Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Swimming at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Competitors	471 from 51 nations

Swimming events at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m		women
4×200 m	men
Medley relay
4×100 m	men	women

The 1976 Summer Olympics were held in the Canadian city of Montreal; 26 events in swimming were contested. There was a total of 471 participants from 51 countries competing.^[1]

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	13	14	7	34
2	East Germany (GDR)	11	6	2	19
3	Soviet Union (URS)	1	3	5	9
4	Great Britain (GBR)	1	1	1	3
5	Canada (CAN)	0	2	6	8
6	West Germany (FRG)	0	0	2	2
6	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	2	2
8	Australia (AUS)	0	0	1	1

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Jim Montgomery (USA)	49.99 (WR)	Jack Babashoff (USA)	50.81	Peter Nocke (FRG)	51.31
200 m freestyle	Bruce Furniss (USA)	1:50.29 (WR)	John Naber (USA)	1:50.50	Jim Montgomery (USA)	1:50.58
400 m freestyle	Brian Goodell (USA)	3:51.93 (WR)	Tim Shaw (USA)	3:52.54	Vladimir Raskatov (URS)	3:55.76
1500 m freestyle	Brian Goodell (USA)	15:02.40 (WR)	Bobby Hackett (USA)	15:03.91	Stephen Holland (AUS)	15:04.66
100 m backstroke	John Naber (USA)	55.49 (WR)	Peter Rocca (USA)	56.34	Roland Matthes (GDR)	57.22
200 m backstroke	John Naber (USA)	1:59.19 (WR)	Peter Rocca (USA)	2:00.55	Dan Harrigan (USA)	2:01.35
100 m breaststroke	John Hencken (USA)	1:03.11 (WR)	David Wilkie (GBR)	1:03.43	Arvydas Juozaitis (URS)	1:04.23
200 m breaststroke	David Wilkie (GBR)	2:15.11 (WR)	John Hencken (USA)	2:17.26	Rick Colella (USA)	2:19.20
100 m butterfly	Matt Vogel (USA)	54.35	Joe Bottom (USA)	54.50	Gary Hall, Sr. (USA)	54.65
200 m butterfly	Mike Bruner (USA)	1:59.23 (WR)	Steve Gregg (USA)	1:59.54	Bill Forrester (USA)	1:59.96
400 m individual medley	Rod Strachan (USA)	4:23.68 (WR)	Tim McKee (USA)	4:24.62	Andrey Smirnov (URS)	4:26.90
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) John Naber Mike Bruner Bruce Furniss Jim Montgomery	7:23.22 (WR)	Soviet Union (URS) Vladimir Raskatov Andrei Bogdanov Sergey Kopliakov Andrey Krylov	7:27.97	Great Britain (GBR) Alan McClatchey Brian Brinkley Gordon Downie David Dunne	7:32.11
4 × 100 m medley relay	United States (USA) John Naber John Hencken Matt Vogel Jim Montgomery	3:42.22 (WR)	Canada (CAN) Stephen Pickell Graham Smith Clay Evans Gary MacDonald	3:45.94	West Germany (FRG) Klaus Steinbach Michael Kraus Walter Kusch Peter Nocke	3:47.29

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Kornelia Ender (GDR)	55.65 (WR)	Petra Priemer (GDR)	56.49	Enith Brigitha (NED)	56.65
200 m freestyle	Kornelia Ender (GDR)	1:59.26 (WR)	Shirley Babashoff (USA)	2:01.22	Enith Brigitha (NED)	2:01.40
400 m freestyle	Petra Thümer (GDR)	4:09.89 (WR)	Shirley Babashoff (USA)	4:10.46	Shannon Smith (CAN)	4:14.60
800 m freestyle	Petra Thümer (GDR)	8:37.14 (WR)	Shirley Babashoff (USA)	8:37.59	Wendy Weinberg (USA)	8:42.60
100 m backstroke	Ulrike Richter (GDR)	1:01.83 (OR)	Birgit Treiber (GDR)	1:03.41	Nancy Garapick (CAN)	1:03.71
200 m backstroke	Ulrike Richter (GDR)	2:13.43 (OR)	Birgit Treiber (GDR)	2:14.97	Nancy Garapick (CAN)	2:15.60
100 m breaststroke	Hannelore Anke (GDR)	1:11.16	Lyubov Rusanova (URS)	1:13.04	Marina Koshevaya (URS)	1:13.30
200 m breaststroke	Marina Koshevaya (URS)	2:33.35 (WR)	Marina Yurchenya (URS)	2:36.08	Lyubov Rusanova (URS)	2:36.22
100 m butterfly	Kornelia Ender (GDR)	1:00.13 (=WR)	Andrea Pollack (GDR)	1:00.98	Wendy Boglioli (USA)	1:01.17
200 m butterfly	Andrea Pollack (GDR)	2:11.41 (OR)	Ulrike Tauber (GDR)	2:12.50	Rosemarie Gabriel (GDR)	2:12.86
400 m individual medley	Ulrike Tauber (GDR)	4:42.77 (WR)	Cheryl Gibson (CAN)	4:48.10	Becky Smith (CAN)	4:50.48
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Kim Peyton Jill Sterkel Shirley Babashoff Wendy Boglioli	3:44.82 (WR)	East Germany (GDR) Petra Priemer Kornelia Ender Claudia Hempel Andrea Pollack	3:45.50	Canada (CAN) Becky Smith Gail Amundrud Barbara Clark Anne Jardin	3:48.81
4 × 100 m medley relay	East Germany (GDR) Ulrike Richter Hannelore Anke Kornelia Ender Andrea Pollack	4:07.95 (WR)	United States (USA) Camille Wright Shirley Babashoff Linda Jezek Lauri Siering	4:14.55	Canada (CAN) Susan Sloan Robin Corsiglia Wendy Hogg Anne Jardin	4:15.22

Participating nations

471 swimmers from 51 nations competed.^[1]

Argentina (5)
Australia (28)
Austria (1)
Bahamas (2)
Belgium (10)
Brazil (9)
Bulgaria (5)
Canada (38)
Colombia (5)
Costa Rica (1)
Czechoslovakia (1)

Denmark (2)
East Germany (23)
Ecuador (1)
Finland (1)
France (16)
Great Britain (39)
Greece (2)
Hong Kong (4)
Hungary (8)
Iceland (3)

Indonesia (1)
Ireland (4)
Israel (2)
Italy (13)
Japan (15)
Malaysia (1)
Mexico (9)
Monaco (1)
Netherlands (15)
New Zealand (9)

Nicaragua (2)
Norway (7)
Panama (3)
Paraguay (1)
Philippines (3)
Poland (3)
Portugal (5)
Puerto Rico (12)
Soviet Union (31)
Spain (14)

References

1 2 "Swimming at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved 19 October 2016.

Events at the 1976 Summer Olympics (Montreal)

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