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Athletics At The 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 Metres
The women's 200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ... sprint event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place on September 4 & 7. The favorite would have been Republic of China's Chi Cheng, who set world records in the 200 meters and 220 yards distances in 1970. She suffered a career ending injury at the end of 1970. An attempted surgery in 1971, failed. The top 3 ranked women in the world in 1971, were the 3 women on the podium in Munich. European Champion Renate Stecher (GDR), Commonwealth Champion Raelene Boyle (AUS), and the defending Champion Irena Szewinska of Poland. Heats Top five in each heat (blue) and the next two fastest (pink) advanced to quarterfinal round. Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Heat 4 Heat 5 Heat 6 Quarterfinals Top four in each he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Stadium (Munich)
Olympiastadion () is a stadium located in Munich, Germany. Situated at the heart of the '' Olympiapark München'' in northern Munich, the stadium was the main venue for the 1972 Summer Olympics. The original capacity was maximally and officially around 75,000 seats, during the Olympics; yet average audiences of 80.000 to 90.000 people were registered daily. Also the stadium has hosted many major football matches including the 1974 FIFA World Cup Final and the UEFA Euro 1988 Final - originally the official capacity was 73.000 for football. The stadium hosted the European Cup Finals in 1979, 1993 and 1997. Its current capacity is 69,250. The stadium could support until 11,800 standing places and 57,450 seats; or alternatively 63,000 seated spectators.The roof covers around 40,000 seats. Until the construction of Allianz Arena for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the stadium was home to FC Bayern Munich and TSV 1860 Munich. Unlike the Olympiastadion, the new stadium was purpose-built fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadezhda Besfamilnaya
Nadezhda Viktorovna Besfamilnaya (russian: Надежда Викторовна Бесфамильная) (born 27 December 1950) is a Soviet Union, Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. Besfamilnaya trained at the Armed Forces (sports society), Armed Forces sports society in Moscow. She competed for the Soviet Union, USSR in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the bronze medal with her teammates Tatyana Prorochenko, Lyudmila Maslakova and Vera Anisimova. References Sports Reference 1950 births Russian female sprinters Soviet female sprinters Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of the Soviet Union Living people Armed Forces sports society athletes European Athletics Championships medalists Athletes from Moscow Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pam Greene
Pam Greene (born February 15, 1954) is an American sprinter. She competed in the women's 200 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Greene qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team but was unable to compete due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott The 1980 Summer Olympics boycott was one part of a number of actions initiated by the United States to protest against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The Soviet Union, which hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, and its allies later .... Greene ran on the 4x100 relay at the 1973 World University Games, and was AIAW Champion in 1973 in the 200 metres. She also received one of 461 Congressional Gold Medals created especially for the spurned athletes. References External links * 1954 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics American female sprinters Olympic track and field athletes for the United States Track and field athletes from Denver Congressional Gold Medal recipients ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellen Strophal
Ellen Streidt ( Stropahl later Wendland, born 27 July 1952 in Wittstock, Bezirk Potsdam) is a retired East German sprinter who specialised in the 200 metres and 400 metres. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, she finished fourth in the 200m final, just one one-hundredth of a second behind bronze medallist Irena Szwesinska. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, she won the bronze medal in the 400 metres and a gold medal in the 4 × 400 metres with her teammates Brigitte Rohde, Christina Brehmer and Doris Maletzki Doris Maletzki (for some time Brachmann, born 11 June 1952 in Salzwedel) is a retired East German sprinter who specialised in the 200 metres. She won a gold medal in 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1974 European Championships, together with team .... Ac ...
