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1976 Olympic Games Montreal - Women's 800 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 23, 1976 Format: Top three in each heat and next fastest advanced to the semi-finals.
Date Finished: July 26, 1976  
(Competitors: 35; Countries: 20; Finalists: 8)  
    Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Montréal, Québec
Overview by IAAF   1976_olympic_stadium.jpg 
The world record had been improved by 1.5 seconds by Valentina Gerasimova (URS) to 1:56.0. After running 1:59.68 in her heat behind Zlateva (1:59.24), she ran out of gas in the semi-finals, placing sixth in 2:01.00. The race saw three run under 1:58.0, with Suman fourth in 2:00.01, the only qualifier for the final to run outside 2:00. The other semi-final had been won by Weiss in 1:56.53, the second fastest time ever, after passing 400m in an unprecedented 54.44. Weiss set the pace in the final, but Styrkina passed her just before the bell (55.05). Gluth and Suman faded soon after halfway, but six were in with a chance of gold at 600m, reached by Styrkina and Weiss in 1:25.0. Zlateva and Styrkina were first to wilt on the final curve, and Weiss led from Zinn, Shtereva and Kazankina into the straight. The frail-looking Russian switched gears, and flew past the others in the last 50m, opening up a 3m gap by the finish, clocking a sensational 1:54.94. The first four broke the existing world record, and 36 years later no woman had run as fast as Weiss and finished worse than third in an 800m race.
       
Summary by Sports-reference.com      
By the time of the 1976 Olympics, Soviet 800 runners led the world. In June Valentina Gerasimova broke the world record with 1:56.0, but in Montréal she would not get out of the semi-finals. The final was opened by Anita Weiß (GDR) taking the lead, but she was passed just before the bell by several runners. The pace was very fast with 400 passed in 55.05. At 600 metres, Tatyana Kazankina was in sixth place but moved outside and started passing runners. Leading into the homestretch, she switched gears and won easily in a world record 1:54.94. The first four runners also surpassed Gerasimova's world record in the fastest women's 800 race ever run to that date. Four days later Kazankina returned to add the 1,500 and win the 800/1,500 double.
 

Records

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

World record  Valentina Gerasimova (URS) 1:56.0 Kiev, USSR 12 June 1976
Olympic record  Hildegard Falck (FRG) 1:58.55 Munich, West Germany 3 September 1972
 
        Results        
 
800 m Women     Final 26 July      
                 
Rank Mark     Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 1.54.94     Tatyana Kazankina Soviet Union URS 17 Dec 51 WR
2 1.55.42     Nikolina Shtereva Bulgaria BUL 21 Jan 55 NR NUR
3 1.55.60     Elfi Zinn East Germany GDR 24 Aug 53  
4 1.55.74     Anita Weiß East Germany GDR 16 Jul 55  
5 1.56.44     Svetlana Styrkina Soviet Union URS 1 Jan 49  
6 1.57.21     Svetla Koleva Bulgaria BUL 25 Feb 52  
7 1.58.99     Doris Gluth East Germany GDR 19 Dec 55  
8 2.02.21     Mariana Suman Romania ROU 29 Jul 51  
800 m Women     Semifinal 1 24 July      
                 
Rank Mark     Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 1.56.53     Anita Weiß East Germany GDR 16 Jul 55  
2 1.57.49     Tatyana Kazankina Soviet Union URS 17 Dec 51  
3 1.57.93     Svetla Koleva Bulgaria BUL 25 Feb 52  
4 1.59.32     Doris Gluth East Germany GDR 19 Dec 55  
5 1.59.93     Judy Pollock Australia AUS 25 Jun 40  
6 2.02.22     Ileana Silai Romania ROU 14 Oct 41  
7 2.02.31     Wendy Knudson United States USA 28 May 55  
8 2.02.46     Gabriella Dorio Italy ITA 26 Jun 57  
800 m Women     Semifinal 2 24 July      
                 
