Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres
| Women's 400 metres at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Date | 25–29 July | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 40 from 19 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 49.29 WR | ||||||||||||
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Irena Szewińska |
 Poland
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Christina Lathan |
 East Germany
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Ellen Streidt |
East Germany
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The Women's 400 metres competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada was held at the Olympic Stadium on 25–29 July.
The Women's 400m competition consisted of heats (Round 1), Quarterfinals, Semifinals and a Final. The five fastest competitors from each race in the heats plus the next two fastest overall qualified for the Quarterfinals. The four fastest competitors from each of the Quarterfinal races qualified for the Semifinals, where again the four fastest runners from each heat advanced to the final.
Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
Qual. rule: first 5 of each heat (Q) plus the two fastest times (q) qualified.
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