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100 metres Hurdles, Women

Date	28 – 29 July 1976
Status	Olympic
Location	Stade olympique, Parc olympique, Montréal, Québec
Participants	23 from 15 countries

By now the East Germans and Eastern Europeans dominated this event. Six of them would make the final in Montréal, accompanied by Italian Ileana Ongar, and Israeli Esther Shakhamarov-Rot. Esther Shakhamarov was probably stronger in 1972 but withdrew from the event following the murder of the 11 Israeli athletes and coaches, among whom was her coach, Amitzur Shapira. A major factor in this event was the disqualification of Lyubov Kononova in the second semi-final which caused the race to be re-run on the morning of the final. Defending champion and world record holder Annelie Ehrhardt qualified for the final first time round but could only finish fifth in the rerun which was won by Tatyana Anisimova. Seventy five minutes later Ansimova was back on track for the final and only missed out on gold to Johanna Schaller by a hundredth of a second. It is interesting to speculate what the result would have been if Anisimova did not have that extra race in her legs. The final was very close with the first four runners finishing within 0.05 seconds.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	156	Johanna Schaller	GDR	13.02 (2 h3)	12.93 (1 h1)	12.77 (1)	Gold
2	328	Tatyana Anisimova	URS	12.98 (1 h1)	12.91 (1 h2)	12.78 (2)	Silver
3	344	Nataliya Lebedeva	URS	12.94 (1 h3)	13.03 (3 h1)	12.80 (3)	Bronze
4	134	Gudrun Berend	GDR	13.03 (1 h4)	12.96 (2 h1)	12.82 (4)
5	275	Grażyna Rabsztyn	POL	13.09 (2 h1)	13.02 (2 h2)	12.96 (5)
6	213	Esther Roth	ISR	13.06 (2 h4)	13.04 (4 h1)	13.04 (6)
7	296	Valeria Ştefănescu	ROU	13.60 (4 h4)	– (DNF h2)	13.35 (7)
8	225	Ileana Ongar	ITA	13.37 (2 h2)	13.42 (4 h2)	13.51 (8)
5 h1 r2/3	273	Bożena Nowakowska	POL	13.05 (1 h2)	13.04 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r2/3	140	Annelie Ehrhardt	GDR	13.49 (3 h2)	13.28 (3 h2)	–
6 h1 r2/3	374	Deby LaPlante	USA	13.51 (4 h2)	13.36 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r2/3	104	Nadine Prévost	FRA	13.70 (4 h1)	13.70 (6 h2)	–
7 h1 r2/3	51	Penka Sokolova	BUL	13.52 (3 h3)	13.67 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r2/3	113	Sharon Colyear	GBR	13.18 (3 h1)	13.64 (5 h2)	–
8 h1 r2/3	110	Lorna Boothe	GBR	13.69 (4 h3)	13.73 (8 h1)	–
AC h2 r2/3	342	Lyubov Kononova	URS	13.36 (3 h4)	– (DQ h2)	–
5 h1 r1/3	363	Pat Donnelly	USA	13.71 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r1/3	4	Gaye Dell	AUS	13.68 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r1/3	359	Rhonda Brady	USA	13.84 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r1/3	258	Edith Noeding	PER	14.14 (5 h4)	–	–
6 h1 r1/3	301	Julie Gomis	SEN	14.57 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r1/3	59	Sue Bradley	CAN	14.07 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h4 r1/3	389	Lucía Vaamonde	VEN	19.17 (6 h4)	–	–
DNS	29	Anne-Marie Pira	BEL	– (DNS h3)	–	–
DNS	93	Miriama Tuisorisori-Chambault	FIJ	– (DNS h1)	–	–

Round One

Date	28 July 1976 — 10:00
Format	Top four in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)
1	344	Nataliya Lebedeva	URS	12.94	Q
2	328	Tatyana Anisimova	URS	12.98	Q
3	156	Johanna Schaller	GDR	13.02	Q
4	134	Gudrun Berend	GDR	13.03	Q
5	273	Bożena Nowakowska	POL	13.05	Q
6	213	Esther Roth	ISR	13.06	Q
7	275	Grażyna Rabsztyn	POL	13.09	Q
8	113	Sharon Colyear	GBR	13.18	Q
9	342	Lyubov Kononova	URS	13.36	Q
10	225	Ileana Ongar	ITA	13.37	Q
11	140	Annelie Ehrhardt	GDR	13.49	Q
12	374	Deby LaPlante	USA	13.51	Q
13	51	Penka Sokolova	BUL	13.52	Q
14	296	Valeria Ştefănescu	ROU	13.60	Q
15	4	Gaye Dell	AUS	13.68
16	110	Lorna Boothe	GBR	13.69	Q
17	104	Nadine Prévost	FRA	13.70	Q
18	363	Pat Donnelly	USA	13.71
19	359	Rhonda Brady	USA	13.84
20	59	Sue Bradley	CAN	14.07
21	258	Edith Noeding	PER	14.14
22	301	Julie Gomis	SEN	14.57
23	389	Lucía Vaamonde	VEN	19.17
DNS	93	Miriama Tuisorisori-Chambault	FIJ	–
DNS	29	Anne-Marie Pira	BEL	–

