| | Event type

100 metres, Women

Date	24 – 25 July 1976
Status	Olympic
Location	Stade olympique, Parc olympique, Montréal, Québec
Participants	39 from 22 countries

Only a few months before the Olympics, Inge Helten (FRG) broke the world record with 11.04 at a meet in Fürth. But the favorite was the defending champion Renate Stecher of East Germany. Also back was the defending silver medalist and the 200 metre silver medalist from 1968 and 1972, Raelene Boyle, who had won the Commonwealth Games sprint double in both 1970 and 1974. In the semi-finals, Helten’s teammate, Annegret Richter, broke the world record, posting an 11.01. The final was expected to be very close between the four favorites and form held even though there were three false starts. Richter pulled away in the last 50 metres to defeat Stecher, with Helten winning the bronze, and Boyle finishing fourth.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	QF	SF	Final
1	181	Annegret Richter	FRG	11.19 (1 h6)	11.05 (1 h1)	11.01 (1 h1)	11.08 (1)	Gold
2	162	Renate Stecher	GDR	11.21 (2 h6)	11.22 (1 h4)	11.10 (1 h2)	11.13 (2)	Silver
3	174	Inge Helten	FRG	11.26 (1 h1)	11.20 (1 h2)	11.18 (2 h2)	11.17 (3)	Bronze
4	1	Raelene Boyle	AUS	11.39 (1 h3)	11.29 (2 h3)	11.22 (3 h2)	11.23 (4)
5	358	Evelyn Ashford	USA	11.25 (3 h6)	11.28 (1 h3)	11.21 (2 h1)	11.24 (5)
6	362	Chandra Cheeseborough	USA	11.28 (1 h4)	11.36 (2 h2)	11.26 (3 h1)	11.31 (6)
7	120	Andrea Lynch	GBR	11.40 (2 h5)	11.36 (3 h2)	11.28 (4 h2)	11.32 (7)
8	153	Marlies Oelsner	GDR	11.36 (1 h5)	11.27 (2 h1)	11.29 (4 h1)	11.34 (8)
5 h1 r3/4	229	Rosie Allwood	JAM	11.35 (3 h1)	11.34 (3 h1)	11.32 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r3/4	346	Lyudmila Maslakova	URS	11.30 (2 h1)	11.37 (3 h3)	11.34 (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r3/4	329	Vera Anisimova	URS	11.37 (2 h4)	11.47 (4 h4)	11.39 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r3/4	378	Brenda Morehead	USA	11.35 (1 h2)	11.30 (2 h4)	11.38 (6 h2)	–
7 h1 r3/4	83	Silvia Chivás	CUB	11.43 (3 h4)	11.42 (4 h3)	11.43 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r3/4	67	Patty Loverock	CAN	11.47 (2 h2)	11.50 (4 h1)	11.40 (7 h2)	–
8 h1 r3/4	58	Marjorie Bailey	CAN	11.46 (4 h1)	11.44 (3 h4)	11.47 (8 h1)	–
8 h2 r3/4	307	Linda Haglund	SWE	11.40 (2 h3)	11.48 (4 h2)	11.41 (8 h2)	–
5 h1 r2/4	332	Nadezhda Besfamilnaya	URS	11.52 (4 h5)	11.63 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r2/4	88	Carmen Valdés	CUB	11.47 (5 h6)	11.52 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r2/4	113	Sharon Colyear	GBR	11.47 (5 h1)	11.51 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r2/4	11	Debbie Wells	AUS	11.47 (4 h6)	11.51 (5 h4)	–	–
6 h1 r2/4	108	Sylviane Telliez	FRA	11.47 (3 h5)	11.64 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r2/4	9	Denise Robertson	AUS	11.50 (5 h4)	11.56 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r2/4	180	Elvira Poßekel	FRG	11.48 (4 h4)	11.58 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r2/4	233	Lelieth Hodges	JAM	11.54 (3 h2)	11.58 (6 h4)	–	–
7 h1 r2/4	395	Esmeralda Garcia	BRA	11.80 (4 h2)	11.77 (7 h1)	–	–
7 h2 r2/4	232	Carol Cummings	JAM	11.69 (6 h1)	11.75 (7 h2)	–	–
7 h3 r2/4	26	Lea Alaerts	BEL	11.63 (5 h5)	11.71 (7 h3)	–	–
7 h4 r2/4	98	Mona-Lisa Pursiainen	FIN	11.62 (6 h6)	11.72 (7 h4)	–	–
8 h2 r2/4	256	Sue Jowett	NZL	11.70 (3 h3)	11.81 (8 h2)	–	–
8 h3 r2/4	64	Margaret Howe	CAN	11.83 (5 h3)	11.96 (8 h3)	–	–
8 h4 r2/4	87	Isabel Taylor	CUB	11.73 (4 h3)	11.92 (8 h4)	–	–
5 h2 r1/4	35	Debbie Jones	BER	11.84 (5 h2)	– (DNS h1)	–	–
6 h2 r1/4	214	Rita Hendricks	ISV	13.51 (6 h2)	–	–	–
6 h3 r1/4	23	Shonel Ferguson	BAH	12.26 (6 h3)	–	–	–
6 h4 r1/4	135	Martina Blos	GDR	11.70 (6 h4)	–	–	–
6 h5 r1/4	89	Divina Estrella	DOM	12.12 (6 h5)	–	–	–
7 h1 r1/4	25	Lorna Forde	BAR	12.02 (7 h1)	–	–	–
7 h4 r1/4	209	Carolina Rieuwpassa	INA	11.98 (7 h4)	–	–	–
7 h6 r1/4	196	Antoinette Gauthier	HAI	13.11 (7 h6)	–	–	–
DNS	118	Sonia Lannaman	GBR	– (DNS h2)	–	–	–

