| Date | 18 July 1976 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Piscine olympique, Montréal, Québec |
| Participants | 75 from 17 countries |
East German women would win the 100 metre freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly events in Montréal, and they brought out those swimmers for the medley relay. It resulted in a crushing victory over the United States, as the GDR recorded a time of 4:07.95, a full 5½ seconds better than the listed world record, and 6.6 seconds ahead of the Americans. On each leg of the race, the fastest time was set by one of the East German swimmers.
| Pos | Lane | Competitors | NOC | R1 | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | East Germany |  GDR | 4:13.98 (1 h3) | 4:07.95 (1) | Gold | ||
| Backstroke | 112 | Ulrike Richter | – | – | ||||
| Breaststroke | 98 | Hannelore Anke | – | – | ||||
| Butterfly | 109 | Andrea Pollack | – | – | ||||
| Freestyle | 99 | Kornelia Ender | – | – | ||||
| Backstroke | 116 | Birgit Treiber | – | – | ||||
| Breaststroke | 108 | Carola Nitschke | – | – | ||||
| Butterfly | 100 | Rosemarie Gabriel | – | – | ||||
| 110 | Petra Priemer DNS | – | – | |||||
| 2 | – | United States |  USA | 4:20.87 (1 h1) | 4:14.55 (2) | Silver | ||
| Backstroke | 233 | Linda Jezek | – | – | ||||
| Breaststroke | 241 | Lauri Siering | – | – | ||||
| Butterfly | 249 | Camille Wright | – | – | ||||
| Freestyle | 220 | Shirley Babashoff | – | – | ||||
| Butterfly | 227 | LeLei Fonoimoana | – | – | ||||
| Freestyle | 222 | Wendy Boglioli | – | – | ||||
| 3 | – | Canada |  CAN | 4:20.10 (1 h2) | 4:15.22 (3) | Bronze | ||
| Backstroke | 46 | Wendy Hogg | – | – | ||||
| Breaststroke | 42 | Robin Corsiglia | – | – | ||||
| Butterfly | 54 | Susan Sloan | – | – | ||||
| Freestyle | 47 | Anne Jardin | – | – | ||||
| Freestyle | 41 | Debbie Clarke | – | – | ||||
| 4 | – | Soviet Union |  URS | 4:18.73 (2 h3) | 4:16.05 (4) | |||
| Backstroke | 213 | Nadezhda Stavko | – | – | ||||
| Breaststroke | 204 | Marina Yurchenya | – | – | ||||
| Butterfly | 212 | Tamara Shelofastova | – | – | ||||
| Freestyle | 215 | Larisa Tsaryova | – | – | ||||
| 5 | – | Netherlands |  NED | 4:22.49 (2 h2) | 4:19.93 (5) | |||
| Backstroke | 133 | Diane Edelijn | – | – | ||||
| Breaststroke | 137 | Wijda Mazereeuw | – | – | ||||
| Butterfly | 132 | José Damen | – | – | ||||
| Freestyle | 131 | Enith Brigitha | – | – | ||||
| Butterfly | 138 | Ineke Ran | – | – | ||||
| 6 | – | Great Britain |  GBR | 4:23.91 (3 h2) | 4:23.25 (6) | |||
| Backstroke | 83 | Joy Beasley | – | – | ||||
| Breaststroke | 93 | Maggie Kelly | – | – | ||||
| Butterfly | 92 | Sue Jenner | – | – | ||||
| Freestyle | 89 | Debbie Hill | – | – | ||||
| 81 | Joanne Atkinson DNS | – | – | |||||
| 88 | Elaine Gray DNS | – | – | |||||
| 7 | – | Japan |  JPN | 4:25.81 (3 h3) | 4:23.47 (7) | |||
| Backstroke | 163 | Yoshimi Nishigawa | – | – | ||||
| Breaststroke | 157 | Toshiko Haruoka | – | – | ||||
| Butterfly | 158 | Yasue Hatsuda | – | – | ||||
| Freestyle | 165 | Sachiko Yamazaki | – | – | ||||
| 159 | Kazuyo Inaba DNS | – | – | |||||
