Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
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| Women's 4 x 400 metres relay at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium |
| Dates | 30 July & 31 July |
| Competitors | from 20 nations |
| Medalists | |
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| Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics  |
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| 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, Canada. The event was held on the 30th and the 31st of July 1976. There were a total number of 11 nations competing.
Contents
Medalists
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 |
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| 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 |
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 East Germany (GDR) |
• Doris Maletzki • Brigitte Rohde • Ellen Streidt • Christina Brehmer |
3:19.23 (WR) |
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 United States (USA) |
• Debra Sapenter • Sheila Ingram • Pamela Jiles • Rosalyn Bryant |
3:22.81 |
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 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 |
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| 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 Simpson |
DSQ |
Heat 2
| RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
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| 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 |
