Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

Women's 4 x 400 metres relay at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	9 September & 10 September
Medalists
Dagmar Käsling, Rita Kühne, Helga Seidler, Monika Zehrt   East Germany   Mable Fergerson, Madeline Manning, Cheryl Toussaint, Kathy Hammond   United States   Anette Rückes, Inge Bödding, Hildegard Falck, Rita Wilden   West Germany

Athletics at the 1972 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
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 4 x 400 metres relay event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. The event was held on the 9th and 10 September 1972. There were a total number of 14 nations competing.

Records

These were the standing World and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1972 Summer Olympics.

World Record	3:29.28	Monika Zehrt Rita Kühne Ingelore Lohse Helga Seidler	Helsinki (FIN)	July 27, 1972

Results

Final

• Held on 10 September 1972

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
	East Germany (GDR)	• Dagmar Käsling • Rita Kühne • Helga Seidler • Monika Zehrt	3:22.95 (WR)
	United States (USA)	• Mable Fergerson • Madeline Manning • Cheryl Toussaint • Kathy Hammond	3:25.15
	West Germany (FRG)	• Anette Rückes • Inge Bödding • Hildegard Falck • Rita Wilden	3:26.51
4.	France (FRA)	• Martine Duvivier • Colette Besson • Bernadette Martin • Nicole Duclos	3:27.5
5.	Great Britain (GBR)	• Verona Bernard • Janet Simpson • Jannette Roscoe • Rosemary Stirling	3:28.7
6.	Australia (AUS)	• Alison Ross-Edwards • Raelene Boyle • Cheryl Peasley • Charlene Rendina	3:28.8
7.	Finland (FIN)	• Marika Eklund • Pirjo Wilmi • Tuula Rautanen • Mona-Lisa Strandvall	3:29.4
8.	Soviet Union (URS)	• Lubov Runtso • Olga Syrovatskaia • Natalya Chistiakova • Nadezhda Kolesnikova	3:31.9

Semifinals

• Held on 9 September 1972

Heat 1

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.	West Germany (FRG)	• Anette Rückes • Inge Bödding • Hildegard Falck • Rita Wilden	3:29.3
2.	France (FRA)	• Martine Duvivier • Colette Besson • Bernadette Martin • Nicole Duclos	3:30.0
3.	Soviet Union (URS)	• Lubov Runtso • Olga Syrovatskaia • Natalya Chistiakov • Nadezhda Kolesnikova	3:30.2
4.	Finland (FIN)	• Marika Eklund • Pirjo Wilmi • Tuula Rautanen • Mona-Lisa Strandvall	3:30.8
5	Cuba (CUB)	• Asuncion Acosta • Marcela Chibas • Beatriz Castillo • Aurelia Pentón	3:32:4
6.	Sweden (SWE)	• Charlotta Malmstrom • Elisabeth Randerz • Ann Larsson • Karin Lundgren	3:32.6
7.	Barbados (BAR)	• Lorna Forde • Barbara Bishop • Marcia Trotman • Heather Gooding	3:44.5

Heat 2

RANK	NATION	ATHLETES	TIME
1.	East Germany (GDR)	• Dagmar Käsling • Rita Kühne • Helga Seidler • Monika Zehrt	3:28.5
2.	United States (USA)	• Mable Fergerson • Madeline Manning • Cheryl Toussaint • Kathy Hammond	3:28.6
3.	Australia (AUS)	• Alison Ross-Edwards • Raelene Boyle • Cheryl Peasley • Charlene Rendina	3:30.0
4.	Great Britain (GBR)	• Janet Simpson • Verona Bernard • Jannette Roscoe • Rosemary Stirling	3:30.1
5.	Jamaica (JAM)	• Ruth Williams • Una Morris • Rosie Allwood • Yvonne Saunders	3:31.98
6.	Austria (AUT)	• Christiane Casapicola • Helga Kapfer • Gerlinde Massing • Karoline K¤fer	3:42.2
—	Poland (POL)	• Bozena Zientarska • Krystyna Kacperczyk • Elzbieta Skowronska • Danuta Piecyk	DSQ

References

• Official Report
• Results