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200 metres, Women

Date	26 – 28 July 1976
Status	Olympic
Location	Stade olympique, Parc olympique, Montréal, Québec
Participants	36 from 21 countries

Australia’s Raelene Boyle had won the Commonwealth Games in both 1970 and 1974 and was expected to challenge the East German women. She had reached the Olympic final in the 100 in 1968, 1972, and 1976 and won silver medals in the 200 in 1968 and 1972, and was expected to contend in 1976. But in her semi-final, she was disqualified for false starts. She protested but with no success.

Defending champion Renate Stecher had set two world records since 1972 but had lost the 1974 Europeans to Irena Szewińska-Kirszenstein. However Szewińska-Kirszenstein opted to compete only in the 400 metres in Montréal and the road seemed clear for Stecher in the final. However, she was surprised in the final by her teammate, Bärbel Eckert, who took the lead on the curve and maintained it to the finish. Stecher was also passed for the silver medal by West German Annegret Richter, who had already won the 100 metre gold medal a few days before.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	QF	SF	Final
1	139	Bärbel Eckert	GDR	23.78 (1 h2)	22.85 (1 h4)	22.71 (1 h2)	22.37 (1)	Gold	OR
2	181	Annegret Richter	FRG	23.47 (3 h3)	23.35 (3 h1)	22.90 (2 h2)	22.39 (2)	Silver
3	162	Renate Stecher	GDR	22.75 (1 h6)	23.04 (1 h3)	22.68 (1 h1)	22.47 (3)	Bronze
4	136	Carla Bodendorf	GDR	22.98 (1 h5)	23.20 (=1 h1)	22.84 (2 h1)	22.64 (4)
5	174	Inge Helten	FRG	23.40 (3 h4)	23.09 (2 h2)	22.97 (3 h1)	22.68 (5)
6	349	Tatyana Prorochenko	URS	23.21 (2 h6)	23.11 (3 h2)	23.03 (4 h1)	23.03 (6)
7	9	Denise Robertson	AUS	23.23 (2 h1)	23.12 (3 h4)	22.91 (3 h2)	23.05 (7)
8	105	Chantal Réga	FRA	23.54 (4 h3)	23.33 (4 h2)	23.00 (4 h2)	23.09 (8)
5 h1 r3/4	58	Marjorie Bailey	CAN	23.36 (4 h1)	23.24 (3 h3)	23.06 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r3/4	67	Patty Loverock	CAN	23.34 (3 h6)	23.03 (2 h4)	23.09 (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r3/4	357	Debra Armstrong	USA	23.18 (1 h4)	23.20 (=1 h1)	23.16 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r3/4	362	Chandra Cheeseborough	USA	23.17 (1 h1)	23.19 (2 h3)	23.20 (6 h2)	–
7 h1 r3/4	232	Carol Cummings	JAM	23.50 (5 h6)	23.45 (4 h4)	23.41 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r3/4	235	Jackie Pusey	JAM	23.56 (2 h5)	23.42 (4 h3)	23.31 (7 h2)	–
8 h2 r3/4	332	Nadezhda Besfamilnaya	URS	23.39 (2 h3)	23.48 (4 h1)	23.38 (8 h2)	–
AC h1 r3/4	1	Raelene Boyle	AUS	23.12 (1 h3)	22.97 (1 h2)	– (DQ h1)	–
5 h1 r2/4	11	Debbie Wells	AUS	23.78 (3 h5)	23.65 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r2/4	229	Rosie Allwood	JAM	23.34 (3 h1)	23.40 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r2/4	103	Catherine Delachanal	FRA	23.38 (2 h4)	23.65 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r2/4	346	Lyudmila Maslakova	URS	23.51 (4 h4)	23.63 (5 h4)	–	–
6 h1 r2/4	26	Lea Alaerts	BEL	23.53 (5 h4)	23.80 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r2/4	116	Bev Goddard	GBR	23.64 (6 h1)	23.74 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r2/4	21	Silvia Schinzel	AUT	23.74 (5 h3)	23.95 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r2/4	117	Helen Golden	GBR	23.77 (6 h4)	23.94 (6 h4)	–	–
7 h1 r2/4	48	Lilyana Panayotova-Ivanova	BUL	23.49 (4 h6)	23.87 (7 h1)	–	–
7 h2 r2/4	98	Mona-Lisa Pursiainen	FIN	24.52 (5 h5)	24.10 (7 h2)	–	–
7 h4 r2/4	24	Freida Nicholls-Davy	BAR	24.45 (4 h2)	24.27 (7 h4)	–	–
8 h1 r2/4	256	Sue Jowett	NZL	24.12 (2 h2)	24.23 (8 h1)	–	–
8 h2 r2/4	68	Joanne McTaggart	CAN	24.35 (3 h2)	24.47 (8 h2)	–	–
4 h5 r1/4	208	Ildikó Szabó-Erdélyi	HUN	24.35 (4 h5)	– (DNS h4)	–	–
5 h1 r1/4	178	Anne Kroniger	FRG	23.43 (5 h1)	– (DNS h3)	–	–
6 h3 r1/4	40	Silvina Pereira	BRA	24.00 (6 h3)	–	–	–
6 h6 r1/4	89	Divina Estrella	DOM	24.95 (6 h6)	–	–	–
7 h3 r1/4	209	Carolina Rieuwpassa	INA	24.86 (7 h3)	–	–	–
7 h4 r1/4	248	Helen Ritter	LIE	26.15 (7 h4)	–	–	–
8 h4 r1/4	198	Marie-Louise Pierre	HAI	28.19 (8 h4)	–	–	–
DNS	84	Fulgencia Romay	CUB	– (DNS h6)	–	–	–
DNS	87	Isabel Taylor	CUB	– (DNS h1)	–	–	–
DNS	88	Carmen Valdés	CUB	– (DNS h2)	–	–	–
DNS	118	Sonia Lannaman	GBR	– (DNS h5)	–	–	–
DNS	216	Rita Bottiglieri	ITA	– (DNS h5)	–	–	–
DNS	307	Linda Haglund	SWE	– (DNS h2)	–	–	–
DNS	378	Brenda Morehead	USA	– (DNS h2)	–	–	–

