The women's 100 metres competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada was held at the Olympic Stadium on 24–25 July.

Competition format The women's 100m competition consisted of heats (Round 1), 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 record11.04Fürth, West GermanyJune 13, 1976Olympic record11.07Munich, East Germany2 September 1972

Results

Heats Qual. rule: first 5 of each heat (Q) plus the two fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 11.26 2 11.30 3 11.35 4 11.46 5 11.47 6 11.69 7 12.02

Heat 2 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 11.35 2 11.47 3 11.54 4 11.80 5 11.84 6 13.51 —

Heat 3 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 11.39 2 11.40 3 11.70 4 11.73 5 11.83 6 12.26

Heat 4 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 11.28 2 11.37 3 11.43 4 11.48 5 11.50 6 11.70 7 11.98

Heat 5 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 11.36 2 11.40 3 11.47 4 11.52 5 11.63 6 12.12

Heat 6 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 11.19 2 11.21 3 11.25 4 11.47 5 11.47 6 11.62 7 13.11

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 11.05 , 2 11.27 3 11.34 4 11.50 5 11.63 6 11.64 7 11.77 —

Quarterfinal 2 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 11.20 2 11.36 3 11.36 4 11.48 5 11.52 6 11.56 7 11.75 8 11.81

Quarterfinal 3 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 11.28 2 11.29 3 11.37 4 11.42 5 11.51 6 11.58 7 11.71 8 11.96

Quarterfinal 4 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 11.22 2 11.30 3 11.44 4 11.47 5 11.51 6 11.58 7 11.72 8 11.92

Semifinals

Semifinal 1 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 11.01 , 2 11.21 3 11.26 4 11.29 5 11.32 6 11.39 7 11.43 8 11.47

Semifinal 2 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 11.10 2 11.18 3 11.22 4 11.28 5 11.34 6 11.38 7 11.40 8 11.41

Final Rank Athlete Nation Time 11.08 11.13 11.17 4 11.23 5 11.24 6 11.31 7 11.32 8 11.34

References

External links Official Olympic Report , la84foundation.org. Retrieved August 19, 2012.