| 8 | – | Australia |  AUS | 4:26.07 (2 h1) | 4:25.91 (8) | |||
| Backstroke | 6 | Michelle de Vries | – | – | ||||
| Breaststroke | 11 | Judy Hudson | – | – | ||||
| Butterfly | 9 | Linda Hanel | – | – | ||||
| Freestyle | 19 | Jenny Tate | – | – | ||||
| 15 | Glenda Robertson DNS | – | – | |||||
| 16 | Allison Smith DNS | – | – | |||||
| 17 | Lyle Smith DNS | – | – | |||||
| 9 | 7 | France |  FRA | 4:26.48 (4 h2) | – | |||
| 78 | Sylvie Testuz | – | – | |||||
| 73 | Annick de Susini | – | – | |||||
| 74 | Pascale Ducongé | – | – | |||||
| 71 | Guylaine Berger | – | – | |||||
| 10 | 3 | Sweden |  SWE | 4:29.46 (4 h3) | – | |||
| 192 | Gunilla Lundberg | – | – | |||||
| 187 | Anette Fredriksson | – | – | |||||
| 186 | Gunilla Andersson | – | – | |||||
| 195 | Ylva Persson | – | – | |||||
| 193 | Pia Mårtensson DNS | – | – | |||||
| 11 | 6 | Belgium |  BEL | 4:30.78 (5 h2) | – | |||
| 30 | Carine Verbauwen | – | – | |||||
| 29 | Ilse Schoors | – | – | |||||
| 26 | Chantal Grimard | – | – | |||||
| 28 | Anne Richard | – | – | |||||
| 12 | 2 | Italy |  ITA | 4:31.20 (5 h3) | – | |||
| 154 | Antonella Roncelli | – | – | |||||
| 151 | Iris Corniani | – | – | |||||
| 155 | Donatella Schiavon | – | – | |||||
| 152 | Elisabetta Dessy | – | – | |||||
| 13 | 6 | Spain |  ESP | 4:38.42 (3 h1) | – | |||
| 66 | Silvia Fontana | – | – | |||||
| 65 | Rosa Estiarte | – | – | |||||
| 64 | Magda Camps | – | – | |||||
| 68 | Montserrat Majo | – | – | |||||
| 14 | 7 | Argentina |  ARG | 4:41.82 (6 h3) | – | |||
| – | Claudia Bellotto | – | – | |||||
| – | Patricia Spohn | – | – | |||||
| – | Rossana Juncos | – | – | |||||
| – | Susana Coppo | – | – | |||||
| 15 | 2 | Venezuela |  VEN | 4:43.78 (6 h2) | – | |||
| 256 | Paola Ruggeri | – | – | |||||
| 253 | Dacyl Pérez | – | – | |||||
| 251 | Marianela Huen | – | – | |||||
| 257 | Vania Vázquez | – | – | |||||
| 252 | María Hung DNS | – | – | |||||
| 16 | 2 | Puerto Rico |  PUR | 4:49.45 (4 h1) | – | |||
| 180 | Diana Hatler | – | – | |||||
| 181 | Ángela López | – | – | |||||
| 182 | María Mock | – | – | |||||
| 179 | Jane Fayer | – | – | |||||
| 5 | West Germany |  FRG | – (DQ h1) | – | ||||
| 120 | Angelika Grieser | – | – | |||||
| 127 | Dagmar Rehak | – | – | |||||
| 118 | Gudrun Beckmann | – | – | |||||
| 126 | Marion Platten | – | – | |||||
| 128 | Jutta Weber DNS | – | – |
| Date | 18 July 1976 — 11:30 |
|---|---|
| Format | Fastest eight advanced to the final. |
| Pos | Lane | Team | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | East Germany | GDR | 4:13.98 | ||
| 2 | 5 | Soviet Union | URS | 4:18.73 | ||
| 3 | 4 | Canada | CAN | 4:20.10 | ||
| 4 | 4 | United States | USA | 4:20.87 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Netherlands | NED | 4:22.49 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Great Britain | GBR | 4:23.91 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Japan | JPN | 4:25.81 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Australia | AUS | 4:26.07 | ||
