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800 metres, Women

Date23 – 26 July 1976
StatusOlympic
LocationStade olympique, Parc olympique, Montréal, Québec
Participants35 from 20 countries

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.

PosNrAthleteNOCR1SFFinal
1340Tatyana KazankinaURS2:00.15 (1 h5)1:57.49 (2 h1)1:54.94 (1)GoldWR
245Nikolina ShterevaBUL2:01.02 (2 h2)1:57.35 (2 h2)1:55.42 (2)Silver
3168Elfi ZinnGDR2:01.54 (1 h4)1:57.56 (3 h2)1:55.60 (3)Bronze
4166Anita WeißGDR2:00.48 (1 h2)1:56.53 (1 h1)1:55.74 (4)
5352Svetlana StyrkinaURS2:00.12 (1 h1)1:57.28 (1 h2)1:56.44 (5)
656Svetla ZlatevaBUL1:59.24 (1 h3)1:57.93 (3 h1)1:57.21 (6)
7143Doris GluthGDR2:00.70 (3 h1)1:59.32 (4 h1)1:58.99 (7)
8297Mariana SumanROU2:00.00 (4 h3)2:00.01 (4 h2)2:02.21 (8)
5 h1 r2/37Judy PollockAUS2:00.66 (2 h1)1:59.93 (5 h1)
5 h2 r2/38Charlene RendinaAUS2:01.76 (2 h4)2:00.29 (5 h2)
6 h1 r2/3294Ileana SilaiROU2:02.82 (3 h4)2:02.22 (6 h1)
6 h2 r2/3336Valentina GerasimovaURS1:59.68 (2 h3)2:01.00 (6 h2)
7 h1 r2/3373Wendy Koenig-KnudsonUSA1:59.91 (3 h3)2:02.31 (7 h1)
7 h2 r2/353Lilyana TodorovaBUL2:00.54 (2 h5)2:01.97 (7 h2)
8 h1 r2/3220Gabriella DorioITA2:01.63 (3 h2)2:02.46 (8 h1)
8 h2 r2/3370Madeline Manning-JacksonUSA2:00.62 (3 h5)2:07.25 (8 h2)
4 h1 r1/330Rita ThijsBEL2:04.39 (4 h1)
4 h2 r1/3311Jozefína ČerchlanováTCH2:02.36 (4 h2)
4 h4 r1/3114Angela CreamerGBR2:03.48 (4 h4)
4 h5 r1/370Yvonne SaundersCAN2:03.54 (4 h5)
5 h1 r1/363Abby HoffmanCAN2:05.32 (5 h1)
5 h2 r1/3387Kathy WestonUSA2:03.31 (5 h2)
5 h3 r1/3109Liz BarnesGBR2:01.70 (5 h3)
5 h4 r1/3202Magdolna LázárHUN2:04.05 (5 h4)
5 h5 r1/331Anne-Marie Van NuffelBEL2:04.09 (5 h5)
6 h1 r1/390María Carmen ValeroESP2:06.14 (6 h1)
6 h2 r1/373Joan WenzelCAN2:03.62 (6 h2)
6 h3 r1/379Céléstine N'DrinCIV2:04.54 (6 h3)
6 h4 r1/3281Ileana HockingPUR2:08.46 (6 h4)
6 h5 r1/3121Chris McMeekinGBR2:04.54 (6 h5)
7 h1 r1/3212Lilja GuðmundsdóttirISL2:07.26 (7 h1)
7 h3 r1/3249Maria RitterLIE2:14.39 (7 h3)
7 h4 r1/3302Ndew NiangSEN2:09.32 (7 h4)
7 h5 r1/3255Anne GarrettNZL2:05.78 (7 h5)
AC h2 r1/3303Chee Swee LeeSGP– (DNF h2)
DNS95Nina HolménFIN– (DNS h4)

Round One (23 July 1976 — 16:50)

Top three in each heat and next fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One

PosLaneAthleteNOCTime (A)
12Svetlana StyrkinaURS2:00.12Q
21Judy PollockAUS2:00.66Q
36Doris GluthGDR2:00.70Q
44Rita ThijsBEL2:04.39
53Abby HoffmanCAN2:05.32
67María Carmen ValeroESP2:06.14
75Lilja GuðmundsdóttirISL2:07.26

Splits

400 m57.43

Heat Two

PosLaneAthleteNOCTime (A)
13Anita WeißGDR2:00.48Q
21Nikolina ShterevaBUL2:01.02Q
37Gabriella DorioITA2:01.63Q
46Jozefína ČerchlanováTCH2:02.36
55Kathy WestonUSA2:03.31
62Joan WenzelCAN2:03.62
DNF4Chee Swee LeeSGP

Splits

400 m57.74

Heat Three

PosLaneAthleteNOCTime (A)
16Svetla ZlatevaBUL1:59.24Q
22Valentina GerasimovaURS1:59.68Q
37Wendy Koenig-KnudsonUSA1:59.91Q
43Mariana SumanROU2:00.00q
54Liz BarnesGBR2:01.70
61Céléstine N'DrinCIV2:04.54
75Maria RitterLIE2:14.39

Splits

400 m57.29

Heat Four

PosLaneAthleteNOCTime (A)
15Elfi ZinnGDR2:01.54Q
21Charlene RendinaAUS2:01.76Q
38Ileana SilaiROU2:02.82Q
42Angela CreamerGBR2:03.48
56Magdolna LázárHUN2:04.05
63Ileana HockingPUR2:08.46
74Ndew NiangSEN2:09.32
DNS7Nina HolménFIN

Splits

400 m58.57

Heat Five

PosLaneAthleteNOCTime (A)
16Tatyana KazankinaURS2:00.15Q
22Lilyana TodorovaBUL2:00.54Q
33Madeline Manning-JacksonUSA2:00.62Q
47Yvonne SaundersCAN2:03.54
54Anne-Marie Van NuffelBEL2:04.09
61Chris McMeekinGBR2:04.54
75Anne GarrettNZL2:05.78

Splits

400 m59.58

Semi-Finals (24 July 1976 — 15:50)

Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One

PosLaneAthleteNOCTime (A)
17Anita WeißGDR1:56.53QOR
21Tatyana KazankinaURS1:57.49Q
34Svetla ZlatevaBUL1:57.93Q
42Doris GluthGDR1:59.32Q
58Judy PollockAUS1:59.93
66Ileana SilaiROU2:02.22
73Wendy Koenig-KnudsonUSA2:02.31
85Gabriella DorioITA2:02.46

Splits

400 m54.44

Heat Two

PosLaneAthleteNOCTime (A)
16Svetlana StyrkinaURS1:57.28Q
25Nikolina ShterevaBUL1:57.35Q
34Elfi ZinnGDR1:57.56Q
48Mariana SumanROU2:00.01Q
51Charlene RendinaAUS2:00.29
67Valentina GerasimovaURS2:01.00
73Lilyana TodorovaBUL2:01.97
82Madeline Manning-JacksonUSA2:07.25

Splits

400 m55.86

Final (26 July 1976 — 18:20)

PosLaneAthleteNOCTime (A)
12Tatyana KazankinaURS1:54.94WR
23Nikolina ShterevaBUL1:55.42
37Elfi ZinnGDR1:55.60
45Anita WeißGDR1:55.74
58Svetlana StyrkinaURS1:56.44
66Svetla ZlatevaBUL1:57.21
74Doris GluthGDR1:58.99
81Mariana SumanROU2:02.21

Splits

400 m55.05Svetlana Styrkina