Margaret Stride

{{short description|Canadian sprinter}}

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| nationality = Canadian

| sport = Sprinting

| event = 400 metres

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|12|21|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Simcoe, Ontario

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Margaret Stride (née MacGowan; born 21 December 1954) is a Canadian sprinter. She competed in the women's 400 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics. She won a gold medal in the 1975 Pan American Games 4 × 400 metres relay (with Joyce Sadowick, Rachelle Campbell and Joanne McTaggart). At the 1975 Pan American Games Stride, while competing under her maiden name McGowen, finished sixth in the 400 metres.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/marg-stride-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418115229/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/marg-stride-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Margaret Stride Olympic Results |accessdate=3 August 2017}} She also won bronze medals in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games and 1978 Commonwealth Games.