| 9 | 7 | France | FRA | 4:26.48 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Sweden | SWE | 4:29.46 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Belgium | BEL | 4:30.78 | ||
| 12 | 2 | Italy | ITA | 4:31.20 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Spain | ESP | 4:38.42 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Argentina | ARG | 4:41.82 | ||
| 15 | 2 | Venezuela | VEN | 4:43.78 | ||
| 16 | 2 | Puerto Rico | PUR | 4:49.45 | ||
| 5 | West Germany | FRG | – |
| Pos | Lane | Competitors | NOC | Time | Split | Exchange | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | United States | USA | 4:20.87 | – (–) | – (–) | ||
| Backstroke | – | Linda Jezek | – | 1:04.57 (1) | – (–) | IOR | ||
| Breaststroke | – | Lauri Siering | – | 1:15.17 (1) | 2:19.74 (1) | |||
| Butterfly | – | LeLei Fonoimoana | – | 1:03.49 (2) | 3:23.23 (1) | |||
| Freestyle | – | Wendy Boglioli | – | 57.64 (1) | – (–) | |||
| 2 | 3 | Australia | AUS | 4:26.07 | – (–) | – (–) | ||
| Backstroke | – | Michelle de Vries | – | 1:06.64 (2) | – (–) | |||
| Breaststroke | – | Judy Hudson | – | 1:17.61 (2) | 2:24.25 (2) | |||
| Butterfly | – | Linda Hanel | – | 1:03.45 (1) | 3:27.70 (2) | |||
| Freestyle | – | Jenny Tate | – | 58.37 (2) | – (–) | |||
| 3 | 6 | Spain | ESP | 4:38.42 | – (–) | – (–) | ||
| Backstroke | – | Silvia Fontana | – | 1:08.71 (3) | – (–) | |||
| Breaststroke | – | Rosa Estiarte | – | 1:20.21 (3) | 2:28.92 (3) | |||
| Butterfly | – | Magda Camps | – | 1:08.55 (4) | 3:37.47 (3) | |||
| Freestyle | – | Montserrat Majo | – | 1:00.95 (3) | – (–) | |||
| 4 | 2 | Puerto Rico | PUR | 4:49.45 | – (–) | – (–) | ||
| Backstroke | – | Diana Hatler | – | 1:15.65 (4) | – (–) | |||
| Breaststroke | – | Ángela López | – | 1:20.54 (4) | 2:36.19 (4) | |||
| Butterfly | – | María Mock | – | 1:07.27 (3) | 3:43.46 (4) | |||
| Freestyle | – | Jane Fayer | – | 1:05.99 (4) | – (–) | |||
| 5 | West Germany | FRG | – | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Backstroke | – | Angelika Grieser | – | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Breaststroke | – | Dagmar Rehak | – | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Butterfly | – | Gudrun Beckmann | – | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| Freestyle | – | Marion Platten | – | – (–) | – (–) |
| Pos | Lane | Competitors | NOC | Time | Split | Exchange | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Canada | CAN | 4:20.10 | – (–) | – (–) | ||
| Backstroke | – | Wendy Hogg | – | 1:04.85 (1) | – (–) | |||
| Breaststroke | – | Robin Corsiglia | – | 1:13.99 (1) | 2:18.84 (1) | |||
| Butterfly | – | Susan Sloan | – | 1:03.15 (1) | 3:21.99 (1) | |||
| Freestyle | – | Debbie Clarke | – | 58.11 (2) | – (–) | |||
| 2 | 5 | Netherlands | NED | 4:22.49 | – (–) | – (–) | ||
| Backstroke | – | Diane Edelijn | – | 1:05.38 (2) | – (–) | |||
| Breaststroke | – | Wijda Mazereeuw | – | 1:14.31 (3) | 2:19.69 (2) | |||
| Butterfly | – | Ineke Ran | – | 1:05.01 (3) | 3:24.70 (2) | |||
| Freestyle | – | Enith Brigitha | – | 57.79 (1) | – (–) | |||
| 3 | 3 | Great Britain | GBR | 4:23.91 | – (–) | – (–) | ||
