Later on in the same Games she helped her teammates Anette Rückes, Inge Bödding and Hildegard Falck to a bronze in the first Olympic women's 4 x 400 m relay.
Previously as Rita Jahn she had competed in the 200 metres and on the West German 4 x 100 m relay team at the 1968 Olympics, the team finishing 6th.
1976 was her third and last Olympics, making the semi-final round in the 400, and her team finishing 5th in the 4x400.She achieved a silver medal on the West German 4x100 metres relay team at the 1969 European Championships and a bronze medal at the 1974 European Championships.