Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

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Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium
Dates9–10 September 1972
Competitors from 14 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Dagmar Käsling, Rita Kühne, Helga Seidler, Monika Zehrt Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Mable Fergerson, Madeline Manning, Cheryl Toussaint, Kathy Hammond Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Anette Rückes, Inge Bödding, Hildegard Falck, Rita Wilden Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
1976  

These are the official results of the women's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. The event was held on the 9 and 10 September 1972. There were a total number of 14 nations competing. [1]

Records

These were the standing World and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1972 Summer Olympics.

World Record3:29.28 Flag of East Germany.svg Monika Zehrt
Flag of East Germany.svg Rita Kühne
Flag of East Germany.svg Ingelore Lohse
Flag of East Germany.svg Helga Seidler
Helsinki (FIN)27 July 1972

Results

Final

RANKNATIONATHLETESTIME
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)Dagmar Käsling
Rita Kühne
Helga Seidler
Monika Zehrt
3:22.95
(WR)
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)Mable Fergerson
Madeline Manning
Cheryl Toussaint
Kathy Hammond
3:25.15
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany  (FRG)Anette Rückes
Inge Bödding
Hildegard Falck
Rita Wilden
3:26.51
4.Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)Martine Duvivier
Colette Besson
Bernadette Martin
Nicole Duclos
3:27.5
5.Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain  (GBR)Verona Bernard
Janet Simpson
Jannette Roscoe
Rosemary Stirling
3:28.7
6.Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)Allison Ross-Edwards
Raelene Boyle
Cheryl Peasley
Charlene Rendina
3:28.8
7.Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)Marika Eklund
Pirjo Wilmi
Tuula Rautanen
Mona-Lisa Strandvall
3:29.4
8.Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)Lyubov Runtso
Olga Syrovatskaia
Natalya Chistiakova
Nadezhda Kolesnikova
3:31.9

Semifinals

Heat 1

RANKNATIONATHLETESTIME
1.Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany  (FRG)Anette Rückes
Inge Bödding
Hildegard Falck
Rita Wilden
3:29.3
2.Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)Martine Duvivier
Colette Besson
Bernadette Martin
Nicole Duclos
3:30.0
3.Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)Lyubov Runtso
Olga Syrovatskaia
Natalya Chistiakov
Nadezhda Kolesnikova
3:30.2
4.Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)Marika Eklund
Pirjo Wilmi
Tuula Rautanen
Mona-Lisa Strandvall
3:30.8
5Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba  (CUB)Asuncion Acosta
Marcela Chibás
Beatriz Castillo
Aurelia Pentón
3:32:4
6.Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)Eva-Charlotte Malmström
Elisabeth Randerz
Ann Larsson
Karin Lundgren
3:32.6
7.Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados  (BAR)Lorna Forde
Barbara Bishop
Marcia Trotman
Heather Gooding
3:44.5

Heat 2

RANKNATIONATHLETESTIME
1.Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)Dagmar Käsling
Rita Kühne
Helga Seidler
Monika Zehrt
3:28.5
(WR)
2.Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)Mable Fergerson
Madeline Manning
Cheryl Toussaint
Kathy Hammond
3:28.6
3.Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)Allison Ross-Edwards
Raelene Boyle
Cheryl Peasley
Charlene Rendina
3:30.0
4.Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain  (GBR)Janet Simpson
Verona Bernard
Jannette Roscoe
Rosemary Stirling
3:30.1
5.Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)Ruth Williams
Una Morris
Rosie Allwood
Yvonne Saunders
3:31.98
6.Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)Christiane Casapicola
Maria Sykora
Gerlinde Massing
Karoline Käfer
3:42.2
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland  (POL)Bozena Zientarska
Krystyna Kacperczyk
Elżbieta Katolik
Danuta Piecyk
DSQ

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Women's 4 × 400 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2017.