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The next year, at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, she finished 5th in the 100 m, in front of her home crowd.
The next year, at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, she finished 5th in the 100 m, in front of her home crowd.
She was fourth in the 100 metre final. Before the 1976 Summer Olympics, everybody"s attention was not directed at Richter, but at fellow Dortmunder Inge Helten, who had set a new world record of 11.04 just prior to the Games. In the final, Richter, Stecher and Helten finished within one metre of each other, with Richter winning the gold and vanquishing Stecher.
Richter ran the 3rd leg of the winning relay squad at the first World Cup of Track and Field in 1977, she had the second fastest time of the year for the 100 meters of 11.03.
She would finish 3rd in the 100 meters and 4th in the 200 meters at the second World Cup in 1979, again running the 3rd leg of the victorious European relay squad, and retired after the boycott of the 1980 Moscow games.
At the 1974 European Championships in Rome she was again a member of the national 4×100 m relay team, this time winning the silver medal.