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Meas Kheng
Meas Kheng (born 28 March 1946) is a Cambodian sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. .... She was the first woman to represent Cambodia at the Olympics. She was dubbed as the "sprint queen" of Southeast Asia in the early seventies. At seventeen, Kheng was a finalist in the 400 metres at the 1963 GANEFO in Jakarta. Her time of 62.1 seconds still stands as the Cambodian junior record. On July 19, 1968 in Phnom Penh, Meas Kheng clocked 12.0 seconds to set the current Cambodian 100-metre hand-timed record. At the 1971 SEAP Games, Kheng breasted the tape in 12.3 seconds in the 100 metres and in a national record of 25.05 seconds in the 200 metres to clinch the gold medal in both events. Her time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josefa Vicent
Josefa Vicent (born 7 May 1950) is a Uruguayan sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve .... References 1950 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1971 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Uruguayan female sprinters Olympic athletes for Uruguay Place of birth missing (living people) Pan American Games competitors for Uruguay Olympic female sprinters 20th-century Uruguayan women {{Uruguay-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Luisa Vilca
María Luisa Vilca (born 15 March 1948) is a Peruvian sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. .... References 1948 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1971 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Peruvian female sprinters Olympic athletes of Peru Place of birth missing (living people) Pan American Games competitors for Peru Olympic female sprinters 20th-century Peruvian women {{Peru-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannah Afriyie
Hannah Afriyie (born 21 December 1951) is a retired Ghanaian track and field athlete. She won two gold medals in the 100 and 200 metres sprints at the 1978 All-Africa Games held in Algiers. Afriyie reached the quarter finals of the 100 metres and the 200 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. .... In the 1977 West African games in Lagos, she won the silver medal in the 100 metres. References External links * 1951 births Living people Ghanaian female sprinters Olympic athletes for Ghana Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Della Pascoe
Della Patricia Pascoe (née James; born 28 March 1949) is a retired British international sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics. She also represented England in the 100 metres and 200 metres, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. She is married to a former hurdler, Alan Pascoe Alan Peter Pascoe (born 11 October 1947) is a British former athlete who gained success in hurdles. After his athletics career, he has been successful in events marketing and consulting. Early life and education Pascoe was born in Portsmouth, .... References External links * 1949 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics British female sprinters Olympic athletes of Great Britain Sportspeople from Portsmouth Athletes (track and field) at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for England Olympic female ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilma Van Gool
Wilhelmina Catharina Maria Martina "Wilma" van Gool (née van den Berg on 11 August 1947, commonly known as Wilma van den Berg) is a Dutch former sprinter, two-time Olympian, silver medalist in the European Championships and Universiade, Dutch national champion, and 1969 Dutch Female Athlete of the Year. Biography She won the Dutch national championship in both the 100 m event and the 200 m in 1967, 1969-72, and 1976; she also won the 100 m event in 1974. She won a silver medal at the 1969 European Championships in the 100 m event, and a bronze medal at the 1970 European Indoor Championships in the 60 m. At the 1970 Summer Universiade she won a silver medal in the 100 m event, and a bronze medal in the 200 m. She competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics and 1972 Summer Olympics in the 100 m and 200 m sprint and 4 × 100 m relay. She finished in fourth place in the relay in 1968; individually, she did not reach the finals. She had qualified for the semifinals in the 200 m s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annegret Kroniger
Annegret "Anne" Kroniger (born September 24, 1952, in Bochum, Nordrhein-Westfalen) is a female German athlete, who mainly competed in the 100 metres. She competed for West Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics in the women's 4 x 100 metres held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ..., where she won the silver medal with her teammates Elvira Possekel, Inge Helten and Olympic 100 metre champion Annegret Richter. References * Living people 1952 births West German female sprinters Olympic silver medalists for West Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for West Germany Sportspeople from Bochum European Athletics Championships medalis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmen Valdes
''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the Carmen (novella), novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first performed by the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 3 March 1875, where its breaking of conventions shocked and scandalised its first audiences. Bizet died suddenly after the 33rd performance, unaware that the work would achieve international acclaim within the following ten years. ''Carmen'' has since become one of the most popular and frequently performed operas in the classical Western canon, canon; the "Habanera (aria), Habanera" from act 1 and the "Toreador Song" from act 2 are among the best known of all operatic arias. The opera is written in the genre of ''opéra comique'' with musical numbers separated by dialogue. It is set in southern Spain and tells the story of the downfall of Don José, a naïve soldier who is seduced by the wiles of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
