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 edit
Heats edit
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 edit
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 edit
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Ulrike Richter | East Germany |
1:01.83 | OR |
 |
Birgit Treiber | East Germany |
1:03.41 | |
 |
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 edit
- ^ "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.