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Athletics at the 1976 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metres B

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Women's 100 metres B
at the V Paralympic Games
Paralympic Athletics
Competitors8 from 6 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) R. Laengen  Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yasuko Takeuchi  Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) L. Bethel  Great Britain

The Women's 100 metres B was a sprinting event in athletics at the 1976 Summer Paralympics in Toronto, for blind athletes. (Visually impaired athletes may also have been permitted to take part; the specifics are unclear from the International Paralympic Committee's records.) It was the first time that sprinting events had taken place for athletes other than wheelchair athletes.

Eight athletes from six nations competed in the heats, and the top six advanced to the final. Poland's Bozena Kwiatkowska, who ran fastest in the heats, withdrew before the final, leaving second fastest qualifier R. Laengen, of Norway, to take gold.

Results

Heats

Place Athlete Time
1  Bozena Kwiatkowska (POL) 14.2 Q
2  R. Laengen (NOR) 14.9 Q
3  Yasuko Takeuchi (JPN) 15.3 Q
4  L. Lahey (CAN) 15.8 Q
5  L. Lex (USA) 16.1 Q
6  L. Bethel (GBR) 16.4 Q
7  L. Baillargeon (CAN) 16.6
8  Simmons (CAN) 17.3

Final

Place Athlete Time
1  R. Laengen (NOR) 14.4
2  Yasuko Takeuchi (JPN) 14.9
3  L. Bethel (GBR) 15.2
4  L. Lex (USA) 15.6
5  L. Lahey (CAN) 15.7
-  Bozena Kwiatkowska (POL) dns

References

  1. "Toronto 1976 Paralympic Games: Athletics: Women's 100 m B", International Paralympic Committee. (Add a blank and then an m after the url to display the results.)
  2. "Toronto 1976 Paralympic Games: Athletics: Women's 100 m B", International Paralympic Committee. (Add a blank and then an m after the url to display the results.)


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