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


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.

Results

Heats

Heat 1
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Tauna Vandeweghe1:05.00Q
2Klavdiya Studennikova1:05.56Q
3Cheryl Gibson1:05.64Q
4Antonella Roncelli1:06.59
5Sylvie Testuz1:07.62
6Paola Ruggieri1:11.14

Heat 2
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Nancy Garapick1:03.28Q
2Michelle de Vries1:06.22Q
3Gabriella Verrasztó1:06.27
4Amanda James1:07.28
5Angelika Grieser1:08.08
6Liliana Cian1:11.62
7Sansanee Changkasiri1:19.15

Heat 3
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Birgit Treiber1:04.34Q
2Linda Jezek1:04.69Q
3Karin Bormann1:06.33
4Renee Magee1:06.44
5Joy Beasley1:06.66
6Claudia Bellotto1:10.27
7Raphaelynne Lee1:14.66

Heat 4
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Antje Stille1:04.34Q
2Enith Brigitha1:04.98Q
3Nadiya Stavko1:05.39Q
4Glenda Robertson1:06.19Q
5Monique Rodahl1:06.73
6Naoko Miura1:08.31
7Deirdre Sheehan1:11.53

Heat 5
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Ulrike Richter1:03.61Q
2Wendy Cook-Hogg1:04.31Q
3Diane Edelijn1:05.56Q
4Yoshimi Nishigawa1:05.78Q
5Heike John1:06.20Q
6Gunilla Lundberg1:07.73
7Pierrette Michel1:12.73

Semifinals

Heat 1
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Ulrike Richter1:02.39Q
2Birgit Treiber1:04.21Q
3Cheryl Gibson1:04.89Q
4Klavdiya Studennikova1:05.73
5Linda Jezek1:06.01
6Michelle de Vries1:06.02
7Tauna Vandeweghe1:06.29
8Glenda Robertson1:06.93

Heat 2
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Nancy Garapick1:03.75Q
2Antje Stille1:03.94Q
3Wendy Cook-Hogg1:04.17Q
4Enith Brigitha1:05.21Q
5Nadiya Stavko1:05.23Q
6Diane Edelijn1:05.58
7Heike John1:06.26
8Yoshimi Nishigawa1:06.46

Final