Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres

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Women's 800 metres
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium
Date23–26 July
Competitors35 from 20 nations
Winning time1:54.94 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Tatyana Kazankina
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg Nikolina Shtereva
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
Bronze medal icon.svg Elfi Zinn
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
  1972
1980  

The women's 800 metres competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada was held at the Olympic Stadium from 23 to 26 July. [1]

Competition format

The competition consisted of heats (Round 1), Semifinals and a Final. The three fastest competitors from each race in the heats plus the next fastest overall qualified for the Semifinals. The four fastest competitors from each of the Semifinal races 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  Valentina Gerasimova  (URS)1:56.0 Kiev, USSR 12 June 1976
Olympic recordFlag of Germany.svg  Hildegard Falck  (FRG)1:58.55 Munich, West Germany 3 September 1972

The top four finishers in the final all went under the existing world record.

Results

Round 1

Qual. rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the next fastest time (q) qualified.

Heat 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Svetlana Styrkina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:00.12Q
2 Judy Amoore Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:00.66Q
3 Doris Gluth Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:00.70Q
4 Rita Thijs Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:04.39
5 Abby Hoffman Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:05.32
6 Carmen Valero Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 2:06.14
7 Lilja Guðmundsdóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 2:07.26

Heat 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Anita Weiß Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:00.48Q
2 Nikolina Shtereva Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 2:01.02Q
3 Gabriella Dorio Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:01.63Q
4 Jozefína Čerchlanová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 2:02.36
5 Kathy Weston Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:03.31
6 Joan Wenzel Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:03.62
Chee Swee Lee Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore DNF

Heat 3

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Svetla Zlateva Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 1:59.24Q
2 Valentina Gerasimova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:59.68Q
3 Wendy Koenig Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:59.91Q
4 Mariana Suman Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 2:00.00q
5 Liz Barnes Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:01.70
6 Célestine N'Drin Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 2:04.54
7 Maria Ritter Flag of Liechtenstein (1937-1982).svg  Liechtenstein 2:14.39

Heat 4

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Elfi Zinn Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:01.54Q
2 Charlene Rendina Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:01.76Q
3 Ileana Silai Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 2:02.82Q
4 Angela Creamer Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:03.48
5 Magdolna Lázár Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:04.05
6 Ileana Hocking Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 2:08.46
7 Ndew Niang Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 2:09.32

Heat 5

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Tatyana Kazankina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:00.15Q
2 Lilyana Tomova Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 2:00.54Q
3 Madeline Manning Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:00.62Q
4 Yvonne Saunders Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:03.54
5 Anne-Marie Van Nuffel Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:04.09
6 Chris McMeekin Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:04.54
7 Anne Audain Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:05.78

Semifinals

Heat 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Anita Weiß Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:56.53Q OR
2 Tatyana Kazankina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:57.49Q
3 Svetla Zlateva Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 1:57.93Q
4 Doris Gluth Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:59.32Q
5 Judy Amoore Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:59.93
6 Ileana Silai Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 2:02.22
7 Wendy Koenig Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:02.31
8 Gabriella Dorio Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:02.46

Heat 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Svetlana Styrkina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:57.28Q
2 Nikolina Shtereva Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 1:57.35Q
3 Elfi Zinn Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:57.56Q
4 Mariana Suman Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 2:00.01Q
5 Charlene Rendina Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:00.29
6 Valentina Gerasimova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:01.00
7 Lilyana Tomova Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 2:01.97
8 Madeline Manning Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:07.25

Final

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Tatyana Kazankina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:54.94 WR
Silver medal icon.svg Nikolina Shtereva Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 1:55.42
Bronze medal icon.svg Elfi Zinn Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:55.60
4 Anita Weiß Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:55.74
5 Svetlana Styrkina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:56.44
6 Svetla Zlateva Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 1:57.21
7 Doris Gluth Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1:58.99
8 Mariana Suman Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 2:02.21

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References

  1. "Athletics at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Women's 800 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2017.