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 | ||
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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 |
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
Place | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
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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
Place | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
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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 |
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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
- "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.
- 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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