Round One (24 July 1976 — 11:00)

Top five in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the quarter-finals.

Heat One

Wind	0.4 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	4	Inge Helten	FRG	11.26	Q
2	5	Lyudmila Maslakova	URS	11.30	Q
3	2	Rosie Allwood	JAM	11.35	Q
4	1	Marjorie Bailey	CAN	11.46	Q
5	7	Sharon Colyear	GBR	11.47	Q
6	6	Carol Cummings	JAM	11.69	q
7	3	Lorna Forde	BAR	12.02

Heat Two

Wind	0.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	5	Brenda Morehead	USA	11.35	Q
2	4	Patty Loverock	CAN	11.47	Q
3	3	Lelieth Hodges	JAM	11.54	Q
4	7	Esmeralda Garcia	BRA	11.80	Q
5	2	Debbie Jones	BER	11.84	Q
6	6	Rita Hendricks	ISV	13.51
DNS	1	Sonia Lannaman	GBR	–

Heat Three

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	5	Raelene Boyle	AUS	11.39	Q
2	4	Linda Haglund	SWE	11.40	Q
3	2	Sue Jowett	NZL	11.70	Q
4	6	Isabel Taylor	CUB	11.73	Q
5	7	Margaret Howe	CAN	11.83	Q
6	1	Shonel Ferguson	BAH	12.26

Heat Four

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	7	Chandra Cheeseborough	USA	11.28	Q
2	1	Vera Anisimova	URS	11.37	Q
3	5	Silvia Chivás	CUB	11.43	Q
4	6	Elvira Poßekel	FRG	11.48	Q
5	4	Denise Robertson	AUS	11.50	Q
6	2	Martina Blos	GDR	11.70
7	3	Carolina Rieuwpassa	INA	11.98

Heat Five

Wind	0.4 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	1	Marlies Oelsner	GDR	11.36	Q
2	6	Andrea Lynch	GBR	11.40	Q
3	2	Sylviane Telliez	FRA	11.47	Q
4	5	Nadezhda Besfamilnaya	URS	11.52	Q
5	3	Lea Alaerts	BEL	11.63	Q
6	4	Divina Estrella	DOM	12.12

