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1976 Olympic Games Montreal - Women's 400 m

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Category: 1976 Olympic Games Montreal - (Athletics)
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Host City: Montréal, Canada Format: Top four in each heat advanced to the final.
Date Started: July 25, 1976 Format: Top four in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.
Date Finished: July 29, 1976 Format: Top five in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the quarter-finals.
(Competitors: 38; Countries: 19; Finalists: 8)  
    Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Montréal, Québec
Overview by IAAF   1976_olympic_stadium.jpg 
In 1974 Szewińska had beaten Stecher in the European 100m and 200m, but after running 49.9 that year focused her attention on the longer event. The Pole had set a world record of 49.75 in June, beating the 49.77 of 18 year-old Brehmer run earlier in the season. Szewińska qualified for the final with 50.48 in her semi-final, just ahead of Streidt (50.51), with Bryant setting a US record in the other semi with 50.62 ahead of Brehmer (50.86). Bryant and Brehmer were out fastest in the final, passing halfway in 23.3, 2m ahead of Szewińska, but the Pole made her move at the 300m mark, at which point only Brehmer was ahead. She ran away from the young German to win by 10m with a new world record of 49.29, though ATFS president Bob Sparks later re-read the photo at 49.28. Brehmer just held on to take the silver ahead of Streidt and Häggman, with seven of the finalists running faster than the 1972 winner. Szewińska thus won her seventh medal, with at least one medal in each of her four Olympic appearances.
       
Summary by Sports-reference.com      
Irena Szewińska-Kirszenstein had started out as a long jumper and short sprinter but in the mid-70s turned her attention to the 400 metres. In 1974 she became the first woman to run 400 metres in under 50 seconds, recording 49.9 at the Kusociński Memorial meet in Warszawa. In May 1976 Christina Brehmer (GDR) broke that record running 49.77 in Dresden, but Szewińska-Kirszenstein took the record back shortly before the Olympics, running 49.75, again at the Kusociński Memorial. In the final, the race was close for 300 metres but Szewińska-Kirszenstein blasted the last 100 metres and won by almost 10 metres, Brehmer coming in second. The time was a world record 49.29. Szewińska-Kirszenstein later became a member of the IOC, but the first woman to become an IOC Member was Finland’s Pirjo Häggman, who placed fourth in this race.
 

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Irena Szewińska (POL) 49.75 Bydgoszcz, Poland 22 June 1976
Olympic record  Monika Zehrt (GDR) 51.08 Munich, West Germany 7 September 1972
 
        Results        
 
400 m Women     Final 29 July      
                 
Rank Mark     Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 49.29     Irena Szewinska Poland POL 24 May 46 NR WR
2 50.51     Christina Lathan East Germany GDR 28 Feb 58  
3 50.55     Ellen Streidt East Germany GDR 27 Jul 52  
4 50.56     Pirjo Häggman Finland FIN 8 Jun 51  
5 50.65     Rosalyn Bryant United States USA 7 Jan 56  
6 50.90     Sheila Ingram United States USA 23 Mar 57  
7 50.98     Riitta Salin Finland FIN 16 Oct 50  
8 51.66     Debra Sapenter United States USA 27 Feb 52  
400 m Women     Semifinal 1 26 July      
                 
Rank Mark     Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 50.48     Irena Szewinska Poland POL 24 May 46  
2 50.51     Ellen Streidt East Germany GDR 27 Jul 52  
3 50.90     Sheila Ingram United States USA 23 Mar 57  
4 51.26     Riitta Salin Finland FIN 16 Oct 50  
5 51.44     Bethanie Nail Australia AUS 24 Mar 56  
6 51.55     Lyubov Aksenova Soviet Union URS 23 Apr 47  
7 52.20     Christiane Wildschek Austria AUT 5 Jul 54  
  DNS     Marita Koch East Germany GDR 18 Feb 57  
400 m Women     Semifinal 2 26 July      
                 
Rank Mark     Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 50.62     Rosalyn Bryant United States USA 7 Jan 56  
2 50.86     Christina Lathan East Germany GDR 28 Feb 58  
3 51.03     Pirjo Häggman Finland FIN 8 Jun 51  
4 51.34     Debra Sapenter United States USA 27 Feb 52  
5 51.42     Nadezhda Ilyina Soviet Union URS 24 Jan 49  
6 51.71     Verna Burnard Australia AUS 19 Aug 56  
7 51.82     Rita Wilden West Germany FRG 9 Oct 47  
8 51.95     Natalya Sokolova Soviet Union URS 16 Oct 49  
400 m Women     Heat 1 26 July      
                 
Rank Mark     Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 51.31     Sheila Ingram United States USA 23 Mar 57  
2 51.33     Ellen Streidt East Germany GDR 27 Jul 52  
3 51.35     Pirjo Häggman Finland FIN 8 Jun 51  
4 51.73     Lyubov Aksenova Soviet Union URS 23 Apr 47  
5 52.02     Dagmar Fuhrmann West Germany FRG 6 Apr 54  
6 52.65     Judy Canty Australia AUS 9 Dec 50  
7 53.62     Lorna Forde Barbados BAR 24 Jun 52  
8 54.16     Rachelle Campbell Canada CAN 30 Oct 56  
400 m Women     Heat 2 26 July      
                 
