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]

Events

Participating nations

471 swimmers from 51 nations competed.^[1]

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
6	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:

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

References

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