Venue Olympic Stadium, Munich, West Germany Date 2 September 1972 & 7 September 1972 | ||
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. 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, unfortunately she was injured and was unable to compete in the games. This left the field open to challenge the world record holder for the top prize.
Contents
Heats
The top four runners in each heat (blue) and the next four fastest (pink), advanced to the quarterfinal round.
Quarterfinals
The top four runners in each heat advanced to the semifinal round.
Heat one
Semifinals
Top four in each heat advanced to the final round.
Final
Key: OR = Olympic record; DNS = did not start; DNF = did not finish