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4 × 100 metres Relay, Women

Date	30 – 31 July 1976
Status	Olympic
Location	Stade olympique, Parc olympique, Montréal, Québec
Participants	40 from 10 countries

As in 1972, the final again came down to a close match race between the two German teams. East Germany had Renate Stecher, who had won the 100 and 200 in 1972 and was the silver medalist in the 1976 100, while West Germany was led by Annegret Richter, who won the 1976 100 gold medal. But neither ran the anchor leg, as Stecher ran the second leg and Richter the third leg for their teams. The GDR anchor runner was Bärbel Eckert, who had won the 200 title in Montréal. At the final exchange, the FRG had a small lead, but Eckert overcame their anchor runner, Annegret Kroniger, to win by ½-metre.

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	R1	Final
1	–	East Germany	GDR	43.00 (1 h2)	42.55 (1)	Gold	OR
		Marlies Oelsner • Renate Stecher • Carla Bodendorf • Bärbel Eckert • Martina Blos (DNS) • Monika Meyer (DNS)
2	–	West Germany	FRG	42.61 (1 h1)	42.59 (2)	Silver
		Elvira Poßekel • Inge Helten • Annegret Richter • Anne Kroniger • Maren Gang (DNS) • Rita Wilden (DNS)
3	–	Soviet Union	URS	43.33 (2 h1)	43.09 (3)	Bronze
		Tatyana Prorochenko • Lyudmila Maslakova • Nadezhda Besfamilnaya • Vera Anisimova • Lyubov Kononova (DNS) • Tatyana Vorokhobko (DNS)
4	–	Canada	CAN	43.53 (3 h2)	43.17 (4)
		Margaret Howe • Patty Loverock • Joanne McTaggart • Marjorie Bailey • Lynn Kellond (DNS) • Joyce Yakubowich (DNS)
5	–	Australia	AUS	43.67 (4 h1)	43.18 (5)
		Barbara Wilson • Debbie Wells • Denise Robertson • Raelene Boyle • Gaye Dell (DNS) • Terri Wangman (DNS)
6	–	Jamaica	JAM	43.88 (4 h2)	43.24 (6)
		Lelieth Hodges • Rosie Allwood • Carol Cummings • Jackie Pusey • Audrey Reid (DNS) • Ruth Simpson (DNS)
7	–	United States	USA	43.46 (2 h2)	43.35 (7)
		Martha Rae Watson • Evelyn Ashford • Debra Armstrong • Chandra Cheeseborough • Pam Jiles (DNS) • Brenda Morehead (DNS)
8	–	Great Britain	GBR	43.44 (3 h1)	43.79 (8)
		Wendy Clarke • Denise Ramsden • Sharon Colyear • Andrea Lynch • Helen Golden (DNS) • Sonia Lannaman (DNS)
5 h1 r1/2	–	France	FRA	43.95 (5 h1)	–
		Emma Sulter • Catherine Delachanal • Chantal Réga • Sylviane Telliez • Véronique Grandrieux (DNS) • Chantal Corbrejaud (DNS)
5 h2 r1/2	–	Cuba	CUB	44.29 (5 h2)	–
		Isabel Taylor • Carmen Valdés • Fulgencia Romay • Silvia Chivás • Asunción Acosta (DNS)
DNS	–	Bermuda	BER	–	–
		Donna Burgess • Debbie Jones • Sonia Smith • Andrea Trott • Bernadette Wilson
DNS	–	Ghana	GHA	–	–
		Hannah Afriyie • Alice Annum • Grace Bakari • Elizabeth Bruce • Jeanette Yawson
DNS	–	Italy	ITA	–	–
		Rita Bottiglieri • Adriana Carli • Maura Gnecchi • Cecilia Molinari • Laura Nappi • Ileana Ongar
DNS	–	Poland	POL	–	–
		Barbara Bakulin • Małgorzata Bogucka • Ewa Długołęcka • Zofia Bielczyk • Helena Fliśnik • Ewa Witkowska
DNS	–	Chinese Taipei	TPE	–	–
		Chiu Mei-Tsuey • Huang Chow-Jin • Lee Chiu-Hsia • Lin Mei-Hua • Lin Yueh-Hsiang • Sui Sin-Pei

Round One

Date	30 July 1976 — 16:40
Format	Top 3 in each heat and next 2 fastest advanced to the final round.

