The women's 100 metre freestyle event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal, with the final on 19 July 1976.

Results

Heats Heat 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Petra Priemer 56.95 Q, OR 2 Rebecca Perrott 57.66 Q 3 Pia Mårtensson 59.15 4 Ida Hansson 1:00.22 5 Shelley Cramer 1:00.67 6 Myriam Mizouni 1:02.42

Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Anne Jardin 57.61 Q 2 Jutta Weber 57.71 Q 3 Sachiko Yamazaki 1:00.43 4 Regina Nissen 1:00.60 5 Lesleigh Harvey 1:01.59 6 Deirdre Sheehan 1:02.11 7 Vilborg Sverrisdóttir 1:03.26

Heat 3 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Jill Sterkel 57.41 Q 2 Guylaine Berger 58.79 Q 3 Irina Vlasova 58.99 4 Elaine Gray 1:00.31 5 Ivis Poleo 1:03.07 6 Karen Robertson 1:04.29

Heat 4 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Shirley Babashoff 58.06 Q 2 Barbara Clark 58.29 Q 3 Susan Edmondson 1:00.64 4 Berber Kamstra 1:00.68 5 Geert Boekhout 1:00.76 6 Marianela Huen 1:02.51 7 Georgina Osorio 1:03.88

Heat 5 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Claudia Hempel 57.35 Q 2 Lene Jenssen 58.10 Q 3 Jenny Tate 58.78 Q 4 Marina Klyuchnikova 59.30 5 Ratchaneewan Bulakul 1:01.33 6 Rossana Juncos 1:01.89

Heat 6 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Enith Brigitha 56.61 Q, OR 2 Kim Peyton 57.26 Q 3 Ineke Ran 58.08 Q 4 Drue Le Guier 59.40 5 Beate Jasch 1:00.80 6 María París 1:01.53

Heat 7 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Kornelia Ender 55.81 Q, OR 2 Gail Amundrud 58.01 Q 3 Lyubov Kobzova 58.93 4 Anne Richard 59.11 5 Diana Olsson 1:00.46 6 Susana Coppo 1:02.46 7 Jane Fayer 1:02.89

Semifinals Heat 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Kim Peyton 56.89 Q 2 Enith Brigitha 57.08 Q 3 Jill Sterkel 57.19 Q 4 Barbara Clark 57.72 5 Gail Amundrud 58.10 6 Rebecca Perrott 58.13 7 Ineke Ran 58.50 8 Guylaine Berger 58.62

Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Kornelia Ender 55.82 Q 2 Shirley Babashoff 56.95 Q 3 Claudia Hempel 57.05 Q 4 Petra Priemer 57.21 Q 5 Jutta Weber 57.35 Q 6 Anne Jardin 57.78 7 Lene Jenssen 58.10 8 Jenny Tate 58.88

Final Rank Athlete Country Time Notes Kornelia Ender 55.65 WR Petra Priemer 56.49 Enith Brigitha 56.65 4 Kim Peyton 56.81 5 Shirley Babashoff 56.95 6 Claudia Hempel 56.99 7 Jill Sterkel 57.06 8 Jutta Weber 57.26

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