The Women's 1500 metres competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada was held at the Olympic Stadium on 26–30 July.
Competition format The Women's 1500m competition consisted of heats (Round 1), Semifinals and a Final. The four fastest competitors from each race in the heats plus the next two fastest overall qualified for the Semifinals. The four fastest competitors from each of the Semifinal races plus the next fastest overall advanced to the Final.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
World record3:56.0Podolsk, Soviet Union28 June 1976Olympic record4:01.4Munich, West Germany9 September 1972
Results
Round 1 Qual. rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) plus the next two fastest times (q) qualified.
Heat 1 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 4:10.84 Q 2 4:10.88 Q 3 4:10.92 Q 4 4:11.10 Q 5 4:12.62 6 4:13.11 7 4:14.22 8 4:16.27 9 4:23.30 DNS
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 4:07.11 Q 2 4:07.13 Q 3 4:07.14 Q 4 4:07.20 Q 5 4:07.20 q 6 4:07.21 q 7 4:12.81 8 4:15.23 9 4:44.64
Heat 3 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 4:11.62 Q 2 4:12.10 Q 3 4:12.72 Q 4 4:12.95 Q 5 4:13.36 6 4:13.61 7 4:15.94 8 4:17.65 9 4:18.19
Heat 4 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 4:07.79 Q 2 4:08.23 Q 3 4:08.31 Q 4 4:08.38 Q 5 4:08.63 6 4:08.89 7 4:10.68 8 4:16.78 9 4:20.27
Semifinals
Heat 1 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 4:02.13 Q 2 4:02.33 Q 3 4:02.41 Q 4 4:02.45 Q 5 4:02.61 q 6 4:03.20 7 4:04.21 8 4:04.80 9 4:13.46
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 4:07.37 Q 2 4:07.53 Q 3 4:07.54 Q 4 4:07.61 Q 5 4:07.65 6 4:07.89 7 4:07.92 8 4:08.28 9 4:09.07
Final Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 4:05.48 4:06.02 4:06.09 4 4:06.57 5 4:07.20 6 4:07.27 7 4:07.91 8 4:08.54 9 4:09.55
References
External links Official Olympic Report , la84foundation.org. Retrieved August 20, 2012.