featuring live Athletics from the Olympic Stadium, Montreal. Semi-final:
Women's 100m Hurdles
Hammer Final
West Germany's
WALTER SCHMIDT set a world record in 1975 but two Russians head the world rankings
Olympic champion and record holder: A. Bondarchuk (USSR) 75.50m (247ft 8ins) ,
World record: W. Schmidt (WGer) 79.30 (260:2)
World best 1976: Y. Sedykh (USSR) 78.86 (258:9); A. Spiridonov (USSR) 78.62 (257:11); K. Riehm (WGer) 78.52 (257:7) British best: C. Black 73.58 (241:5)
Women's High Jump Final
World record holder
ROSEMARIE ACKERMANN is a firm favourite to take this gold medal for East Germany
Olympic champion and record holder: U. Meyfarth (WGer) 1.92m (6ft 3iins)
World record: R. Ackermann (DDR) 1.96 (6:5)
World best 1976: Ackermann 1 96 (6:5); V. Bradacova (Czech) 1.92 (6:31); B. Holzapfel (WGer) 1.91 (6:3i)
British best: D. Brown 1.82 (5:1H)
Semi-finals: Men's 100m Hurdles Women's 200m: Men's 400m Heats: Men's 5,000m
The world's greatest middle-distance runners compete for places in Friday's final.
Commentators DAVID COLEMAN
RON PICKERING and STUART STOREY Introduced by Frank Bough