1972 United States Olympic Book

100-meter hurdles (September 8) - Athletics (Track & Field) Results of 800 m Min. This event replaced the former 80- meter event and the hurdles are also 1. Hildegard Falck, 1:58.6 three inches higher which changes W.Germany many aspects of the race. Many had 2. Niele Sabaite, USSR 1:58.7 installed East Germany's Karin Bal- 3. Gunhild Hoffmeister, 1:59.2 zer, world recordholder and Euro- E.Germany pean champion, as the favorite. How- 4. Svetla Zlateva, Bulgaria 1:59.7 ever, these same persons failed to 5. Vera Nikolic, Yugoslavia 2:00.0 reckon with Annelie Jahn Ehrhardt, 5. Ileana Silai, Roumania 2:00.0 22, the wife of a top-ranking racing canoeist. She had the fastest time in 1,500 meters (September 9)-First the first two rounds. In the final, time on the program the race was Annelie, off to a fine start, established startling. The nine runners were close- her position and breezed home ahead ly bunched from the start with Ta- of Roumania's Valeria Bufanu, 26, a mara Pangelova, USSR, rudely jost- vastly improved hurdler over a year ling Ellen Tittel, West Germany, on ago when she was seventh in the Euro- the first lap. Miss Tittel collapsed at pean championships. the end of the second lap as the runners still jockeying for position sped Statistics: 25 participants from 16 along. With less than 500 meters to countries. World record 12.5 sec. New go, Ludmilla Bragina, veteran Soviet Olympic record 12.6 sec. racer, forged into the lead not to be denied in spite of a late burst of speed by Gunhild Hoffmeister, East Ger- Results of 110-m Hurdles Sec. many, a 28 year-old school teacher, second in the '71 European champion- 1. Annelie Ehrhardt, 12.59 ships. Karin Burneleit, East Germany, E.Germany the European champion and rec- 2. Valeria Bufanu, Roumania 12.84 ognized world recordholder until 3. Karin Balzer, E.Germany 12.90 Miss Bragina decimated the standard, 4. Pamela Ryan, Australia 12.98 ran faster than ever before but finish- 5. Teresa Nowak, Poland 13.17 ed no better than fourth, a bitter dis- 6. DanutaStraszynska, Poland 13.18 appointment for the 29 year-old stu- dent in East Berlin's University. Statistics: 35 participants from 22 4 x 100-meter relay (September 10)- countries. Old world record 4:05.1 All along the race figured to be a min. New world and Olympic record stretch duel between East Germany, 4:01.4 min. European champions, and West Ger- many, runners-up in the same meet. East Germany also defeated West Ger- Results of 1,500 m Min. many in the heats. However, superior stickwork brought victory to the host 1. Ludmilla Bragina, USSR 4:01.4 team in the final with a world record 2. Gunhild Hoffmeister, 4:02.8 equaling performance of 42.8 seconds, E.Germany two tenths of a second ahead of East 3. Paola Cacchi, Italy 4:02.9 Germany. Running the anchor leg for 4. Karin Burneleit, E.Germany 4:04.1 the victors was Heide Rosendahl, long 5. Sheila Carey, Gt.Britain 4:04.8 jump champion and pentathlon run- 6. Ilja Keizer, Netherlands 4:05.1 ner-up. Statistics: 15 teams. New world and Olympic record 42.8 sec. Results: Sec. 1. W.Germany Krause/Mickler/Richter/Rosendahl 42.81 2. E.Germany Kaufer/Heinich/Struppert/Stecher 42.95 3. Cuba Elejarde/Valdes/Romay/Chivas 43.36 4. USA Watson/Render/Netter/Davis 43.39 5. USSR Sidorova/Bukharina/Zharkova/Bezfamilnaia 43.59 6. Australia Caird/Boyle/Hoffman/Gillies 43.61 378.

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