Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

These are the official results of the women's 4 × 400 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 11 nations competing.[1]

Women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	30–31 July
Competitors	from 20 nations
Medalists
Doris Maletzki, Brigitte Rohde, Ellen Streidt, Christina Brehmer  East Germany Debra Sapenter, Sheila Ingram, Pamela Jiles, Rosalyn Bryant  United States Inta Kļimoviča, Lyudmila Aksyonova, Natalya Sokolova, Nadezhda Ilyina  Soviet Union

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
East Germany (GDR) Doris Maletzki Brigitte Rohde Ellen Streidt Christina Brehmer	United States (USA) Debra Sapenter Sheila Ingram Pamela Jiles Rosalyn Bryant	Soviet Union (URS) Inta Kļimoviča Lyudmila Aksyonova Natalya Sokolova Nadezhda Ilyina

Records

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

World Record	3:22.95	Dagmar Käsling Rita Kühne Helga Seidler Monika Zehrt	Munich (FRG)	10 September 1972
Olympic Record	3:22.95	Dagmar Käsling Rita Kühne Helga Seidler Monika Zehrt	Munich (FRG)	10 September 1972

Results

Final

• Held on 31 July 1976

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
	East Germany (GDR)	• Doris Maletzki • Brigitte Rohde • Ellen Streidt • Christina Brehmer	3:19.23 (WR)
	United States (USA)	• Debra Sapenter • Sheila Ingram • Pamela Jiles • Rosalyn Bryant	3:22.81
	Soviet Union (URS)	• Inta Kļimoviča • Lyudmila Aksyonova • Natalya Sokolova • Nadezhda Ilyina	3:24.24
4.	Australia (AUS)	• Judy Canty • Verna Burnard • Charlene Rendina • Bethanie Nail	3:25.56
5.	West Germany (FRG)	• Claudia Steger • Dagmar Fuhrmann • Elke Barth • Rita Wilden	3:25.71
6.	Finland (FIN)	• Marika Lindholm • Pirjo Häggman • Mona-Lisa Pursiainen • Riitta Salin	3:25.87
7.	Great Britain (GBR)	• Liz Barnes • Gladys Taylor • Verona Elder • Donna Murray	3:28.01
8.	Canada (CAN)	• Margaret Stride • Joyce Yakubowich • Rachelle Campbell • Yvonne Saunders	3:28.91

Semifinals

• Held on 30 July 1976

Heat 1

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.	Soviet Union (URS)	• Inta Kļimoviča • Lyudmila Aksyonova • Natalya Sokolova • Nadezhda Ilyina	3:24.54
2.	United States (USA)	• Debra Sapenter • Sheila Ingram • Pamela Jiles • Rosalyn Bryant	3:25.15
3.	Finland (FIN)	• Pirjo Häggman • Marika Lindholm • Mona-Lisa Pursiainen • Riitta Salin	3:26.30
4.	West Germany (FRG)	• Claudia Steger • Rita Wilden • Dagmar Fuhrmann • Elke Barth	3:26.31
—	Jamaica (JAM)	• Helen Blake • Carol Cummings • Jacqueline Pusey • Ruth Williams-Simpson	DSQ

Heat 2

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.	East Germany (GDR)	• Doris Maletzki • Brigitte Rohde • Ellen Streidt • Christina Brehmer	3:23.38
2.	Australia (AUS)	• Judy Canty • Verna Burnard • Charlene Rendina • Bethanie Nail	3:25.98
3.	Great Britain (GBR)	• Liz Barnes • Gladys Taylor • Verona Elder • Donna Murray	3:27.09
4.	Canada (CAN)	• Margaret Stride • Joyce Yakubowich • Rachelle Campbell • Yvonne Saunders	3:28.81
5.	Bulgaria (BUL)	• Yordanka Ivanova • Svetla Zlateva • Ivanka Bonova • Liliana Tomova	3:31.08
6.	Belgium (BEL)	• Lea Alaerts • Regine Berg • Anne-Marie Van Nuffel • Rita Thijs	3:32.87

References

1. "Athletics at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Women's 4 × 400 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2017.

External links

• Official Report
• Results