Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley

Swimming at the
1976 Summer Olympics
Sample picture of the event (unofficial)
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 mmen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mwomen
4 × 200 mmen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen

The women's 400 metre individual medley event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal on 24 July.[1] All swimmers in the final would have won the 1972 final in this event. Ulrike Tauber won in a new world-record time.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Becky Smith  Canada 4:52.90 Q, OR
2 Judith Hudson  Australia 5:00.25
3 Anne Adams  Great Britain 5:09.60
4 Ann Bradshaw  Great Britain 5:10.82
5 Allison Smith  Australia 5:17.51
6 Nancy Deano  Philippines 5:34.89

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Donnalee Wennerstrom  United States 4:55.16 Q
2 Sabine Kahle  East Germany 4:56.85 Q
3 Lynne Rowe  New Zealand 5:09.21
4 Nataliya Popova  Soviet Union 5:15.75

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Ulrike Tauber  East Germany 4:51.24 Q, OR
2 Cheryl Gibson  Canada 4:55.30 Q
3 Monique Rodahl  New Zealand 4:58.47 Q
4 Susan Richardson  Great Britain 5:06.39
5 Jeanne Haney  United States 5:10.53
6 Pierrette Michel  Belgium 5:15.86

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Birgit Treiber  East Germany 4:57.39 Q
2 Joann Baker  Canada 4:58.86 Q
3 Susan Hunter  New Zealand 5:03.82
4 Colette Crabbe  Belgium 5:06.87

Final

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Ulrike Tauber  East Germany 4:42.77 WR
2 Cheryl Gibson  Canada 4:48.10
3 Becky Smith  Canada 4:50.48
4 Birgit Treiber  East Germany 4:52.40
5 Sabine Kahle  East Germany 4:53.50
6 Donnalee Wennerstrom  United States 4:55.34
7 Joann Baker  Canada 5:00.19
8 Monique Rodahl  New Zealand 5:00.21

References

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Women's 400 metres Individual Medley". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
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