# Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres hurdles

The women's 100 metres hurdles competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada was held at the Olympic Stadium on July 28–29.

## Competition format

The Women's 100m hurdles competition consisted of heats (Round 1), Semifinals and a Final. The four fastest competitors from each race in the heats qualified for the semifinals. The top four athletes from each semifinals race advanced to the final.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
| World record | Annelie Ehrhardt (GDR) | 12.59 | Munich, West Germany | 8 September 1972 |
| Olympic record | Annelie Ehrhardt (GDR) | 12.59 | Munich, West Germany | 8 September 1972 |

## Results
### Round 1

Qual. rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) qualified.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tatyana Anisimova | Soviet Union | 12.98 | Q |
| 2 | Grażyna Rabsztyn | Poland | 13.09 | Q |
| 3 | Sharon Colyear | Great Britain | 13.18 | Q |
| 4 | Nadine Prévost | France | 13.70 | Q |
| 5 | Patrice Donnelly | United States | 13.71 | |
| 6 | Julie Gomis | Senegal | 14.57 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Bożena Nowakowska | Poland | 13.05 | Q |
| 2 | Ileana Ongar | Italy | 13.37 | Q |
| 3 | Annelie Ehrhardt | East Germany | 13.49 | Q |
| 4 | Deby LaPlante | United States | 13.51 | Q |
| 5 | Gaye Dell | Australia | 13.68 | |
| 6 | Sue Bradley-Kameli | Canada | 14.07 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Natalya Lebedeva | Soviet Union | 12.94 | Q |
| 2 | Johanna Schaller | East Germany | 13.02 | Q |
| 3 | Penka Sokolova | Bulgaria | 13.52 | Q |
| 4 | Lorna Boothe | Great Britain | 13.69 | Q |
| 5 | Rhonda Brady | United States | 13.84 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Gudrun Berend | East Germany | 13.03 | Q |
| 2 | Esther Roth-Shahamorov | Israel | 13.06 | Q |
| 3 | Lyubov Kononova | Soviet Union | 13.36 | Q |
| 4 | Valeria Bufanu | Romania | 13.60 | Q |
| 5 | Edith Noeding | Peru | 14.14 | |
| 6 | Lucía Vaamonde | Venezuela | 19.17 | |

### Semifinals

Qual. rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) qualified.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Johanna Schaller | East Germany | 12.93 | Q |
| 2 | Gudrun Berend | East Germany | 12.96 | Q |
| 3 | Natalya Lebedeva | Soviet Union | 13.03 | Q |
| 4 | Esther Roth-Shahamorov | Israel | 13.04 | Q |
| 5 | Bożena Nowakowska | Poland | 13.04 | |
| 6 | Deby LaPlante | United States | 13.36 | |
| 7 | Penka Sokolova | Bulgaria | 13.67 | |
| 8 | Lorna Boothe | Great Britain | 13.73 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tatyana Anisimova | Soviet Union | 13.08 | Q |
| 2 | Grażyna Rabsztyn | Poland | 13.35 | Q |
| 3 | Ileana Ongar | Italy | 13.41 | Q |
| 4 | Valeria Bufanu | Romania | 13.59 | Q |
| 5 | Annelie Ehrhardt | East Germany | 13.71 | |
| 6 | Nadine Prévost | France | 13.95 | |
| 7 | Sharon Colyear | Great Britain | 17.32 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| | Johanna Schaller | East Germany | 12.77 |
| | Tatyana Anisimova | Soviet Union | 12.78 |
| | Natalya Lebedeva | Soviet Union | 12.80 |
| 4 | Gudrun Berend | East Germany | 12.82 |
| 5 | Grażyna Rabsztyn | Poland | 12.96 |
| 6 | Esther Roth-Shahamorov | Israel | 13.04 |
| 7 | Valeria Bufanu | Romania | 13.35 |
| 8 | Ileana Ongar | Italy | 13.51 |