Heat Six

Wind	0.5 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	4	Annegret Richter	FRG	11.19	Q
2	7	Renate Stecher	GDR	11.21	Q
3	5	Evelyn Ashford	USA	11.25	Q
4	2	Debbie Wells	AUS	11.47	Q
5	1	Carmen Valdés	CUB	11.47	Q
6	6	Mona-Lisa Pursiainen	FIN	11.62	q
7	3	Antoinette Gauthier	HAI	13.11

Quarter-Finals (24 July 1976 — 16:10)

Top four in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One

Wind	1.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	4	Annegret Richter	FRG	11.05	QOR
2	6	Marlies Oelsner	GDR	11.27	Q
3	2	Rosie Allwood	JAM	11.34	Q
4	5	Patty Loverock	CAN	11.50	Q
5	7	Nadezhda Besfamilnaya	URS	11.63
6	3	Sylviane Telliez	FRA	11.64
7	1	Esmeralda Garcia	BRA	11.77
DNS	8	Debbie Jones	BER	–

Heat Two

Wind	0.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	5	Inge Helten	FRG	11.20	Q
2	6	Chandra Cheeseborough	USA	11.36	Q
3	7	Andrea Lynch	GBR	11.36	Q
4	8	Linda Haglund	SWE	11.48	Q
5	4	Carmen Valdés	CUB	11.52
6	3	Denise Robertson	AUS	11.56
7	1	Carol Cummings	JAM	11.75
8	2	Sue Jowett	NZL	11.81

Heat Three

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	3	Evelyn Ashford	USA	11.28	Q
2	1	Raelene Boyle	AUS	11.29	Q
3	2	Lyudmila Maslakova	URS	11.37	Q
4	4	Silvia Chivás	CUB	11.42	Q
5	5	Sharon Colyear	GBR	11.51
6	6	Elvira Poßekel	FRG	11.58
7	7	Lea Alaerts	BEL	11.71
8	8	Margaret Howe	CAN	11.96

Heat Four

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	5	Renate Stecher	GDR	11.22	Q
2	3	Brenda Morehead	USA	11.30	Q
3	8	Marjorie Bailey	CAN	11.44	Q
4	7	Vera Anisimova	URS	11.47	Q
5	4	Debbie Wells	AUS	11.51
6	6	Lelieth Hodges	JAM	11.58
7	2	Mona-Lisa Pursiainen	FIN	11.72
8	1	Isabel Taylor	CUB	11.92

Semi-Finals (25 July 1976 — 15:45)

Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One

Wind	0.6 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	8	Annegret Richter	FRG	11.01	QWR
2	5	Evelyn Ashford	USA	11.21	Q
3	2	Chandra Cheeseborough	USA	11.26	Q
4	7	Marlies Oelsner	GDR	11.29	Q
5	3	Rosie Allwood	JAM	11.32
6	1	Vera Anisimova	URS	11.39
7	4	Silvia Chivás	CUB	11.43
8	6	Marjorie Bailey	CAN	11.47

Heat Two

Wind	1.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	4	Renate Stecher	GDR	11.10	Q
2	5	Inge Helten	FRG	11.18	Q
3	7	Raelene Boyle	AUS	11.22	Q
4	2	Andrea Lynch	GBR	11.28	Q
5	6	Lyudmila Maslakova	URS	11.34
6	8	Brenda Morehead	USA	11.38
7	3	Patty Loverock	CAN	11.40
8	1	Linda Haglund	SWE	11.41

Final (25 July 1976 — 17:50)

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	7	Annegret Richter	FRG	11.08
2	4	Renate Stecher	GDR	11.13
3	1	Inge Helten	FRG	11.17
4	8	Raelene Boyle	AUS	11.23
5	5	Evelyn Ashford	USA	11.24
6	2	Chandra Cheeseborough	USA	11.31
7	3	Andrea Lynch	GBR	11.32
8	6	Marlies Oelsner	GDR	11.34