Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres
| Women's 400 metres at the Games of the XX Olympiad
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium, Munich, West Germany | ||||||||||||
| Date | 2 September 1972 & 7 September 1972 | ||||||||||||
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Monika Zehrt |
 East Germany
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Rita Wilden |
 West Germany
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Kathy Hammond |
 United States
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These are the official results of the Women's 400 metres event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. The competition was held on 2 & 7 of September. The favorite coming into the Olympics was Monika Zehrt of East Germany who equaled the world record in the previous July. The other world record holder was Marilyn Neufville of Jamaica, who was also favored to win, unfortunately she was injured and was unable to compete in the games. This left the field open to challenge the world record holder for the top prize.
The top four runners in each heat (blue) and the next four fastest (pink), advanced to the quarterfinal round.
The top four runners in each heat advanced to the semifinal round.
Heat one
Top four in each heat advanced to the final round.
Key: OR = Olympic record; DNS = did not start; DNF = did not finish
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