Round One (26 July 1976 — 11:45)

Top five in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the quarter-finals.

Heat One

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	1	Chandra Cheeseborough	USA	23.17	Q
2	5	Denise Robertson	AUS	23.23	Q
3	2	Rosie Allwood	JAM	23.34	Q
4	6	Marjorie Bailey	CAN	23.36	Q
5	7	Anne Kroniger	FRG	23.43	Q
6	4	Bev Goddard	GBR	23.64	q
DNS	3	Isabel Taylor	CUB	–

Heat Two

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	5	Bärbel Eckert	GDR	23.78	Q
2	2	Sue Jowett	NZL	24.12	Q
3	6	Joanne McTaggart	CAN	24.35	Q
4	7	Freida Nicholls-Davy	BAR	24.45	Q
DNS	1	Carmen Valdés	CUB	–
DNS	4	Linda Haglund	SWE	–
DNS	3	Brenda Morehead	USA	–

Heat Three

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	1	Raelene Boyle	AUS	23.12	Q
2	7	Nadezhda Besfamilnaya	URS	23.39	Q
3	2	Annegret Richter	FRG	23.47	Q
4	3	Chantal Réga	FRA	23.54	Q
5	6	Silvia Schinzel	AUT	23.74	Q
6	5	Silvina Pereira	BRA	24.00
7	4	Carolina Rieuwpassa	INA	24.86

Heat Four

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	8	Debra Armstrong	USA	23.18	Q
2	4	Catherine Delachanal	FRA	23.38	Q
3	1	Inge Helten	FRG	23.40	Q
4	2	Lyudmila Maslakova	URS	23.51	Q
5	5	Lea Alaerts	BEL	23.53	Q
6	6	Helen Golden	GBR	23.77	q
7	7	Helen Ritter	LIE	26.15
8	3	Marie-Louise Pierre	HAI	28.19

Heat Five

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	7	Carla Bodendorf	GDR	22.98	Q
2	1	Jackie Pusey	JAM	23.56	Q
3	6	Debbie Wells	AUS	23.78	Q
4	4	Ildikó Szabó-Erdélyi	HUN	24.35	Q
5	5	Mona-Lisa Pursiainen	FIN	24.52	Q
DNS	6	Sonia Lannaman	GBR	–
DNS	7	Rita Bottiglieri	ITA	–

