Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men
20 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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These are the official results of the women's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The event was held on 30 and 31 July 1976. There were a total number of 10 nations competing.^[1]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
East Germany (GDR) Marlies Oelsner Renate Stecher Carla Bodendorf Bärbel Eckert	West Germany (FRG) Elvira Possekel Inge Helten Annegret Richter Annegret Kroniger	Soviet Union (URS) Tatyana Prorochenko Lyudmila Maslakova Nadezhda Besfamilnaya Vera Anisimova

These were the standing World and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1976 Summer Olympics.

World Record	42.50	Marlies Oelsner Renate Stecher Carla Bodendorf Martina Blos	Karl-Marx-Stadt (GDR)	June 29, 1974
Olympic Record	42.88	Margaret Bailes Barbara Ferrell Mildrette Netter Wyomia Tyus	Mexico City (MEX)	October 20, 1968

• Held on Saturday 31 July 1976

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
	East Germany (GDR)	• Marlies Oelsner • Renate Stecher • Carla Bodendorf • Bärbel Eckert	42.55 (OR)
	West Germany (FRG)	• Elvira Possekel • Inge Helten • Annegret Richter • Annegret Kroniger	42.59
	Soviet Union (URS)	• Tatyana Prorochenko • Lyudmila Maslakova • Nadezhda Besfamilnaya • Vera Anisimova	43.09
4.	Canada (CAN)	• Margaret Howe • Patty Loverock • Joanne McTaggart • Marjorie Bailey	43.17 CWR, NR
5.	Australia (AUS)	• Barbara Wilson • Debbie Wells • Denise Robertson • Raelene Boyle	43.18 NR
6.	Jamaica (JAM)	• Leleith Hodges • Rose Allwood • Carol Cummings • Jacqueline Pusey	43.24
7.	United States (USA)	• Martha Watson • Evelyn Ashford • Debra Armstrong • Chandra Cheeseborough	43.35
8.	Great Britain (GBR)	• Wendy Clarke • Denise Ramsden • Sharon Colyear • Andrea Lynch	43.79

• Held on Friday 30 July 1976

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.	West Germany (FRG)	• Elvira Possekel • Inge Helten • Annegret Richter • Annegret Kroniger	42.61 (OR)
2.	Soviet Union (URS)	• Tatyana Prorochenko • Lyudmila Maslakova • Nadezhda Besfamilnaya • Vera Anisimova	43.33
3.	Great Britain (GBR)	• Wendy Clarke • Denise Ramsden • Sharon Colyear • Andrea Lynch	43.44
4.	Australia (AUS)	• Barbara Wilson • Debbie Wells • Denise Robertson • Raelene Boyle	43.67
5.	France (FRA)	• Chantal Corbrejaud • Catherine Delachanal • Chantal Rega • Sylvie Telliez	43.95

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.	East Germany (GDR)	• Marlies Oelsner • Renate Stecher • Carla Bodendorf • Bärbel Eckert	43.00
2.	United States (USA)	• Martha Watson • Evelyn Ashford • Debra Armstrong • Chandra Cheeseborough	43.46
3.	Canada (CAN)	• Margaret Howe • Patty Loverock • Joanne McTaggart • Marjorie Bailey	43.53
4.	Jamaica (JAM)	• Rose Allwood • Jacqueline Pusey • Carol Cummings • Leleith Hodges	43.88
5.	Cuba (CUB)	• Isabel Taylor • Carmen Valdés • Fulgencia Romay • Silvia Chivás	44.29

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