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

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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 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Monika Zehrt
 East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Rita Wilden
 West Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kathy Hammond
 United States
← 1968
1976 →

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.

Heats

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

Heat 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time Notes
1 Charlene Rendina  Australia 7 51.94 OR
2 Rita Wilden  West Germany 4 51.97
3 Mable Fergerson  United States 1 52.05
4 Judith Ayaa  Uganda 2 52.85
5 Karoline Käfer  Austria 3 53.60
6 Asunción Acosta  Cuba 5 54.52
7 Barbara Bishop  Barbados 6 56.35

Heat 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time
1 Kathy Hammond  United States 1 53.45
2 Jannette Roscoe  Great Britain 7 53.67
3 Marika Eklund  Finland 3 53.81
4 Natalya Pechonkina  Soviet Union 2 53.81
5 Krystyna Kacperczyk  Poland 4 53.85
6 Junaidah Aman  Malaysia 5 57.36
- Christiane Casapicola  Austria 6 DNS

Heat 3

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Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time
1 Monika Zehrt  East Germany 3 52.49
2 Mona-Lisa Strandvall  Finland 5 52.85
3 Trudy Ruth  Netherlands 2 53.16
4 Tekla Chemabwai  Kenya 4 53.38
5 Debra Edwards  United States 1 54.43
6 Maria Sykora  Austria 7 54.46
7 Josefa Vicent  Uruguay 6 55.33

Heat 4

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Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time
1 Nicole Duclos  France 4 52.69
2 Györgyi Balogh  Hungary 7 52.75
3 Nadezhda Kolesnikova  Soviet Union 2 53.20
4 Karin Wallgren  Sweden 5 53.70
5 Bożena Zientarska  Poland 3 54.20
6 Ruth Williams  Jamaica 6 55.72
7 Aida Mantawel  Philippines 1 57.91

Heat 5

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Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time
1 Yvonne Saunders  Jamaica 1 52.38
2 Helga Seidler  East Germany 6 52.79
3 Colette Besson  France 5 53.41
4 Allison Ross-Edwards  Australia 4 53.48
5 Donata Govoni  Italy 2 53.98
6 Irén Orosz  Hungary 3 54.83
7 Arda Kalpakian  Lebanon 7 1:05.18

Heat 6

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Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time
1 Christel Frese  West Germany 5 52.89
2 Dagmar Käsling  East Germany 6 52.99
3 Aurelia Pentón  Cuba 2 53.25
4 Olga Syrovatskaya  Soviet Union 7 53.62
5 Janet Simpson  Great Britain 8 54.13
6 Joyce Sadowick  Canada 3 54.59
7 Elsy Rivas  Colombia 1 56.33
8 Kamaljit Sandhu  India 4 57.74

Heat 7

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Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time
1 Carmen Trustée  Cuba 7 52.80
2 Penny Hunt  New Zealand 5 52.82
3 Danuta Piecyk  Poland 6 53.08
4 Verona Bernard  Great Britain 4 53.31
5 Anette Rückes  West Germany 3 53.92
6 Vreni Leiser  Switzerland 1 54.65
7 Grace Muneene  Zambia 2 57.71

Quarterfinals

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

Quarterfinal 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time
1 Charlene Rendina  Australia 5 51.96
2 Helga Seidler  East Germany 3 51.97
3 Nadezhda Kolesnikova  Soviet Union 1 52.30
4 Trudy Ruth  Netherlands 8 52.45
5 Karoline Käfer  Austria 6 52.82
6 Jannette Roscoe  Great Britain 7 53.01
7 Anette Rückes  West Germany 2 53.22
- Carmen Trustée  Cuba 4 DNS

Quarterfinal 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time
1 Yvonne Saunders  Jamaica 8 52.13
2 Monika Zehrt  East Germany 2 52.33
3 Judith Ayaa  Uganda 7 52.68
4 Christel Frese  West Germany 1 53.01
5 Colette Besson  France 3 53.39
6 Marika Eklund  Finland 6 53.50
7 Tekla Chemabwai  Kenya 5 53.54
8 Natalya Pechonkina  Soviet Union 4 54.58

Quarterfinal 3

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Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time Notes
1 Györgyi Balogh  Hungary 2 51.71 OR
2 Rita Wilden  West Germany 8 51.91
3 Aurelia Pentón  Cuba 6 52.02
4 Kathy Hammond  United States 5 52.44
5 Danuta Piecyk  Poland 4 52.62
6 Penny Hunt  New Zealand 1 52.66
7 Olga Syrovatskaya  Soviet Union 7 53.42
8 Donata Govoni  Italy 3 53.78

Quarterfinal 4

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Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time
1 Dagmar Käsling  East Germany 1 52.33
2 Mona-Lisa Strandvall  Finland 3 52.53
3 Mable Fergerson  United States 7 52.93
4 Nicole Duclos  France 8 52.96
5 Verona Bernard  Great Britain 2 53.29
6 Allison Ross-Edwards  Australia 5 53.60
7 Karin Wallgren  Sweden 6 53.87
8 Krystyna Kacperczyk  Poland 4 54.39

Semifinals

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Top four in each heat advanced to the final round.

Semifinal 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time Notes
1 Helga Seidler  East Germany 4 51.68 OR
2 Dagmar Käsling  East Germany 8 51.73
3 Györgyi Balogh  Hungary 5 51.90
4 Kathy Hammond  United States 1 51.92
5 Aurelia Pentón  Cuba 6 52.15
6 Mona-Lisa Strandvall  Finland 7 52.23
7 Judith Ayaa  Uganda 2 52.91
- Christel Frese  West Germany 3 DNF

Semifinal 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time Notes
1 Monika Zehrt  East Germany 5 51.47 OR
2 Rita Wilden  West Germany 3 51.76
3 Charlene Rendina  Australia 8 51.90
4 Mable Fergerson  United States 6 51.91
5 Yvonne Saunders  Jamaica 2 51.93
6 Nicole Duclos  France 4 52.18
7 Nadezhda Kolesnikova  Soviet Union 7 52.29
8 Trudy Ruth  Netherlands 1 53.02

Final

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Rank Athlete Nation Lane Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Monika Zehrt  East Germany 7 51.08 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Rita Wilden  West Germany 4 51.21
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kathy Hammond  United States 5 51.64
4 Helga Seidler  East Germany 6 51.86
5 Mable Fergerson  United States 3 51.96
6 Charlene Rendina  Australia 8 51.99
7 Dagmar Käsling  East Germany 1 52.19
8 Györgyi Balogh  Hungary 2 52.39

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

References

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  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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