Heat Six

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	7	Renate Stecher	GDR	22.75	Q
2	5	Tatyana Prorochenko	URS	23.21	Q
3	1	Patty Loverock	CAN	23.34	Q
4	2	Lilyana Panayotova-Ivanova	BUL	23.49	Q
5	4	Carol Cummings	JAM	23.50	Q
6	3	Divina Estrella	DOM	24.95
DNS	6	Fulgencia Romay	CUB	–

Quarter-Finals (26 July 1976 — 15:45)

Top four in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One

Wind	0.7 m/s
Wind	0.7 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
=1	7	Carla Bodendorf	GDR	23.20	Q
=1	8	Debra Armstrong	USA	23.20	Q
3	3	Annegret Richter	FRG	23.35	Q
4	2	Nadezhda Besfamilnaya	URS	23.48	Q
5	5	Debbie Wells	AUS	23.65
6	6	Lea Alaerts	BEL	23.80
7	4	Lilyana Panayotova-Ivanova	BUL	23.87
8	1	Sue Jowett	NZL	24.23

Heat Two

Wind	1.4 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	7	Raelene Boyle	AUS	22.97	Q
2	4	Inge Helten	FRG	23.09	Q
3	8	Tatyana Prorochenko	URS	23.11	Q
4	2	Chantal Réga	FRA	23.33	Q
5	1	Rosie Allwood	JAM	23.40
6	5	Bev Goddard	GBR	23.74
7	6	Mona-Lisa Pursiainen	FIN	24.10
8	3	Joanne McTaggart	CAN	24.47

Heat Three

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	3	Renate Stecher	GDR	23.04	Q
2	2	Chandra Cheeseborough	USA	23.19	Q
3	4	Marjorie Bailey	CAN	23.24	Q
4	7	Jackie Pusey	JAM	23.42	Q
5	6	Catherine Delachanal	FRA	23.65
6	5	Silvia Schinzel	AUT	23.95
DNS	1	Anne Kroniger	FRG	–

Heat Four

Wind	1.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	8	Bärbel Eckert	GDR	22.85	Q
2	6	Patty Loverock	CAN	23.03	Q
3	7	Denise Robertson	AUS	23.12	Q
4	5	Carol Cummings	JAM	23.45	Q
5	2	Lyudmila Maslakova	URS	23.63
6	1	Helen Golden	GBR	23.94
7	3	Freida Nicholls-Davy	BAR	24.27
DNS	4	Ildikó Szabó-Erdélyi	HUN	–

Semi-Finals (28 July 1976 — 15:00)

Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	5	Renate Stecher	GDR	22.68	Q
2	7	Carla Bodendorf	GDR	22.84	Q
3	2	Inge Helten	FRG	22.97	Q
4	3	Tatyana Prorochenko	URS	23.03	Q
5	8	Marjorie Bailey	CAN	23.06
6	6	Debra Armstrong	USA	23.16
7	4	Carol Cummings	JAM	23.41
DQ	1	Raelene Boyle	AUS	–		1

Heat Two

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	1	Bärbel Eckert	GDR	22.71	Q
2	4	Annegret Richter	FRG	22.90	Q
3	7	Denise Robertson	AUS	22.91	Q
4	5	Chantal Réga	FRA	23.00	Q
5	3	Patty Loverock	CAN	23.09
6	6	Chandra Cheeseborough	USA	23.20
7	2	Jackie Pusey	JAM	23.31
8	8	Nadezhda Besfamilnaya	URS	23.38

Final (28 July 1976 — 18:10)

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	2	Bärbel Eckert	GDR	22.37	OR
2	5	Annegret Richter	FRG	22.39
3	8	Renate Stecher	GDR	22.47
4	4	Carla Bodendorf	GDR	22.64
5	7	Inge Helten	FRG	22.68
6	1	Tatyana Prorochenko	URS	23.03
7	3	Denise Robertson	AUS	23.05
8	6	Chantal Réga	FRA	23.09