Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 1500 metres

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Women's 1500 metres
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium
Date28–30 July 1976
Competitors36 from 19 nations
Winning time4:05.48
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Tatyana Kazankina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg Gunhild Hoffmeister Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Ulrike Bruns Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
  1972
1980  

The Women's 1500 metres competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada was held at the Olympic Stadium on 26–30 July. [1]

Competition format

The Women's 1500m competition consisted of heats (Round 1), Semifinals and a Final. The three fastest competitors from each race in the heats plus the next two fastest overall qualified for the Semifinals. The four fastest competitors from each of the Semifinal races plus the next fastest overall advanced to the Final.

Records

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

World record Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Tatyana Kazankina  (URS)3:56.0 Podolsk, Soviet Union 28 June 1976
Olympic recordFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Lyudmila Bragina  (URS)4:01.4 Munich, West Germany 9 September 1972

Results

Round 1

Qual. rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) plus the next two fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Gabriella Dorio Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4:10.84Q
2 Raisa Smekhnova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 4:10.88Q
3 Jan Merrill Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:10.92Q
4 Mary Stewart Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 4:11.10Q
5 Maricica Puică Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 4:12.62
6 Rositsa Pekhlivanova Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 4:13.11
7 Judy Amoore Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 4:14.22
8 Bernadette Van Roy Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 4:16.27
9 Magdolna Lázár Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 4:23.30

Heat 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Lyudmila Bragina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 4:07.11Q
2 Christiane Wartenberg Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 4:07.13Q
3 Nina Holmén Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 4:07.14Q
4 Grete Waitz Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 4:07.20Q
5 Ellen Wellmann Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 4:07.20q
6 Francie Larrieu Smith Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:07.21q
7 Dianne Rodger Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 4:12.81
8 Thelma Wright Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:15.23
9 Ndew Niang Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 4:44.64

Heat 3

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Ulrike Bruns Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 4:11.62Q
2 Tatyana Kazankina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 4:12.10Q
3 Vesela Yatsinska Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 4:12.72Q
4 Sonja Castelein Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 4:12.95Q
5 Penny Yule Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 4:13.36
6 Ileana Silai Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 4:13.61
7 Margherita Gargano Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4:15.94
8 Carmen Valero Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 4:17.65
9 Penny Werthner Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4:18.19

Heat 4

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Brigitte Kraus Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 4:07.79Q
2 Gunhild Hoffmeister Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 4:08.23Q
3 Natalia Mărăşescu Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 4:08.31Q
4 Nikolina Shtereva Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 4:08.38Q
5 Mary Tracey-Purcell Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 4:08.63
6 Cyndy Poor Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:08.89
7 Anne Audain Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 4:10.68
8 Silvana Cruciata Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4:16.78
9 Lilja Guðmundsdóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 4:20.27

Semifinals

Heat 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Ulrike Bruns Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 4:02.13Q
2 Nikolina Shtereva Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 4:02.33Q
3 Lyudmila Bragina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 4:02.41Q
4 Gunhild Hoffmeister Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 4:02.45Q
5 Jan Merrill Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:02.61q
6 Raisa Smekhnova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 4:03.20
7 Brigitte Kraus Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 4:04.21
8 Grete Waitz Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 4:04.80
9 Sonja Castelein Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 4:13.46

Heat 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Tatyana Kazankina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 4:07.37Q
2 Nina Holmén Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 4:07.53Q
3 Ellen Wellmann Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 4:07.54Q
4 Gabriella Dorio Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4:07.61Q
5 Mary Stewart Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 4:07.65
6 Vesela Yatsinska Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 4:07.89
7 Natalia Mărăşescu Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 4:07.92
8 Christiane Wartenberg Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 4:08.28
9 Francie Larrieu Smith Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:09.07

Final

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Tatyana Kazankina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 4:05.48
Silver medal icon.svg Gunhild Hoffmeister Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 4:06.02
Bronze medal icon.svg Ulrike Bruns Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 4:06.09
4 Nikolina Shtereva Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 4:06.57
5 Lyudmila Bragina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 4:07.20
6 Gabriella Dorio Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 4:07.27
7 Ellen Wellmann Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 4:07.91
8 Jan Merrill Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4:08.54
9 Nina Holmén Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 4:09.55

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References

  1. "Athletics at the 1976 Montreal Games: Women's 1500 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2017.