1976 Summer Olympics / Swimming

At the XXI. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal , 26 swimming competitions were held, 13 each for men and women.

Men

100 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	James Montgomery	49.99 s
2	United States	Jack Babashoff	50.81 s
3	FRG	Peter Nocke	51.31 s

200 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Bruce Furniss	1: 50.29 min
2	United States	John Naber	1: 50.50 min
3	United States	James Montgomery	1: 50.58 min

400 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Brian Goodell	3: 51.93 min
2	United States	Tom Shaw	3: 52.54 min
3	URS	Volodymyr Raskatov	3: 55.76 min

1500 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Brian Goodell	15: 02.40 min
2	United States	Bobby Hackett	15: 03.91 min
3	OUT	Stephen Holland	15: 04.66 min

100 m back

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	John Naber	55.49 s
2	United States	Peter Rocca	56.34 s
3	GDR	Roland Matthes	57.22 s

200 m back

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	John Naber	1: 59.19 min
2	United States	Peter Rocca	2: 00.55 min
3	United States	Dan Harrigan	2: 01.35 min

100 m chest

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	John Hencken	1: 03.11 min
2	GBR	David Wilkie	1: 03.43 min
3	URS	Arvydas Juozaitis	1: 04.23 min

200 m chest

space	country	athlete	time
1	GBR	David Wilkie	2: 15.11 min
2	United States	John Hencken	2: 17.26 min
3	United States	Richard Colella	2: 19.20 min

100 m butterfly

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Matt Vogel	54.35 s
2	United States	Joe Bottom	54.50 s
3	United States	Gary Hall Sr.	54.65 s

200 m butterfly

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Michael Bruner	1: 59.23 min
2	United States	Steven Gregg	1: 59.54 min
3	United States	Bill Forrester	1: 59.96 min

400 m layers

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Rod Strachan	4: 23.68 min
2	United States	Tim McKee	4: 24.62 min
3	URS	Andrei Smirnov	4: 26.90 min

4 × 200 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	Michael Bruner Bruce Furniss John Naber James Montgomery	7: 23.22 min
2	URS	Volodymyr Raskatow Andrei Bogdanow Sergei Koplyakov Andrei Krylov	7: 27.97 min
3	GBR	Alan McClatchey David Dunne Gordon Downie Brian Brinkley	7: 32.11 min

4 × 100 m layers

space	country	athlete	time
1	United States	John Naber John Hencken Matt Vogel James Montgomery	3: 42.22 min
2	CAN	Stephen Pickell Graham Smith Clayton Evans Gary MacDonald	3: 45.94 min
3	FRG	Klaus Steinbach Walter Kusch Michael Kraus Peter Nocke	3: 47.29 min

Women

100 m freestyle

space	country	Athlete	time
1	GDR	Kornelia Ender	55.65 s
2	GDR	Petra Priemer	56.49 s
3	NED	Enith Brigitha	56.65 s

200 m freestyle

space	country	Athlete	time
1	GDR	Kornelia Ender	1: 59.26 min
2	United States	Shirley Babashoff	2: 01.22 min
3	NED	Enith Brigitha	2: 1.40 min

400 m freestyle

space	country	Athlete	time
1	GDR	Petra Thümer	4: 09.89 min
2	United States	Shirley Babashoff	4: 10.46 min
3	CAN	Shannon Smith	4: 14.60 min

800 m freestyle

space	country	Athlete	time
1	GDR	Petra Thümer	8: 37.14 min
2	United States	Shirley Babashoff	8: 37.59 min
3	United States	Wendy Weinberg	8: 42.60 min

100 m back

space	country	Athlete	time
1	GDR	Ulrike Richter	1: 01.83 min
2	GDR	Birgit driver	1: 03.41 min
3	CAN	Nancy Garapick	1: 03.71 min

200 m back

space	country	Athlete	time
1	GDR	Ulrike Richter	2: 13.43 min
2	GDR	Birgit driver	2: 14.97 min
3	CAN	Nancy Garapick	2: 15.60 min

100 m chest

space	country	Athlete	time
1	GDR	Hannelore Anke	1: 11.16 min
2	URS	Lyubov Russanova	1: 13.04 min
3	URS	Marina Koshevaya	1: 13.30 min

200 m chest

space	country	Athlete	time
1	URS	Marina Koshevaya	2: 33.35 min
2	URS	Marina Yurtschenja	2: 36.08 min
3	URS	Lyubov Russanova	2: 36.22 min

100 m butterfly

space	country	Athlete	time
1	GDR	Kornelia Ender	1: 00.13 min
2	GDR	Andrea Pollack	1: 00.98 min
3	United States	Wendy Boglioli	1: 01.17 min

200 m butterfly

space	country	Athlete	time
1	GDR	Andrea Pollack	2: 11.41 min
2	GDR	Ulrike Tauber	2: 12.50 min
3	GDR	Rosemarie Gabriel	2: 12.86 min

400 m layers

space	country	Athlete	time
1	GDR	Ulrike Tauber	4: 42.77 min
2	CAN	Cheryl Gibson	4: 48.10 min
3	CAN	Becky Smith	4: 50.48 min

4 × 100 m freestyle

space	country	Athletes	time
1	United States	Kim Peyton Wendy Boglioli Gillian Sterkel Shirley Babashoff	3: 44.82 min
2	GDR	Kornelia Ender Petra Priemer Andrea Pollack Claudia Hempel	3: 45.50 min
3	CAN	Gail Amundrud Barbara Clark Becky Smith Anne Jardin	3: 48.81 min

4 × 100 m layers

space	country	Athletes	time
1	GDR	Ulrike Richter Hannelore Anke Andrea Pollack Kornelia Ender	4: 07.95 min
2	United States	Linda Jezek Laura Siering Camille Wright Shirley Babashoff	4: 14.55 min
3	CAN	Susan Sloan Robin Corsiglia Wendy Hogg Anne Jardin	4: 15.22 min