Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle

The women's 100 metre freestyle event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal, with the final on 18 July 1976.[1]

Women's 100 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kornelia Ender  East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Petra Priemer  East Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Enith Brigitha  Netherlands
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Results

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Heats

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Heat 1

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Petra Priemer   East Germany 56.95 Q, OR
2 Rebecca Perrott   New Zealand 57.66 Q
3 Pia Mårtensson   Sweden 59.15
4 Ida Hansson   Sweden 1:00.22
5 Shelley Cramer   Virgin Islands 1:00.67
6 Myriam Mizouni   Tunisia 1:02.42

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Anne Jardin   Canada 57.61 Q
2 Jutta Weber   West Germany 57.71 Q
3 Sachiko Yamazaki   Japan 1:00.43
4 Regina Nissen   West Germany 1:00.60
5 Lesleigh Harvey   Australia 1:01.59
6 Deirdre Sheehan   Ireland 1:02.11
7 Vilborg Sverrisdóttir   Iceland 1:03.26

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Jill Sterkel   United States 57.41 Q
2 Guylaine Berger   France 58.79 Q
3 Irina Vlasova   Soviet Union 58.99
4 Elaine Gray   Great Britain 1:00.31
5 Ivis Poleo   Venezuela 1:03.07
6 Karen Robertson   Hong Kong 1:04.29

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Shirley Babashoff   United States 58.06 Q
2 Barbara Clark   Canada 58.29 Q
3 Susan Edmondson   Great Britain 1:00.64
4 Berber Kamstra   Netherlands 1:00.68
5 Geert Boekhout   Belgium 1:00.76
6 Marianela Huen   Venezuela 1:02.51
7 Georgina Osorio   Panama 1:03.88

Heat 5

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Claudia Hempel   East Germany 57.35 Q
2 Lene Jenssen   Norway 58.10 Q
3 Jenny Tate   Australia 58.78 Q
4 Marina Klyuchnikova   Soviet Union 59.30
5 Ratchaneewan Bulakul   Thailand 1:01.33
6 Rossana Juncos   Argentina 1:01.89

Heat 6

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Enith Brigitha   Netherlands 56.61 Q, OR
2 Kim Peyton   United States 57.26 Q
3 Ineke Ran   Netherlands 58.08 Q
4 Drue Le Guier   Australia 59.40
5 Beate Jasch   West Germany 1:00.80
6 María París   Costa Rica 1:01.53

Heat 7

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Kornelia Ender   East Germany 55.81 Q, OR
2 Gail Amundrud   Canada 58.01 Q
3 Lyubov Kobzova   Soviet Union 58.93
4 Anne Richard   Belgium 59.11
5 Diana Olsson   Sweden 1:00.46
6 Susana Coppo   Argentina 1:02.46
7 Jane Fayer   Puerto Rico 1:02.89

Semifinals

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Heat 1

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Kim Peyton   United States 56.89 Q
2 Enith Brigitha   Netherlands 57.08 Q
3 Jill Sterkel   United States 57.19 Q
4 Barbara Clark   Canada 57.72
5 Gail Amundrud   Canada 58.10
6 Rebecca Perrott   New Zealand 58.13
7 Ineke Ran   Netherlands 58.50
8 Guylaine Berger   France 58.62

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Kornelia Ender   East Germany 55.82 Q
2 Shirley Babashoff   United States 56.95 Q
3 Claudia Hempel   East Germany 57.05 Q
4 Petra Priemer   East Germany 57.21 Q
5 Jutta Weber   West Germany 57.35 Q
6 Anne Jardin   Canada 57.78
7 Lene Jenssen   Norway 58.10
8 Jenny Tate   Australia 58.88

Final

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Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
  Kornelia Ender   East Germany 55.65 WR
  Petra Priemer   East Germany 56.49
  Enith Brigitha   Netherlands 56.65
4 Kim Peyton   United States 56.81
5 Shirley Babashoff   United States 56.95
6 Claudia Hempel   East Germany 56.99
7 Jill Sterkel   United States 57.06
8 Jutta Weber   West Germany 57.26

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2016.