| Backstroke | – | Joy Beasley | – | 1:06.83 (3) | – (–) | |||
| Breaststroke | – | Maggie Kelly | – | 1:14.09 (2) | 2:20.92 (3) | |||
| Butterfly | – | Sue Jenner | – | 1:03.63 (2) | 3:24.55 (3) | |||
| Freestyle | – | Debbie Hill | – | 59.36 (5) | – (–) | |||
| 4 | 7 | France | FRA | 4:26.48 | – (–) | – (–) | ||
| Backstroke | – | Sylvie Testuz | – | 1:07.61 (5) | – (–) | |||
| Breaststroke | – | Annick de Susini | – | 1:14.34 (4) | 2:21.95 (4) | |||
| Butterfly | – | Pascale Ducongé | – | 1:06.14 (4) | 3:28.09 (4) | |||
| Freestyle | – | Guylaine Berger | – | 58.39 (3) | – (–) | |||
| 5 | 6 | Belgium | BEL | 4:30.78 | – (–) | – (–) | ||
| Backstroke | – | Carine Verbauwen | – | 1:07.41 (4) | – (–) | |||
| Breaststroke | – | Ilse Schoors | – | 1:17.42 (5) | 2:24.83 (5) | |||
| Butterfly | – | Chantal Grimard | – | 1:07.05 (5) | 3:31.88 (5) | |||
| Freestyle | – | Anne Richard | – | 58.90 (4) | – (–) | |||
| 6 | 2 | Venezuela | VEN | 4:43.78 | – (–) | – (–) | ||
| Backstroke | – | Paola Ruggeri | – | 1:11.28 (6) | – (–) | |||
| Breaststroke | – | Dacyl Pérez | – | 1:21.37 (6) | 2:32.65 (6) | |||
| Butterfly | – | Marianela Huen | – | 1:08.34 (6) | 3:40.99 (6) | |||
| Freestyle | – | Vania Vázquez | – | 1:02.79 (6) | – (–) |
| Pos | Lane | Competitors | NOC | Time | Split | Exchange | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | East Germany | GDR | 4:13.98 | – (–) | – (–) | ||
| Backstroke | – | Birgit Treiber | – | 1:03.90 (1) | – (–) | IOR | ||
| Breaststroke | – | Carola Nitschke | – | 1:12.29 (1) | 2:16.19 (1) | |||
| Butterfly | – | Rosemarie Gabriel | – | 1:01.17 (1) | 3:17.36 (1) | |||
| Freestyle | – | Andrea Pollack | – | 56.62 (1) | – (–) | |||
| 2 | 5 | Soviet Union | URS | 4:18.73 | – (–) | – (–) | ||
| Backstroke | – | Nadezhda Stavko | – | 1:05.29 (2) | – (–) | |||
| Breaststroke | – | Marina Yurchenya | – | 1:13.58 (2) | 2:18.87 (2) | |||
| Butterfly | – | Tamara Shelofastova | – | 1:02.92 (2) | 3:21.79 (2) | |||
| Freestyle | – | Larisa Tsaryova | – | 56.94 (2) | – (–) | |||
| 3 | 6 | Japan | JPN | 4:25.81 | – (–) | – (–) | ||
| Backstroke | – | Yoshimi Nishigawa | – | 1:06.34 (3) | – (–) | |||
| Breaststroke | – | Toshiko Haruoka | – | 1:15.69 (3) | 2:22.03 (3) | |||
| Butterfly | – | Yasue Hatsuda | – | 1:04.03 (3) | 3:26.06 (3) | |||
| Freestyle | – | Sachiko Yamazaki | – | 59.75 (4) | – (–) | |||
| 4 | 3 | Sweden | SWE | 4:29.46 | – (–) | – (–) | ||
| Backstroke | – | Gunilla Lundberg | – | 1:08.07 (5) | – (–) | |||
| Breaststroke | – | Anette Fredriksson | – | 1:17.90 (5) | 2:25.97 (4) | |||
| Butterfly | – | Gunilla Andersson | – | 1:04.34 (4) | 3:30.31 (4) | |||
| Freestyle | – | Ylva Persson | – | 59.15 (3) | – (–) | |||
| 5 | 2 | Italy | ITA | 4:31.20 | – (–) | – (–) | ||
| Backstroke | – | Antonella Roncelli | – | 1:06.91 (4) | – (–) | |||
| Breaststroke | – | Iris Corniani | – | 1:17.37 (4) | 2:24.28 (5) | |||
| Butterfly | – | Donatella Schiavon | – | 1:06.47 (5) | 3:30.75 (5) | |||
| Freestyle | – | Elisabetta Dessy | – | 1:00.45 (5) | – (–) | |||
| 6 | 7 | Argentina | ARG | 4:41.82 | – (–) | – (–) | ||
