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


The Women's 400 metres competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada was held at the Olympic Stadium on 25–29 July.

Competition format

The Women's 400m competition consisted of heats, Quarterfinals, Semifinals and a Final. The five fastest competitors from each race in the heats plus the next two fastest overall qualified for the Quarterfinals. The four fastest competitors from each of the Quarterfinal races qualified for the Semifinals, where again the four fastest runners from each heat advanced to the final.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
World record49.75Bydgoszcz, Poland22 June 1976
Olympic record51.08Munich, West Germany7 September 1972

Results

Round 1

Qual. rule: first 5 of each heat plus the two fastest times qualified.

Heat 1

Heat 2

Heat 3

Heat 4

Heat 5

Heat 6

Quarterfinals

Heat 1

Heat 2

Heat 3

Heat 4

Semifinals

Heat 1

Heat 2

Final