Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres

These are the official results of the Women's 400 metres event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. The competition was held on 2 & 7 of September.[1] The favorite coming into the Olympics was Monika Zehrt of East Germany who equaled the world record in the previous July. The other world record holder was Marilyn Neufville of Jamaica, who was also favored to win, but was injured and unable to compete. This left the field open to challenge the world record holder for the top prize.

Women's 400 metres
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium, Munich, West Germany
Date2 September 1972 & 7 September 1972
Competitors49 from 29 nations
Winning time51.08
Medalists
Monika Zehrt  East Germany
Rita Wilden  West Germany
Kathy Hammond  United States

Heats

The top four runners in each heat (blue) and the next four fastest (pink), advanced to the quarterfinal round.

Heat 1

RankAthleteNationLaneTimeNotes
1Charlene Rendina Australia751.94OR
2Rita Wilden West Germany451.97
3Mable Fergerson United States152.05
4Judith Ayaa Uganda252.85
5Karoline Käfer Austria353.60
6Asunción Acosta Cuba554.52
7Barbara Bishop Barbados656.35

Heat 2

RankAthleteNationLaneTime
1Kathy Hammond United States153.45
2Jannette Roscoe Great Britain753.67
3Marika Eklund Finland353.81
4Natalya Pechonkina Soviet Union253.81
5Krystyna Kacperczyk Poland453.85
6Junaidah Aman Malaysia557.36
-Christiane Casapicola Austria6DNS

Heat 3

RankAthleteNationLaneTime
1Monika Zehrt East Germany352.49
2Mona-Lisa Strandvall Finland552.85
3Trudy Ruth Netherlands253.16
4Tekla Chemabwai Kenya453.38
5Debra Edwards United States154.43
6Maria Sykora Austria754.46
7Josefa Vicent Uruguay655.33

Heat 4

RankAthleteNationLaneTime
1Nicole Duclos France452.69
2Györgyi Balogh Hungary752.75
3Nadezhda Kolesnikova Soviet Union253.20
4Karin Wallgren Sweden553.70
5Bożena Zientarska Poland354.20
6Ruth Williams Jamaica655.72
7Aida Mantawel Philippines157.91

Heat 5

RankAthleteNationLaneTime
1Yvonne Saunders Jamaica152.38
2Helga Seidler East Germany652.79
3Colette Besson France553.41
4Allison Ross-Edwards Australia453.48
5Donata Govoni Italy253.98
6Irén Orosz Hungary354.83
7Arda Kalpakian Lebanon71:05.18

Heat 6

RankAthleteNationLaneTime
1Christel Frese West Germany552.89
2Dagmar Käsling East Germany652.99
3Aurelia Pentón Cuba253.25
4Olga Syrovatskaya Soviet Union753.62
5Janet Simpson Great Britain854.13
6Joyce Sadowick Canada354.59
7Elsy Rivas Colombia156.33
8Kamaljit Sandhu India457.74

Heat 7

RankAthleteNationLaneTime
1Carmen Trustée Cuba752.80
2Penny Hunt New Zealand552.82
3Danuta Piecyk Poland653.08
4Verona Bernard Great Britain453.31
5Anette Rückes West Germany353.92
6Vreni Leiser Switzerland154.65
7Grace Muneene Zambia257.71

Quarterfinals

The top four runners in each heat advanced to the semifinal round.

Quarterfinal 1

RankAthleteNationLaneTime
1Charlene Rendina Australia551.96
2Helga Seidler East Germany351.97
3Nadezhda Kolesnikova Soviet Union152.30
4Trudy Ruth Netherlands852.45
5Karoline Käfer Austria652.82
6Jannette Roscoe Great Britain753.01
7Anette Rückes West Germany253.22
-Carmen Trustée Cuba4DNS

Quarterfinal 2

RankAthleteNationLaneTime
1Yvonne Saunders Jamaica852.13
2Monika Zehrt East Germany252.33
3Judith Ayaa Uganda752.68
4Christel Frese West Germany153.01
5Colette Besson France353.39
6Marika Eklund Finland653.50
7Tekla Chemabwai Kenya553.54
8Natalya Pechonkina Soviet Union454.58

Quarterfinal 3

RankAthleteNationLaneTimeNotes
1Györgyi Balogh Hungary251.71OR
2Rita Wilden West Germany851.91
3Aurelia Pentón Cuba652.02
4Kathy Hammond United States552.44
5Danuta Piecyk Poland452.62
6Penny Hunt New Zealand152.66
7Olga Syrovatskaya Soviet Union753.42
8Donata Govoni Italy353.78

Quarterfinal 4

RankAthleteNationLaneTime
1Dagmar Käsling East Germany152.33
2Mona-Lisa Strandvall Finland352.53
3Mable Fergerson United States752.93
4Nicole Duclos France852.96
5Verona Bernard Great Britain253.29
6Allison Ross-Edwards Australia553.60
7Karin Wallgren Sweden653.87
8Krystyna Kacperczyk Poland454.39

Semifinals

Top four in each heat advanced to the final round.

Semifinal 1

RankAthleteNationLaneTimeNotes
1Helga Seidler East Germany451.68OR
2Dagmar Käsling East Germany851.73
3Györgyi Balogh Hungary551.90
4Kathy Hammond United States151.92
5Aurelia Pentón Cuba652.15
6Mona-Lisa Strandvall Finland752.23
7Judith Ayaa Uganda252.91
-Christel Frese West Germany3DNF

Semifinal 2

RankAthleteNationLaneTimeNotes
1Monika Zehrt East Germany551.47OR
2Rita Wilden West Germany351.76
3Charlene Rendina Australia851.90
4Mable Fergerson United States651.91
5Yvonne Saunders Jamaica251.93
6Nicole Duclos France452.18
7Nadezhda Kolesnikova Soviet Union752.29
8Trudy Ruth Netherlands153.02

Final

RankAthleteNationLaneTimeNotes
Monika Zehrt East Germany751.08OR
Rita Wilden West Germany451.21
Kathy Hammond United States551.64
4Helga Seidler East Germany651.86
5Mable Fergerson United States351.96
6Charlene Rendina Australia851.99
7Dagmar Käsling East Germany152.19
8Györgyi Balogh Hungary252.39

Key: OR = Olympic record; DNS = did not start; DNF = did not finish

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Women's 400 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
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