The women's 100 metre backstroke event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal. The event took place on 20 and 21 July 1976.
Results
Heats Heat 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Tauna Vandeweghe 1:05.00 Q 2 Klavdiya Studennikova 1:05.56 Q 3 Cheryl Gibson 1:05.64 Q 4 Antonella Roncelli 1:06.59 5 Sylvie Testuz 1:07.62 6 Paola Ruggieri 1:11.14
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Nancy Garapick 1:03.28 Q 2 Michelle de Vries 1:06.22 Q 3 Gabriella Verrasztó 1:06.27 4 Amanda James 1:07.28 5 Angelika Grieser 1:08.08 6 Liliana Cian 1:11.62 7 Sansanee Changkasiri 1:19.15
Heat 3 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Birgit Treiber 1:04.34 Q 2 Linda Jezek 1:04.69 Q 3 Karin Bormann 1:06.33 4 Renee Magee 1:06.44 5 Joy Beasley 1:06.66 6 Claudia Bellotto 1:10.27 7 Raphaelynne Lee 1:14.66
Heat 4 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Antje Stille 1:04.34 Q 2 Enith Brigitha 1:04.98 Q 3 Nadiya Stavko 1:05.39 Q 4 Glenda Robertson 1:06.19 Q 5 Monique Rodahl 1:06.73 6 Naoko Miura 1:08.31 7 Deirdre Sheehan 1:11.53
Heat 5 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Ulrike Richter 1:03.61 Q 2 Wendy Cook-Hogg 1:04.31 Q 3 Diane Edelijn 1:05.56 Q 4 Yoshimi Nishigawa 1:05.78 Q 5 Heike John 1:06.20 Q 6 Gunilla Lundberg 1:07.73 7 Pierrette Michel 1:12.73
Semifinals Heat 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Ulrike Richter 1:02.39 Q 2 Birgit Treiber 1:04.21 Q 3 Cheryl Gibson 1:04.89 Q 4 Klavdiya Studennikova 1:05.73 5 Linda Jezek 1:06.01 6 Michelle de Vries 1:06.02 7 Tauna Vandeweghe 1:06.29 8 Glenda Robertson 1:06.93
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Nancy Garapick 1:03.75 Q 2 Antje Stille 1:03.94 Q 3 Wendy Cook-Hogg 1:04.17 Q 4 Enith Brigitha 1:05.21 Q 5 Nadiya Stavko 1:05.23 Q 6 Diane Edelijn 1:05.58 7 Heike John 1:06.26 8 Yoshimi Nishigawa 1:06.46
Final Rank Athlete Country Time Notes Ulrike Richter 1:01.83 OR Birgit Treiber 1:03.41 Nancy Garapick 1:03.71 4 Wendy Cook-Hogg 1:03.93 5 Cheryl Gibson 1:05.16 6 Nadiya Stavko 1:05.19 7 Antje Stille 1:05.30 8 Diane Edelijn 1:05.53
References
External links Official Olympic Report