Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4 × 100 m | women | |
4 × 200 m | men | |
Medley relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal.[1]
U.S. victory over East German dopers who received state support from the Soviet Bloc is often considered the greatest upset in swimming history. East Germans swept most of the other medals and even finished first and second in the women's 100m freestyle event while the US didn't win a medal.[2]
Heats
[edit][3] Heat 1
Place | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
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1 | ![]() |
3:50.27 | |
2 | ![]() |
3:53.40 | |
3 | ![]() |
3:56.89 | |
4 | ![]() |
3:57.48 | |
5 | ![]() |
3:58.09 | |
6 | ![]() |
4:00.35 | |
7 | ![]() |
4:12.81 |
Heat 2
Place | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
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1 | ![]() |
3:48.95 | |
2 | ![]() |
3:49.69 | |
3 | ![]() |
3:53.67 | |
4 | ![]() |
3:58.87 | |
5 | ![]() |
4:00.97 | |
6 | ![]() |
4:14.57 | |
7 | ![]() |
4:18.40 |
Final
[edit]Rank | Final | Time |
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![]() Kim Peyton Wendy Boglioli Jill Sterkel Shirley Babashoff (Jennifer Hooker) |
3:44.82 56.95 55.81 55.78 56.28 |
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![]() Kornelia Ender Petra Priemer Andrea Pollack Claudia Hempel |
3:45.50 55.79 56.16 56.99 56.56 |
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![]() Gail Amundrud Barbara Clark Becky Smith Anne Jardin |
3:48.81 57.60 57.05 57.13 57.03 |
4. | ![]() Ineke Ran Linda Faber Annelies Maas Enith Brigitha |
3:51.67 58.86 59.42 57.48 55.91 |
5. | ![]() Lyubov Kobzova Irina Vlasova Marina Kliyuchnikova Larisa Tsaryova |
3:52.69 58.07 58.58 58.57 57.47 |
6. | ![]() Guylaine Berger Sylvie Le Noach Caroline Carpentier Chantal Schertz |
3:56.73 58.99 58.76 59.82 59.16 |
7. | ![]() Pia Mårtensson Ylva Persson Diana Olsson Ida Hansson |
3:57.25 59.06 59.06 59.76 58.86 |
8. | ![]() Jutta Weber Marion Platten Regina Nissen Beate Jasch |
3:58.33 58.02 59.35 1:00.59 1:00.37 |
- Parenthesis indicate that the athlete competed in preliminary rounds, but not in the final.
References
[edit]- ^ "Swimming at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Women's 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
- ^ "Friday Flashback: Against East German Swimmers in '76, a Medal and a Lot of Questions". 15 June 2012.
- ^ Heats Summary