Rank Mark     Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 51.63     Natalya Sokolova Soviet Union URS 16 Oct 49  
2 51.67     Christina Lathan East Germany GDR 28 Feb 58  
3 51.79     Verna Burnard Australia AUS 19 Aug 56  
4 52.41     Rita Wilden West Germany FRG 9 Oct 47  
5 53.71     Gladys Taylor Great Britain GBR 5 May 53  
6 54.07     Marika Lindholm Finland FIN 14 Apr 48  
7 55.02     Joyce Yakubowich Canada CAN 29 May 53  
  DNS     Marilyn Neufville Jamaica JAM 16 Dec 52  
400 m Women     Heat 3 26 July      
                 
Rank Mark     Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 51.23     Debra Sapenter United States USA 27 Feb 52  
2 51.32     Nadezhda Ilyina Soviet Union URS 24 Jan 49  
3 51.71     Bethanie Nail Australia AUS 24 Mar 56  
4 52.25     Christiane Wildschek Austria AUT 5 Jul 54  
5 52.70     Verona Elder Great Britain GBR 5 Apr 53  
6 53.04     Rosine Wallez Belgium BEL 28 Apr 57  
7 53.77     Silvia Hollmann West Germany FRG 13 May 55  
8 53.88     Ruth Simpson Jamaica JAM 19 Oct 49  
400 m Women     Heat 4 26 July      
                 
Rank Mark     Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 51.62     Riitta Salin Finland FIN 16 Oct 50  
2 51.74     Rosalyn Bryant United States USA 7 Jan 56  
3 51.87     Marita Koch East Germany GDR 18 Feb 57  
4 52.00     Irena Szewinska Poland POL 24 May 46  
5 52.29     Donna Murray Great Britain GBR 1 May 55  
6 52.51     Rita Bottiglieri Italy ITA 29 Jun 53  
7 53.14     Régine Berg Belgium BEL 5 Oct 58  
8 53.14     Margaret Stride Canada CAN 21 Dec 54  
400 m Women     Heat 1 25 July      
                 
Rank Mark     Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 52.45     Christina Lathan East Germany GDR 28 Feb 58  
2 52.60     Verona Elder Great Britain GBR 5 Apr 53  
3 53.08     Rita Wilden West Germany FRG 9 Oct 47  
4 53.93     Lorna Forde Barbados BAR 24 Jun 52  
5 54.54     Rachelle Campbell Canada CAN 30 Oct 56  
400 m Women     Heat 2 25 July      
                 
Rank Mark     Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 52.33     Debra Sapenter United States USA 27 Feb 52  
2 52.75     Donna Murray Great Britain GBR 1 May 55  
3 52.78     Marita Koch East Germany GDR 18 Feb 57  
4 53.66     Régine Berg Belgium BEL 5 Oct 58  
5 53.73     Silvia Hollmann West Germany FRG 13 May 55  
6 53.93     Helen Blake Jamaica JAM 1 May 51  
7 57.85     Ileana Hocking Puerto Rico PUR 15 Mar 59  
400 m Women     Heat 3 25 July      
                 
Rank Mark     Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 52.56     Ellen Streidt East Germany GDR 27 Jul 52  
2 52.65     Christiane Wildschek Austria AUT 5 Jul 54  
3 52.88     Judy Canty Australia AUS 9 Dec 50  
4 52.93     Marilyn Neufville Jamaica JAM 16 Dec 52  
5 52.94     Rosine Wallez Belgium BEL 28 Apr 57  
6 54.11     Jelica Pavlicic Yugoslavia YUG 4 Feb 54  
400 m Women     Heat 4 25 July      
                 
Rank Mark     Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 51.83     Sheila Ingram United States USA 23 Mar 57  
2 52.45     Natalya Sokolova Soviet Union URS 16 Oct 49  
3 52.75     Irena Szewinska Poland POL 24 May 46  
4 53.35     Joyce Yakubowich Canada CAN 29 May 53  
5 53.46     Gladys Taylor Great Britain GBR 5 May 53  
6 53.64     Marika Lindholm Finland FIN 14 Apr 48  
7 54.13     Celestine N'Drin Cote d'Ivoire CIV 20 Jul 63  
400 m Women     Heat 5 25 July      
                 
Rank Mark     Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 52.01     Rosalyn Bryant United States USA 7 Jan 56  
2 52.57     Riitta Salin Finland FIN 16 Oct 50  
3 52.90     Lyubov Aksenova Soviet Union URS 23 Apr 47  
4 52.98     Bethanie Nail Australia AUS 24 Mar 56  
5 54.07     Ruth Simpson Jamaica JAM 19 Oct 49  
6 58.52     Helen Ritter Liechtenstein LIE 2 Aug 57  
400 m Women     Heat 6 25 July      
                 
Rank Mark     Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 51.97     Nadezhda Ilyina Soviet Union URS 24 Jan 49  
2 52.10     Verna Burnard Australia AUS 19 Aug 56  
3 52.58     Dagmar Fuhrmann West Germany FRG 6 Apr 54  
4 52.73     Pirjo Häggman Finland FIN 8 Jun 51  
5 53.21     Margaret Stride Canada CAN 21 Dec 54  
6 53.37     Rita Bottiglieri Italy ITA 29 Jun 53  
7 73.27     Rose-Marie Gauthier Haiti HAI 8 Mar 55  
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

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