Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

Women's 4 x 400 metres relay at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	30 July & 31 July
Medalists
Doris Maletzki, Brigitte Rohde, Ellen Streidt, Christina Brehmer   East Germany   Debra Sapenter, Sheila Ingram, Pamela Jiles, Rosalyn Bryant   United States   Inta Kļimoviča, Lyudmila Aksyonova, Natalya Sokolova, Nadezhda Ilyina   Soviet Union

Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men
20 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men

These are the official results of the Women's 4 x 400 metres relay event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The event was held on the 30th and the 31st of July 1976. There were a total number of 11 nations competing.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
East Germany (GDR) Doris Maletzki Brigitte Rohde Ellen Streidt Christina Brehmer	United States (USA) Debra Sapenter Sheila Ingram Pamela Jiles Rosalyn Bryant	Soviet Union (URS) Inta Kļimoviča Lyudmila Aksyonova Natalya Sokolova Nadezhda Ilyina

Records

These were the standing World and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1976 Summer Olympics.

World Record	3:22.95	Dagmar Käsling Rita Kühne Helga Seidler Monika Zehrt	Munich (FRG)	September 10, 1972
Olympic Record	3:22.95	Dagmar Käsling Rita Kühne Helga Seidler Monika Zehrt	Munich (FRG)	September 10, 1972

Results

Final

• Held on 31 July 1976

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
	East Germany (GDR)	• Doris Maletzki • Brigitte Rohde • Ellen Streidt • Christina Brehmer	3:19.23 (WR)
	United States (USA)	• Debra Sapenter • Sheila Ingram • Pamela Jiles • Rosalyn Bryant	3:22.81
	Soviet Union (URS)	• Inta Kļimoviča • Lyudmila Aksyonova • Natalya Sokolova • Nadezhda Ilyina	3:24.24
4.	Australia (AUS)	• Judy Canty • Verna Burnard • Charlene Rendina • Bethanie Nail	3:25.56
5.	West Germany (FRG)	• Claudia Steger • Dagmar Fuhrmann • Elke Barth • Rita Wilden	3:25.71
6.	Finland (FIN)	• Marika Lindholm • Pirjo Haggman • Mona-Lisa Pursiainen • Riitta Salin	3:25.87
7.	Great Britain (GBR)	• Elizabeth Barnes • Gladys Taylor • Verona Elder • Donna Murray	3:28.01
8.	Canada (CAN)	• Margaret Stride • Joyce Yakubowich • Rachelle Campbell • Yvonne Saunders	3:28.91

Semifinals

• Held on 30 July 1976

Heat 1

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.	Soviet Union (URS)	• Inta Kļimoviča • Lyudmila Aksyonova • Natalya Sokolova • Nadezhda Ilyina	3:24.54
2.	United States (USA)	• Debra Sapenter • Sheila Ingram • Pamela Jiles • Rosalyn Bryant	3:25.15
3.	Finland (FIN)	• Pirjo Haggman • Marika Lindholm • Mona-Lisa Pursiainen • Riitta Salin	3:26.30
4.	West Germany (FRG)	• Claudia Steger • Rita Wilden • Dagmar Fuhrmann • Elke Barth	3:26.31
—	Jamaica (JAM)	• Helen Blake • Carol Cummings • Jacqueline Pusey • Ruth Williams-Simpson	DSQ

Heat 2

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.	East Germany (GDR)	• Doris Maletzki • Brigitte Rohde • Ellen Streidt • Christina Brehmer	3:23.38
2.	Australia (AUS)	• Judy Canty • Verna Burnard • Charlene Rendina • Bethanie Nail	3:25.98
3.	Great Britain (GBR)	• Elizabeth Barnes • Gladys Taylor • Verona Elder • Donna Murray	3:27.09
4.	Canada (CAN)	• Margaret Stride • Joyce Yakubowich • Rachelle Campbell • Yvonne Saunders	3:28.81
5.	Bulgaria (BUL)	• Yordanka Ivanova • Svetla Zlateva • Ivanka Bonova • Liliana Tomova	3:31.08
6.	Belgium (BEL)	• Lea Alaerts • Regine Berg • Anne Van Nuffel • Rita Thijs	3:32.87

References

• Official Report
• Results