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

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
Swimming at the
1976 Summer Olympics
Sample picture of the event (unofficial)
Freestyle
100 mmen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
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 freestyle event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal, with the final on 18 July 1976.[1]

Results

Heats

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

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

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Kornelia Ender  East Germany 55.65 WR
2 Petra Priemer  East Germany 56.49
3 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

  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.
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