Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
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| Women's 4 x 400 metres relay at the Games of the XX Olympiad
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium |
| Dates | 9 September & 10 September |
| Competitors | from 14 nations |
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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 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 |
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Results
Final
- Held on 10 September 1972
| RANK | NATION | ATHLETES | TIME |
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 East Germany (GDR) |
• Dagmar Käsling • Rita Kühne • Helga Seidler • Monika Zehrt |
3:22.95 (WR) |
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 United States (USA) |
• Mable Fergerson • Madeline Manning • Cheryl Toussaint • Kathy Hammond |
3:25.15 |
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 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
