Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle

Women's 200 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kornelia Ender  East Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Shirley Babashoff  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Enith Brigitha  Netherlands
Swimming at the
1976 Summer Olympics
Sample picture of the event (unofficial)
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
200 mmen
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 200 metre freestyle event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal. The event took place on 22 July.[1]

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Claudia Hempel  East Germany 2:03.36 Q, OR
2 Larisa Tsaryova  Soviet Union 2:03.98
3 Jutta Weber  West Germany 2:08.02
4 Sonya Gray  Australia 2:10.73
5 Ratchaneewan Bulakul  Thailand 2:12.92
6 Vilborg Sverrisdóttir  Iceland 2:14.27

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Gail Amundrud  Canada 2:03.85 Q
2 Debbie Clarke  Canada 2:05.10
3 Lyubov Kobzova  Soviet Union 2:05.55
4 Gunilla Lundberg  Sweden 2:09.51
5 Jane Fayer  Puerto Rico 2:19.93
6 Raphaelynne Lee  Hong Kong 2:20.76

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Irina Vlasova  Soviet Union 2:03.67 Q
2 Rebecca Perrott  New Zealand 2:03.94
3 Andrea Pollack  East Germany 2:06.12
4 Marion Platten  West Germany 2:06.70
5 Regina Nissen  West Germany 2:14.66
6 Deirdre Sheehan  Ireland 2:15.69
7 Susana Coppo  Argentina 2:19.26

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Enith Brigitha  Netherlands 2:01.54 Q, OR
2 Jennifer Hooker  United States 2:03.72 Q
3 Anne Richard  Belgium 2:07.90
4 Lesleigh Harvey  Australia 2:08.60
5 Pia Mårtensson  Sweden 2:09.85
6 Ann Bradshaw  Great Britain 2:10.93
7 Georgina Osorio  Panama 2:19.06

Heat 5

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Shirley Babashoff  United States 2:01.64 Q
2 Annelies Maas  Netherlands 2:03.01 Q
3 Anne Jardin  Canada 2:05.28
4 Guylaine Berger  France 2:06.74
5 Susan Edmondson  Great Britain 2:10.08
6 Vania Vázquez  Venezuela 2:13.54
7 Shelley Cramer  Virgin Islands 2:14.94

Heat 6

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Kornelia Ender  East Germany 2:02.50 Q
2 Jill Sterkel  United States 2:03.94
3 Ineke Ran  Netherlands 2:05.01
4 Michelle Ford  Australia 2:05.72
5 Susan Barnard  Great Britain 2:08.76
6 María París  Costa Rica 2:13.17
7 María Pérez  Venezuela 2:13.97

Final

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Kornelia Ender  East Germany 1:59.26 WR
2 Shirley Babashoff  United States 2:01.22
3 Enith Brigitha  Netherlands 2:01.40
4 Annelies Maas  Netherlands 2:02.56
5 Gail Amundrud  Canada 2:03.32
6 Jennifer Hooker  United States 2:04.20
7 Claudia Hempel  East Germany 2:04.61
8 Irina Vlasova  Soviet Union 2:05.63

References

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
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