Pos	Team	NOC	Time (automatic)
1	West Germany	FRG	42.61	QOR
2	East Germany	GDR	43.00	Q
3	Soviet Union	URS	43.33	Q
4	Great Britain	GBR	43.44	Q
5	United States	USA	43.46	Q
6	Canada	CAN	43.53	Q
7	Australia	AUS	43.67	q
8	Jamaica	JAM	43.88	q
9	France	FRA	43.95
10	Cuba	CUB	44.29

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	1	West Germany	FRG	42.61	QOR
Lead-Off	180	Elvira Poßekel		–
2nd Leg	174	Inge Helten		–
3rd Leg	181	Annegret Richter		–
Anchor	178	Anne Kroniger		–
2	2	Soviet Union	URS	43.33	Q
Lead-Off	349	Tatyana Prorochenko		–
2nd Leg	346	Lyudmila Maslakova		–
3rd Leg	332	Nadezhda Besfamilnaya		–
Anchor	329	Vera Anisimova		–
3	5	Great Britain	GBR	43.44	Q
Lead-Off	112	Wendy Clarke		–
2nd Leg	124	Denise Ramsden		–
3rd Leg	113	Sharon Colyear		–
Anchor	120	Andrea Lynch		–
4	3	Australia	AUS	43.67	q
Lead-Off	12	Barbara Wilson		–
2nd Leg	11	Debbie Wells		–
3rd Leg	9	Denise Robertson		–
Anchor	1	Raelene Boyle		–
5	4	France	FRA	43.95
Lead-Off	–	Emma Sulter		–
2nd Leg	103	Catherine Delachanal		–
3rd Leg	105	Chantal Réga		–
Anchor	108	Sylviane Telliez		–

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	1	East Germany	GDR	43.00	Q
Lead-Off	153	Marlies Oelsner		–
2nd Leg	162	Renate Stecher		–
3rd Leg	136	Carla Bodendorf		–
Anchor	139	Bärbel Eckert		–
2	4	United States	USA	43.46	Q
Lead-Off	386	Martha Rae Watson		–
2nd Leg	358	Evelyn Ashford		–
3rd Leg	357	Debra Armstrong		–
Anchor	362	Chandra Cheeseborough		–
3	2	Canada	CAN	43.53	Q
Lead-Off	64	Margaret Howe		–
2nd Leg	67	Patty Loverock		–
3rd Leg	68	Joanne McTaggart		–
Anchor	58	Marjorie Bailey		–
4	5	Jamaica	JAM	43.88	q
Lead-Off	229	Rosie Allwood		–
2nd Leg	235	Jackie Pusey		–
3rd Leg	232	Carol Cummings		–
Anchor	233	Lelieth Hodges		–
5	3	Cuba	CUB	44.29
Lead-Off	87	Isabel Taylor		–
2nd Leg	88	Carmen Valdés		–
3rd Leg	84	Fulgencia Romay		–
Anchor	83	Silvia Chivás		–

Final Round

Date	31 July 1976 — 18:30

Pos	Lane	Competitors	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	8	East Germany	GDR	42.55	OR
Lead-Off	153	Marlies Oelsner		–
2nd Leg	162	Renate Stecher		–
3rd Leg	136	Carla Bodendorf		–
Anchor	139	Bärbel Eckert		–
2	1	West Germany	FRG	42.59
Lead-Off	180	Elvira Poßekel		–
2nd Leg	174	Inge Helten		–
3rd Leg	181	Annegret Richter		–
Anchor	178	Anne Kroniger		–
3	7	Soviet Union	URS	43.09
Lead-Off	349	Tatyana Prorochenko		–
2nd Leg	346	Lyudmila Maslakova		–
3rd Leg	332	Nadezhda Besfamilnaya		–
Anchor	329	Vera Anisimova		–
4	6	Canada	CAN	43.17
Lead-Off	64	Margaret Howe		–
2nd Leg	67	Patty Loverock		–
3rd Leg	68	Joanne McTaggart		–
Anchor	58	Marjorie Bailey		–
5	4	Australia	AUS	43.18
Lead-Off	12	Barbara Wilson		–
2nd Leg	11	Debbie Wells		–
3rd Leg	9	Denise Robertson		–
Anchor	1	Raelene Boyle		–
6	5	Jamaica	JAM	43.24
Lead-Off	233	Lelieth Hodges		–
2nd Leg	229	Rosie Allwood		–
3rd Leg	232	Carol Cummings		–
Anchor	235	Jackie Pusey		–
7	2	United States	USA	43.35
Lead-Off	386	Martha Rae Watson		–
2nd Leg	358	Evelyn Ashford		–
3rd Leg	357	Debra Armstrong		–
Anchor	362	Chandra Cheeseborough		–
8	3	Great Britain	GBR	43.79
Lead-Off	112	Wendy Clarke		–
2nd Leg	124	Denise Ramsden		–
3rd Leg	113	Sharon Colyear		–
Anchor	120	Andrea Lynch		–