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

Swimming at the
1976 Summer Olympics
Sample picture of the event (unofficial)
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mwomen
4 × 200 mmen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen

The women's 100 metre backstroke event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal. The event took place on 20 and 21 July 1976.[1]

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Tauna Vandeweghe  United States 1:05.00 Q
2 Klavdiya Studennikova  Soviet Union 1:05.56 Q
3 Cheryl Gibson  Canada 1:05.64 Q
4 Antonella Roncelli  Italy 1:06.59
5 Sylvie Testuz  France 1:07.62
6 Paola Ruggieri  Venezuela 1:11.14

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Nancy Garapick  Canada 1:03.28 Q
2 Michelle de Vries  Australia 1:06.22 Q
3 Gabriella Verrasztó  Hungary 1:06.27
4 Amanda James  Great Britain 1:07.28
5 Angelika Grieser  West Germany 1:08.08
6 Liliana Cian  Colombia 1:11.62
7 Sansanee Changkasiri  Thailand 1:19.15

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Birgit Treiber  East Germany 1:04.34 Q
2 Linda Jezek  United States 1:04.69 Q
3 Karin Bormann  West Germany 1:06.33
4 Renee Magee  United States 1:06.44
5 Joy Beasley  Great Britain 1:06.66
6 Claudia Bellotto  Argentina 1:10.27
7 Raphaelynne Lee  Hong Kong 1:14.66

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Antje Stille  East Germany 1:04.34 Q
2 Enith Brigitha  Netherlands 1:04.98 Q
3 Nadiya Stavko  Soviet Union 1:05.39 Q
4 Glenda Robertson  Australia 1:06.19 Q
5 Monique Rodahl  New Zealand 1:06.73
6 Naoko Miura  Japan 1:08.31
7 Deirdre Sheehan  Ireland 1:11.53

Heat 5

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Ulrike Richter  East Germany 1:03.61 Q
2 Wendy Cook-Hogg  Canada 1:04.31 Q
3 Diane Edelijn  Netherlands 1:05.56 Q
4 Yoshimi Nishigawa  Japan 1:05.78 Q
5 Heike John  West Germany 1:06.20 Q
6 Gunilla Lundberg  Sweden 1:07.73
7 Pierrette Michel  Belgium 1:12.73

Semifinals

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Ulrike Richter  East Germany 1:02.39 Q
2 Birgit Treiber  East Germany 1:04.21 Q
3 Cheryl Gibson  Canada 1:04.89 Q
4 Klavdiya Studennikova  Soviet Union 1:05.73
5 Linda Jezek  United States 1:06.01
6 Michelle de Vries  Australia 1:06.02
7 Tauna Vandeweghe  United States 1:06.29
8 Glenda Robertson  Australia 1:06.93

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Nancy Garapick  Canada 1:03.75 Q
2 Antje Stille  East Germany 1:03.94 Q
3 Wendy Cook-Hogg  Canada 1:04.17 Q
4 Enith Brigitha  Netherlands 1:05.21 Q
5 Nadiya Stavko  Soviet Union 1:05.23 Q
6 Diane Edelijn  Netherlands 1:05.58
7 Heike John  West Germany 1:06.26
8 Yoshimi Nishigawa  Japan 1:06.46

Final

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Ulrike Richter  East Germany 1:01.83 OR
2 Birgit Treiber  East Germany 1:03.41
3 Nancy Garapick  Canada 1:03.71
4 Wendy Cook-Hogg  Canada 1:03.93
5 Cheryl Gibson  Canada 1:05.16
6 Nadiya Stavko  Soviet Union 1:05.19
7 Antje Stille  East Germany 1:05.30
8 Diane Edelijn  Netherlands 1:05.53

References

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Backstroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
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