Rank Mark     Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 1.57.28     Svetlana Styrkina Soviet Union URS 1 Jan 49  
2 1.57.35     Nikolina Shtereva Bulgaria BUL 21 Jan 55  
3 1.57.56     Elfi Zinn East Germany GDR 24 Aug 53  
4 2.00.01     Mariana Suman Romania ROU 29 Jul 51  
5 2.00.29     Charlene Rendina Australia AUS 28 Dec 47  
6 2.01.00     Valentina Gerasimova Soviet Union URS 15 May 48  
7 2.01.97     Lilyana Tomova Bulgaria BUL 9 Aug 46  
8 2.07.25     Madeline Jackson United States USA 11 Jan 48  
800 m Women     Heat 1 23 July      
                 
Rank Mark     Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 2.00.12     Svetlana Styrkina Soviet Union URS 1 Jan 49  
2 2.00.66     Judy Pollock Australia AUS 25 Jun 40  
3 2.00.70     Doris Gluth East Germany GDR 19 Dec 55  
4 2.04.39     Rita Thijs Belgium BEL 7 Feb 58  
5 2.05.32     Abby Hoffman Canada CAN 11 Feb 47  
6 2.06.14     Carmen Valero Spain ESP 4 Oct 55  
7 2.07.26     Liljá Gudmundsdóttir Iceland ISL 3 Jan 55  
800 m Women     Heat 2 23 July      
                 
Rank Mark     Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 2.00.48     Anita Weiß East Germany GDR 16 Jul 55  
2 2.01.02     Nikolina Shtereva Bulgaria BUL 21 Jan 55  
3 2.01.63     Gabriella Dorio Italy ITA 26 Jun 57  
4 2.02.36     Jozefina Cerchlanová Czechoslovakia TCH 29 Mar 52  
5 2.03.31     Kathy Weston United States USA 19 May 58  
6 2.03.62     Joan Wenzel Canada CAN 24 Dec 53  
  DNF     Chee Swee Lee Singapore SIN 10 Jan 55  
800 m Women     Heat 3 23 July      
                 
Rank Mark     Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 1.59.24     Svetla Koleva Bulgaria BUL 25 Feb 52  
2 1.59.68     Valentina Gerasimova Soviet Union URS 15 May 48  
3 1.59.91     Wendy Knudson United States USA 28 May 55  
4 2.00.00     Mariana Suman Romania ROU 29 Jul 51  
5 2.01.70     Liz Barnes Great Britain GBR 3 Aug 51  
6 2.04.54     Celestine N'Drin Cote d'Ivoire CIV 20 Jul 63  
7 2.14.39     Maria Ritter Liechtenstein LIE 2 Aug 57  
800 m Women     Heat 4 23 July      
                 
Rank Mark     Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 2.01.54     Elfi Zinn East Germany GDR 24 Aug 53  
2 2.01.76     Charlene Rendina Australia AUS 28 Dec 47  
3 2.02.82     Ileana Silai Romania ROU 14 Oct 41  
4 2.03.48     Angela Creamer Great Britain GBR 30 Jan 56  
5 2.04.05     Magdolna Lázár Hungary HUN 5 May 51  
6 2.08.46     Ileana Hocking Puerto Rico PUR 15 Mar 59  
7 2.09.32     Ndew Niang Senegal SEN 20 Aug 54  
800 m Women     Heat 5 23 July      
                 
Rank Mark     Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 2.00.15     Tatyana Kazankina Soviet Union URS 17 Dec 51  
2 2.00.54     Lilyana Tomova Bulgaria BUL 9 Aug 46  
3 2.00.62     Madeline Jackson United States USA 11 Jan 48  
4 2.03.54     Yvonne Saunders Canada CAN 9 Jan 51  
5 2.04.09     Anne-Marie Van Nuffel Belgium BEL 22 May 56  
6 2.04.54     Christine McMeekin Great Britain GBR 1 Dec 56  
7 2.05.78     Anne Audain New Zealand NZL 1 Nov 55  
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

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