Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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Venue	Olympic Pool
Competitors	471 from 51 nations
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The 1976 Summer Olympics were held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; 26 events in swimming were contested. There was a total of 471 participants from 51 countries competing. ^{[1] [2]}

Participating nations

471 swimmers from 51 nations competed. ^[1]

•   Argentina  (5)
•   Australia  (28)
•   Austria  (1)
•   Bahamas  (2)
•   Belgium  (10)
•   Brazil  (9)
•   Bulgaria  (5)
•   Canada  (38)
•   Colombia  (5)
•   Costa Rica  (1)
•   Iran  (7)
•   Czechoslovakia  (1)
•   Denmark  (2)
•   East Germany  (23)
•   Ecuador  (1)
•   Finland  (1)
•   France  (16)
•   Great Britain  (39)
•   Greece  (2)
•   Hong Kong  (4)
•   Hungary  (8)
•   Iceland  (3)
•   Indonesia  (1)
•   Ireland  (4)
•   Israel  (2)
•   Italy  (13)
•   Japan  (15)
•   Malaysia  (1)
•   Mexico  (9)
•   Monaco  (1)
•   Netherlands  (15)
•   New Zealand  (9)
•   Nicaragua  (2)
•   Norway  (7)
•   Panama  (3)
•   Paraguay  (1)
•   Philippines  (3)
•   Poland  (3)
•   Portugal  (5)
•   Puerto Rico  (12)
•   Soviet Union  (31)
•   Spain  (14)
•   Sweden  (18)
•   Switzerland  (2)
•   Thailand  (2)
•   Tunisia  (2)
•   United States  (51)
•   Virgin Islands  (2)
•   Uruguay  (1)
•   Venezuela  (12)
•   West Germany  (22)
•   Yugoslavia  (4)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States  (USA)	13	14	7	34
2	East Germany  (GDR)	11	6	2	19
3	Soviet Union  (URS)	1	3	5	9
4	Great Britain  (GBR)	1	1	1	3
5	Canada  (CAN)	0	2	6	8
6	Netherlands  (NED)	0	0	2	2
	West Germany  (FRG)	0	0	2	2
8	Australia  (AUS)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		26	26	26	78

Medal summary

Men's events

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle details	Jim Montgomery   United States	49.99 (WR)	Jack Babashoff   United States	50.81	Peter Nocke   West Germany	51.31
200 m freestyle details	Bruce Furniss   United States	1:50.29 (WR)	John Naber   United States	1:50.50	Jim Montgomery   United States	1:50.58
400 m freestyle details	Brian Goodell   United States	3:51.93 (WR)	Tim Shaw   United States	3:52.54	Vladimir Raskatov   Soviet Union	3:55.76
1500 m freestyle details	Brian Goodell   United States	15:02.40 (WR)	Bobby Hackett   United States	15:03.91	Stephen Holland   Australia	15:04.66
100 m backstroke details	John Naber   United States	55.49 (WR)	Peter Rocca   United States	56.34	Roland Matthes   East Germany	57.22
200 m backstroke details	John Naber   United States	1:59.19 (WR)	Peter Rocca   United States	2:00.55	Dan Harrigan   United States	2:01.35
100 m breaststroke details	John Hencken   United States	1:03.11 (WR)	David Wilkie   Great Britain	1:03.43	Arvydas Juozaitis   Soviet Union	1:04.23
200 m breaststroke details	David Wilkie   Great Britain	2:15.11 (WR)	John Hencken   United States	2:17.26	Rick Colella   United States	2:19.20
100 m butterfly details	Matt Vogel   United States	54.35	Joe Bottom   United States	54.50	Gary Hall, Sr.   United States	54.65
200 m butterfly details	Mike Bruner   United States	1:59.23 (WR)	Steve Gregg   United States	1:59.54	Bill Forrester   United States	1:59.96
400 m individual medley details	Rod Strachan   United States	4:23.68 (WR)	Tim McKee   United States	4:24.62	Andrey Smirnov   Soviet Union	4:26.90
4 × 200 m freestyle relay details	United States  (USA) John Naber Mike Bruner Bruce Furniss Jim Montgomery	7:23.22 (WR)	Soviet Union  (URS) Vladimir Raskatov Andrei Bogdanov Sergey Kopliakov Andrey Krylov	7:27.97	Great Britain  (GBR) Alan McClatchey Brian Brinkley Gordon Downie David Dunne	7:32.11
4 × 100 m medley relay details	United States  (USA) John Naber John Hencken Matt Vogel Jim Montgomery	3:42.22 (WR)	Canada  (CAN) Stephen Pickell Graham Smith Clay Evans Gary MacDonald	3:45.94	West Germany  (FRG) Klaus Steinbach Michael Kraus Walter Kusch Peter Nocke	3:47.29