| Backstroke | – | Claudia Bellotto | – | 1:10.09 (6) | – (–) | |||
| Breaststroke | – | Patricia Spohn | – | 1:21.65 (6) | 2:31.74 (6) | |||
| Butterfly | – | Rossana Juncos | – | 1:06.58 (6) | 3:38.32 (6) | |||
| Freestyle | – | Susana Coppo | – | 1:03.50 (6) | – (–) |
| Date | 18 July 1976 — 19:45 |
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| Pos | Lane | Competitors | NOC | Time | Split | Exchange | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | East Germany | GDR | 4:07.95 | – (–) | – (–) | ||
| Backstroke | – | Ulrike Richter | – | 1:02.23 (2) | – (–) | IOR | ||
| Breaststroke | – | Hannelore Anke | – | 1:10.15 (1) | 2:12.38 (1) | |||
| Butterfly | – | Andrea Pollack | – | 59.53 (1) | 3:11.91 (1) | |||
| Freestyle | – | Kornelia Ender | – | 56.04 (1) | – (–) | |||
| 2 | 6 | United States | USA | 4:14.55 | – (–) | – (–) | ||
| Backstroke | – | Linda Jezek | – | 1:04.15 (3) | – (–) | |||
| Breaststroke | – | Lauri Siering | – | 1:13.65 (6) | 2:17.80 (2) | |||
| Butterfly | – | Camille Wright | – | 1:00.64 (2) | 3:18.44 (2) | |||
| Freestyle | – | Shirley Babashoff | – | 56.11 (2) | – (–) | |||
| 3 | 3 | Canada | CAN | 4:15.22 | – (–) | – (–) | ||
| Backstroke | – | Wendy Hogg | – | 1:04.17 (4) | – (–) | |||
| Breaststroke | – | Robin Corsiglia | – | 1:13.16 (3) | 2:17.33 (3) | |||
| Butterfly | – | Susan Sloan | – | 1:01.59 (3) | 3:18.92 (3) | |||
| Freestyle | – | Anne Jardin | – | 56.30 (=3) | – (–) | |||
| 4 | 5 | Soviet Union | URS | 4:16.05 | – (–) | – (–) | ||
| Backstroke | – | Nadezhda Stavko | – | 1:04.54 (5) | – (–) | |||
| Breaststroke | – | Marina Yurchenya | – | 1:12.78 (2) | 2:17.32 (4) | |||
| Butterfly | – | Tamara Shelofastova | – | 1:02.06 (4) | 3:19.38 (4) | |||
| Freestyle | – | Larisa Tsaryova | – | 56.67 (5) | – (–) | |||
| 5 | 2 | Netherlands | NED | 4:19.93 | – (–) | – (–) | ||
| Backstroke | – | Diane Edelijn | – | 1:05.11 (6) | – (–) | |||
| Breaststroke | – | Wijda Mazereeuw | – | 1:13.36 (4) | 2:18.47 (5) | |||
| Butterfly | – | José Damen | – | 1:05.16 (8) | 3:23.63 (5) | |||
| Freestyle | – | Enith Brigitha | – | 56.30 (=3) | – (–) | |||
| 6 | 7 | Great Britain | GBR | 4:23.25 | – (–) | – (–) | ||
| Backstroke | – | Joy Beasley | – | 1:06.84 (8) | – (–) | |||
| Breaststroke | – | Maggie Kelly | – | 1:13.37 (5) | 2:20.21 (6) | |||
| Butterfly | – | Sue Jenner | – | 1:03.53 (7) | 3:23.74 (6) | |||
| Freestyle | – | Debbie Hill | – | 59.51 (7) | – (–) | |||
| 7 | 1 | Japan | JPN | 4:23.47 | – (–) | – (–) | ||
| Backstroke | – | Yoshimi Nishigawa | – | 1:01.01 (1) | – (–) | |||
| Breaststroke | – | Toshiko Haruoka | – | 1:20.26 (8) | 2:21.27 (7) | |||
| Butterfly | – | Yasue Hatsuda | – | 1:02.42 (5) | 3:23.69 (7) | |||
| Freestyle | – | Sachiko Yamazaki | – | 59.78 (8) | – (–) | |||
| 8 | 8 | Australia | AUS | 4:25.91 | – (–) | – (–) | ||
| Backstroke | – | Michelle de Vries | – | 1:06.30 (7) | – (–) | |||
| Breaststroke | – | Judy Hudson | – | 1:17.63 (7) | 2:23.93 (8) | |||
| Butterfly | – | Linda Hanel | – | 1:03.43 (6) | 3:27.36 (8) | |||
| Freestyle | – | Jenny Tate | – | 58.55 (6) | – (–) |