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	328	Tatyana Anisimova	URS	12.98	Q
2	275	Grażyna Rabsztyn	POL	13.09	Q
3	113	Sharon Colyear	GBR	13.18	Q
4	104	Nadine Prévost	FRA	13.70	Q
5	363	Pat Donnelly	USA	13.71
6	301	Julie Gomis	SEN	14.57
DNS	93	Miriama Tuisorisori-Chambault	FIJ	–

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	273	Bożena Nowakowska	POL	13.05	Q
2	225	Ileana Ongar	ITA	13.37	Q
3	140	Annelie Ehrhardt	GDR	13.49	Q
4	374	Deby LaPlante	USA	13.51	Q
5	4	Gaye Dell	AUS	13.68
6	59	Sue Bradley	CAN	14.07

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	344	Nataliya Lebedeva	URS	12.94	Q
2	156	Johanna Schaller	GDR	13.02	Q
3	51	Penka Sokolova	BUL	13.52	Q
4	110	Lorna Boothe	GBR	13.69	Q
5	359	Rhonda Brady	USA	13.84
DNS	29	Anne-Marie Pira	BEL	–

Heat #4

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	134	Gudrun Berend	GDR	13.03	Q
2	213	Esther Roth	ISR	13.06	Q
3	342	Lyubov Kononova	URS	13.36	Q
4	296	Valeria Ştefănescu	ROU	13.60	Q
5	258	Edith Noeding	PER	14.14
6	389	Lucía Vaamonde	VEN	19.17

Semi-Finals

Date	28 – 29 July 1976
Format	Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)	Original Heat #2 Time
1	156	Johanna Schaller	GDR	12.93	–	Q
2	134	Gudrun Berend	GDR	12.96	–	Q
3	344	Nataliya Lebedeva	URS	13.03	–	Q
4	213	Esther Roth	ISR	13.04	–	Q
5	273	Bożena Nowakowska	POL	13.04	–
6	328	Tatyana Anisimova	URS	13.08	12.91	Q	1
7	275	Grażyna Rabsztyn	POL	13.35	13.02	Q	2
8	374	Deby LaPlante	USA	13.36	–
9	225	Ileana Ongar	ITA	13.41	13.42	Q	3
10	296	Valeria Ştefănescu	ROU	13.59	DNF	Q	4
11	51	Penka Sokolova	BUL	13.67	–
12	140	Annelie Ehrhardt	GDR	13.71	13.28		5
13	110	Lorna Boothe	GBR	13.73	–
14	104	Nadine Prévost	FRA	13.95	13.70		6
15	113	Sharon Colyear	GBR	17.32	13.64		7
DQ	342	Lyubov Kononova	URS	–	–		8

Heat #1

Time	28 July 1976 — 14:00
Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	156	Johanna Schaller	GDR	12.93	Q
2	134	Gudrun Berend	GDR	12.96	Q
3	344	Nataliya Lebedeva	URS	13.03	Q
4	213	Esther Roth	ISR	13.04	Q
5	273	Bożena Nowakowska	POL	13.04
6	374	Deby LaPlante	USA	13.36
7	51	Penka Sokolova	BUL	13.67
8	110	Lorna Boothe	GBR	13.73

Heat #2

Time	28 July 1976 — 14:06
Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	328	Tatyana Anisimova	URS	12.91
2	275	Grażyna Rabsztyn	POL	13.02
3	140	Annelie Ehrhardt	GDR	13.28
4	225	Ileana Ongar	ITA	13.42
5	113	Sharon Colyear	GBR	13.64
6	104	Nadine Prévost	FRA	13.70
DNF	296	Valeria Ştefănescu	ROU	–
DQ	342	Lyubov Kononova	URS	–	9

Heat #2 Re-run

Time	29 July 1976 — 13:45
Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	328	Tatyana Anisimova	URS	13.08	Q
2	275	Grażyna Rabsztyn	POL	13.35	Q
3	225	Ileana Ongar	ITA	13.41	Q
4	296	Valeria Ştefănescu	ROU	13.59	Q
5	140	Annelie Ehrhardt	GDR	13.71
6	104	Nadine Prévost	FRA	13.95
7	113	Sharon Colyear	GBR	17.32

Final Round

Date	29 July 1976 — 15:00
Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	156	Johanna Schaller	GDR	12.77
2	328	Tatyana Anisimova	URS	12.78
3	344	Nataliya Lebedeva	URS	12.80
4	134	Gudrun Berend	GDR	12.82
5	275	Grażyna Rabsztyn	POL	12.96
6	213	Esther Roth	ISR	13.04
7	296	Valeria Ştefănescu	ROU	13.35
8	225	Ileana Ongar	ITA	13.51