Women's events

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle details	Kornelia Ender   East Germany	55.65 (WR)	Petra Priemer   East Germany	56.49	Enith Brigitha   Netherlands	56.65
200 m freestyle details	Kornelia Ender   East Germany	1:59.26 (WR)	Shirley Babashoff   United States	2:01.22	Enith Brigitha   Netherlands	2:01.40
400 m freestyle details	Petra Thümer   East Germany	4:09.89 (WR)	Shirley Babashoff   United States	4:10.46	Shannon Smith   Canada	4:14.60
800 m freestyle details	Petra Thümer   East Germany	8:37.14 (WR)	Shirley Babashoff   United States	8:37.59	Wendy Weinberg   United States	8:42.60
100 m backstroke details	Ulrike Richter   East Germany	1:01.83 (OR)	Birgit Treiber   East Germany	1:03.41	Nancy Garapick   Canada	1:03.71
200 m backstroke details	Ulrike Richter   East Germany	2:13.43 (OR)	Birgit Treiber   East Germany	2:14.97	Nancy Garapick   Canada	2:15.60
100 m breaststroke details	Hannelore Anke   East Germany	1:11.16	Lyubov Rusanova   Soviet Union	1:13.04	Marina Koshevaya   Soviet Union	1:13.30
200 m breaststroke details	Marina Koshevaya   Soviet Union	2:33.35 (WR)	Marina Yurchenya   Soviet Union	2:36.08	Lyubov Rusanova   Soviet Union	2:36.22
100 m butterfly details	Kornelia Ender   East Germany	1:00.13 (=WR)	Andrea Pollack   East Germany	1:00.98	Wendy Boglioli   United States	1:01.17
200 m butterfly details	Andrea Pollack   East Germany	2:11.41 (OR)	Ulrike Tauber   East Germany	2:12.50	Rosemarie Gabriel   East Germany	2:12.86
400 m individual medley details	Ulrike Tauber   East Germany	4:42.77 (WR)	Cheryl Gibson   Canada	4:48.10	Becky Smith   Canada	4:50.48
4 × 100 m freestyle relay details	United States  (USA) Kim Peyton Jill Sterkel Shirley Babashoff Wendy Boglioli	3:44.82 (WR)	East Germany  (GDR) Petra Priemer Kornelia Ender Claudia Hempel Andrea Pollack	3:45.50	Canada  (CAN) Becky Smith Gail Amundrud Barbara Clark Anne Jardin	3:48.81
4 × 100 m medley relay details	East Germany  (GDR) Ulrike Richter Hannelore Anke Kornelia Ender Andrea Pollack	4:07.95 (WR)	United States  (USA) Camille Wright Shirley Babashoff Linda Jezek Lauri Siering	4:14.55	Canada  (CAN) Susan Sloan Robin Corsiglia Wendy Hogg Anne Jardin	4:15.22

Gallery of the medalists

Some of the Olympic medalists in Montreal:

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  John Naber, winner of the 100-metre backstroke, 200-metre backstroke, 4 × 200-metre freestyle relay, and 4 × 100-metre medley relay.
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  Jim Montgomery, winner of the 100-metre freestyle, 4 × 200-metre freestyle relay, and 4 × 100-metre medley relay.
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  Mike Bruner, winner of the 200-metre butterfly and 4 × 200-metre freestyle relay.
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  John Hencken, winner of the 100-metre breaststroke and 4 × 100-metre medley relay.
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  Kornelia Ender, winner of the 100-metre freestyle, 200-metre freestyle, 100-metre butterfly, and 4 × 100-metre medley relay.
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  Ulrike Richter, winner of the 100-metre backstroke, 200-metre backstroke, and 4 × 100-metre medley relay.
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  David Wilkie, winner of the 200-metre breaststroke.
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  Petra Thümer, winner of the 400-metre freestyle and 800-metre freestyle.

References

1. "Swimming at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
2. "Olympedia – Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2023-12-17.