Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal.[1]

Swimming at the
1976 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
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

U.S. victory over East German dopers who received state support from the Soviet Bloc is often considered the greatest upset in swimming history. East Germans swept most of the other medals and even finished first and second in the women's 100m freestyle event while the US didn't win a medal.[2]

Heats

Heat 1

PlaceSwimmersTimeNotes
1 Kim Peyton, Wendy Boglioli, Jill Sterkel, Shirley Babashoff, Jennifer Hooker (USA)3:50.27
2 Ineke Ran, Linda Faber, Annelies Maas, Enith Brigitha (NED)3:53.40
3 Guylaine Berger, Sylvie Le Noach, Caroline Carpentier, Chantal Schertz (FRA)3:56.89
4 Pia Mårtensson, Ylva Persson, Diana Olsson, Ida Hansson, Gunilla Lundberg (SWE)3:57.48
5 Jutta Weber, Marion Platten, Regina Nissen, Beate Jasch, Gudrun Beckmann (FRG)3:58.09
6 Anne Richard, Carine Verbauwen, Chantal Grimard, Geert Boekhout (BEL)4:00.35
7 Vania Vázquez, Ivis Poleo, Marianela Huen, María Pérez (VEN)4:12.81

Heat 2

PlaceSwimmersTimeNotes
1 Kornelia Ender, Petra Priemer, Andrea Pollack, Claudia Hempel (GDR)3:48.95
2 Gail Amundrud, Barbara Clark, Becky Smith, Anne Jardin, Debbie Clarke (CAN)3:49.69
3 Lyubov Kobzova, Irina Vlasova, Marina Klyuchnikova, Larisa Tsaryova (URS)3:53.67
4 Jenny Tate, Lesleigh Harvey, Tracey Wickham, Drue Le Guier (AUS)3:58.87
5 Debbie Hill, Ann Bradshaw, Susan Edmondson, Elaine Gray (GBR)4:00.97
6 Susana Coppo, Patricia Spohn, Claudia Bellotto, Rossana Juncos (ARG)4:14.57
7 Diana Hatler, Angela López, María Mock, Jane Fayer (PUR)4:18.40

Final
Rank Final Time
 United States
Kim Peyton
Wendy Boglioli
Jill Sterkel
Shirley Babashoff
(Jennifer Hooker)		 3:44.82
56.95
55.81
55.78
56.28
 East Germany
Kornelia Ender
Petra Priemer
Andrea Pollack
Claudia Hempel		 3:45.50
55.79
56.16
56.99
56.56
 Canada
Gail Amundrud
Barbara Clark
Becky Smith
Anne Jardin		 3:48.81
57.60
57.05
57.13
57.03
4.  Netherlands
Ineke Ran
Linda Faber
Annelies Maas
Enith Brigitha		 3:51.67
58.86
59.42
57.48
55.91
5.  Soviet Union
Lyubov Kobzova
Irina Vlasova
Marina Kliyuchnikova
Larisa Tsaryova		 3:52.69
58.07
58.58
58.57
57.47
6.  France
Guylaine Berger
Sylvie Le Noach
Caroline Carpentier
Chantal Schertz		 3:56.73
58.99
58.76
59.82
59.16
7.  Sweden
Pia Mårtensson
Ylva Persson
Diana Olsson
Ida Hansson		 3:57.25
59.06
59.06
59.76
58.86
8.  West Germany
Jutta Weber
Marion Platten
Regina Nissen
Beate Jasch		 3:58.33
58.02
59.35
1:00.59
1:00.37

References
  1. "Swimming at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Women's 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  2. https://london2012.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/15/friday-flashback-against-east-german-swimmers-in-76-a-medal-and-a-lot-of-questions/
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