Venue Olympic Stadium Competitors 40 from 19 nations | Date 25–29 July Winning time 49.29 WR | |
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.
Contents
Competition format
The Women's 400m 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.
Round 1
Qual. rule: first 5 of each heat (Q) plus the two fastest times (q) qualified.
References
Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA