret Kroniger Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 23.43Q
6 Beverley Goddard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 23.64q

Heat 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Bärbel Eckert Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 23.78Q
2 Sue Jowett Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 24.12Q
3 Joanne McTaggert Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 24.35Q
4 Freida Nicholls-Davy Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 24.45Q

Heat 3

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Raelene Boyle Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 23.12Q
2 Nadezhda Besfamilnaya Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 23.39Q
3 Annegret Richter Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 23.47Q
4 Chantal Réga Flag of France.svg  France 23.54Q
5 Silvia Schinzel Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 23.74Q
6 Silvina Pereira da Silva Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 24.00
7 Carolina Rieuwpassa Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 24.86

Heat 4

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Debra Armstrong Flag of the United States.svg  United States 23.18Q
2 Catherine Delachanal Flag of France.svg  France 23.38Q
3 Inge Helten Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 23.40Q
4 Lyudmila Maslakova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 23.51Q
5 Lea Alaerts Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 23.53Q
6 Helen Golden Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 23.77q
7 Helen Ritter Flag of Liechtenstein (1937-1982).svg  Liechtenstein 26.15
8 Marie-Louise Pierre Flag of Haiti (1964-1986).svg  Haiti 28.19

Heat 5

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Carla Bodendorf Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 22.98Q
2 Jackie Pusey Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 23.56Q
3 Debbie Wells Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 23.78Q
4 Ildikó Erdélyi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 24.35Q
5 Mona-Lisa Pursiainen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 24.52Q

Heat 6

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Renate Stecher Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 22.75Q
2 Tatyana Prorochenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 23.21Q
3 Patty Loverock Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 23.34Q
4 Liliyana Panayotova-Ivanova Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 23.49Q
5 Carol Cummings Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 23.50Q
6 Divina Estrella Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 24.95

Quarterfinals

Heat 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Carla Bodendorf Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 23.20Q
2 Debra Armstrong Flag of the United States.svg  United States 23.20Q
3 Annegret Richter Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 23.35Q
4 Nadezhda Besfamilnaya Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 23.48Q
5 Debbie Wells Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 23.65
6 Lea Alaerts Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 23.80
7 Liliyana Panayotova-Ivanova Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 23.87
8 Sue Jowett Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 24.23

Heat 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Raelene Boyle Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 22.97Q
2 Inge Helten Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 23.09Q
3 Tatyana Prorochenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 23.11Q
4 Chantal Réga Flag of France.svg  France 23.33Q
5 Rosie Allwood Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 23.40
6 Beverley Goddard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 23.74
7 Mona-Lisa Pursiainen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 24.10
8 Joanne McTaggert Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 24.47

Heat 3

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Renate Stecher Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 23.04Q
2 Chandra Cheeseborough Flag of the United States.svg  United States 23.19Q
3 Marjorie Bailey Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 23.24Q
4 Jackie Pusey Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 23.42Q
5 Catherine Delachanal Flag of France.svg  France 23.65
6 Silvia Schinzel Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 23.95

Heat 4

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Bärbel Eckert Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 22.85Q
2 Patty Loverock Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 23.03Q, NR
3 Denise Boyd Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 23.12Q
4 Carol Cummings Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 23.45Q
5 Lyudmila Maslakova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 23.63
6 Helen Golden Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 23.94
7 Freida Nicholls-Davy Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 24.27

Semifinals

Heat 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Renate Stecher Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 22.68Q
2 Carla Bodendorf Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 22.84Q
3 Inge Helten Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 22.97Q
4 Tatyana Prorochenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 23.03Q
5 Marjorie Bailey Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 23.06
6 Debra Armstrong Flag of the United States.svg  United States 23.16
7 Carol Cummings Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 23.41
Raelene Boyle Flag of Australia.svg  Australia DSQ

Heat 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Bärbel Eckert Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 22.71Q
2 Annegret Richter Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 22.90Q
3 Denise Boyd Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 22.91Q
4 Chantal Réga Flag of France.svg  France 23.00Q
5 Patty Loverock Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 23.09
6 Chandra Cheeseborough Flag of the United States.svg  United States 23.20
7 Jackie Pusey Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 23.31
8 Nadezhda Besfamilnaya Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 23.38

Final

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Bärbel Eckert Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 22.37 OR
Silver medal icon.svg Annegret Richter Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 22.39
Bronze medal icon.svg Renate Stecher Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 22.47
4 Carla Bodendorf Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 22.64
5 Inge Helten Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 22.68
6 Tatyana Prorochenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 23.03
7 Denise Boyd Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 23.05
8 Chantal Réga Flag of France.svg  France 23.09

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References

  1. "Athletics at the 1976 Montreal Games: Women's 200 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2017.