Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
Women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the Games of the XX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | 9–10 September | ||||||||||||
Competitors | from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
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These are the official results of the women's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. The event was held on the 9 and 10 September 1972. There were a total number of 14 nations competing.[1]
Records
These were the standing World and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1972 Summer Olympics.
World Record | 3:29.28 | Monika Zehrt Rita Kühne Ingelore Lohse Helga Seidler | Helsinki (FIN) | 27 July 1972 |
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Results
Final
- Held on 10 September 1972
RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
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East Germany (GDR) | • Dagmar Käsling • Rita Kühne • Helga Seidler • Monika Zehrt | 3:22.95 (WR) | |
United States (USA) | • Mable Fergerson • Madeline Manning • Cheryl Toussaint • Kathy Hammond | 3:25.15 | |
West Germany (FRG) | • Anette Rückes • Inge Bödding • Hildegard Falck • Rita Wilden | 3:26.51 | |
4. | France (FRA) | • Martine Duvivier • Colette Besson • Bernadette Martin • Nicole Duclos | 3:27.5 |
5. | Great Britain (GBR) | • Verona Bernard • Janet Simpson • Jannette Roscoe • Rosemary Stirling | 3:28.7 |
6. | Australia (AUS) | • Allison Ross-Edwards • Raelene Boyle • Cheryl Peasley • Charlene Rendina | 3:28.8 |
7. | Finland (FIN) | • Marika Eklund • Pirjo Wilmi • Tuula Rautanen • Mona-Lisa Strandvall | 3:29.4 |
8. | Soviet Union (URS) | • Lyubov Runtso • Olga Syrovatskaia • Natalya Chistiakova • Nadezhda Kolesnikova | 3:31.9 |
Semifinals
- Held on 9 September 1972
Heat 1
RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
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1. | West Germany (FRG) | • Anette Rückes • Inge Bödding • Hildegard Falck • Rita Wilden | 3:29.3 |
2. | France (FRA) | • Martine Duvivier • Colette Besson • Bernadette Martin • Nicole Duclos | 3:30.0 |
3. | Soviet Union (URS) | • Lyubov Runtso • Olga Syrovatskaia • Natalya Chistiakov • Nadezhda Kolesnikova | 3:30.2 |
4. | Finland (FIN) | • Marika Eklund • Pirjo Wilmi • Tuula Rautanen • Mona-Lisa Strandvall | 3:30.8 |
5 | Cuba (CUB) | • Asuncion Acosta • Marcela Chibás • Beatriz Castillo • Aurelia Pentón | 3:32:4 |
6. | Sweden (SWE) | • Eva-Charlotte Malmström • Elisabeth Randerz • Ann Larsson • Karin Lundgren | 3:32.6 |
7. | Barbados (BAR) | • Lorna Forde • Barbara Bishop • Marcia Trotman • Heather Gooding | 3:44.5 |
Heat 2
RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
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1. | East Germany (GDR) | • Dagmar Käsling • Rita Kühne • Helga Seidler • Monika Zehrt | 3:28.5 (WR) |
2. | United States (USA) | • Mable Fergerson • Madeline Manning • Cheryl Toussaint • Kathy Hammond | 3:28.6 |
3. | Australia (AUS) | • Allison Ross-Edwards • Raelene Boyle • Cheryl Peasley • Charlene Rendina | 3:30.0 |
4. | Great Britain (GBR) | • Janet Simpson • Verona Bernard • Jannette Roscoe • Rosemary Stirling | 3:30.1 |
5. | Jamaica (JAM) | • Ruth Williams • Una Morris • Rosie Allwood • Yvonne Saunders | 3:31.98 |
6. | Austria (AUT) | • Christiane Casapicola • Maria Sykora • Gerlinde Massing • Karoline Käfer | 3:42.2 |
— | Poland (POL) | • Bozena Zientarska • Krystyna Kacperczyk • Elżbieta Katolik • Danuta Piecyk | DSQ |
References
- ^ "Athletics at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Women's 4 × 400 metres Relay". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
External links
- Official Report
- Results