Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 1500 metres
Women's 1500 metres at the Games of the XX Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Stadium, Munich, West Germany | |||||||||
Date | 4 September 1972 7 & 9 September 1972 | |||||||||
Competitors | 36 from 21 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 4:01.36 WR | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics | ||
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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 | |
50 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 | |
These are the official results of the Women's 1500 metres event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. The competition was held on 4 of September & 9 of September. This was the first time this distance was held for women at the Olympics.[1]
In the first semi final, Reiser was not so lucky, not only did she not run as fast, but she didn't qualify for the final. In the second semi final, Bragina again improved the world record by almost a second and a half, while Jehličková was eliminated.
In the final,
In total, eight women ran times in Munich faster than the pre-Olympic world record.
Heats
The top four runners in each heat (blue) and the next two fastest (pink), advanced to the semifinal round.
Heat one
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Lyudmila Bragina | Soviet Union | 4:06.47 | WR |
2 | Glenda Reiser | Canada | 4:06.71 | WJR |
3 | Ilja Keizer | Netherlands | 4:08.00 | |
4 | Jenny Orr | Australia | 4:08.06 | |
5 | Jaroslava Jehličková | Czechoslovakia | 4:08.39 | |
6 | Christa Merten | West Germany | 4:12.60 | |
7 | Joan Allison |
Great Britain | 4:14.89 | |
8 | Marijke Moser | Switzerland | 4:24.94 | |
9 | Lee Chiu-Hsia |
Republic of China | 4:37.15 |
Heat two
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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1 | Paola Pigni | Italy | 4:09.53 |
2 | Vasilena Amzina | Bulgaria | 4:12.85 |
3 | Berny Boxem |
Netherlands | 4:13.83 |
4 | Francie Kraker | United States | 4:14.73 |
5 | Thelma Wright | Canada | 4:15.43 |
6 | Grete Andersen | Norway | 4:16.00 |
7 | Sára Szenteleki-Ligetkuti | Hungary | 4:16.08 |
8 | Gerda Ranz | West Germany | 4:18.60 |
9 | Vera Nikolić | Yugoslavia | 4:23.36 |
- | Arda Kalpakian | Lebanon | DNS |
Heat three
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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1 | Tamara Pangelova | Soviet Union | 4:10.75 |
2 | Karin Burneleit |
East Germany | 4:10.83 |
3 | Francie Larrieu |
United States | 4:11.18 |
4 | Joyce Smith | Great Britain | 4:11.27 |
5 | Inger Knutsson | Sweden | 4:11.32 |
6 | Mary Tracey |
Ireland | 4:16.43 |
7 | Sinikka Tyynelä | Finland | 4:21.40 |
8 | Emesia Chizunga | Malawi | 4:41.47 |
- | Magdolna Kulcsár | Hungary | DNF |
Heat four
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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1 | Ellen Tittel | West Germany | 4:12.12 |
2 | Gunhild Hoffmeister | East Germany | 4:12.80 |
3 | Sheila Carey | Great Britain | 4:13.01 |
4 | Wenche Sørum | Norway | 4:14.10 |
5 | Tonka Petrova | Bulgaria | 4:14.95 |
6 | Anne-Marie Nenzell | Sweden | 4:16.67 |
7 | Margrit Hess | Switzerland | 4:19.67 |
8 | Tamara Kazachkova |
Soviet Union | 4:20.15 |
9 | Chereno Maiyo | Kenya | 4:20.9 |
- | Doris Brown | United States | DNS |
Semifinals
The top four runners in each heat (blue) and the next two fastest (pink), advanced to the final round.
Heat one
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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1 | Tamara Pangelova | Soviet Union | 4:07.66 |
2 | Paola Pigni | Italy | 4:07.83 |
3 | Gunhild Hoffmeister | East Germany | 4:07.94 |
4 | Ilja Keizer | Netherlands | 4:08.25 |
5 | Vasilena Amzina | Bulgaria | 4:09.12 |
6 | Joyce Smith | Great Britain | 4:09.37 |
7 | Glenda Reiser | Canada | 4:09.51 |
8 | Francie Kraker | United States | 4:12.76 |
9 | Inger Knutsson | Sweden | 4:14.97 |
Heat two
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Lyudmila Bragina | Soviet Union | 4:05.07 | WR |
2 | Karin Burneleit |
East Germany | 4:05.78 | |
3 | Ellen Tittel | West Germany | 4:06.65 | |
4 | Sheila Carey | Great Britain | 4:07.41 | |
5 | Berny Boxem |
Netherlands | 4:08.81 | |
6 | Jenny Orr | Australia | 4:08.86 | |
7 | Wenche Sørum | Norway | 4:09.70 | |
8 | Francie Larrieu |
United States | 4:15.26 | |
9 | Jaroslava Jehličková | Czechoslovakia | 4:18.16 |
Final
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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Lyudmila Bragina | Soviet Union | 4:01.38 | WR | |
Gunhild Hoffmeister | East Germany | 4:02.83 | ||
Paola Pigni | Italy | 4:02.85 | ||
4 | Karin Burneleit |
East Germany | 4:04.11 | |
5 | Sheila Carey | Great Britain | 4:04.81 | |
6 | Ilja Keizer | Netherlands | 4:05.13 | |
7 | Tamara Pangelova | Soviet Union | 4:06.45 | |
8 | Jenny Orr | Australia | 4:12.15 | |
9 | Berny Boxem |
Netherlands | 4:13.10 | |
- | Ellen Tittel | West Germany | DNF |
Key: WR = world record; OR = Olympic record; DNS = did not start; DNF = did not finish
References
- ^ "Athletics at the 1972 Munich Games: Women's 1500 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2017.