Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle

The women's 100 metre freestyle event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal, with the final on 18 July 1976.

Women's 100 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Medalists
Kornelia Ender  East Germany Petra Priemer  East Germany Enith Brigitha  Netherlands

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Petra Priemer	East Germany	56.95	Q, OR
2	Rebecca Perrott	New Zealand	57.66	Q
3	Pia Mårtensson	Sweden	59.15
4	Ida Hansson	Sweden	1:00.22
5	Shelley Cramer	Virgin Islands	1:00.67
6	Myriam Mizouni	Tunisia	1:02.42

Heat 2

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

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Jill Sterkel	United States	57.41	Q
2	Guylaine Berger	France	58.79	Q
3	Irina Vlasova	Soviet Union	58.99
4	Elaine Gray	Great Britain	1:00.31
5	Ivis Poleo	Venezuela	1:03.07
6	Karen Robertson	Hong Kong	1:04.29

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Shirley Babashoff	United States	58.06	Q
2	Barbara Clark	Canada	58.29	Q
3	Susan Edmondson	Great Britain	1:00.64
4	Berber Kamstra	Netherlands	1:00.68
5	Geert Boekhout	Belgium	1:00.76
6	Marianela Huen	Venezuela	1:02.51
7	Georgina Osorio	Panama	1:03.88

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Claudia Hempel	East Germany	57.35	Q
2	Lene Jenssen	Norway	58.10	Q
3	Jenny Tate	Australia	58.78	Q
4	Marina Klyuchnikova	Soviet Union	59.30
5	Ratchaneewan Bulakul	Thailand	1:01.33
6	Rossana Juncos	Argentina	1:01.89

Heat 6

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Enith Brigitha	Netherlands	56.61	Q, OR
2	Kim Peyton	United States	57.26	Q
3	Ineke Ran	Netherlands	58.08	Q
4	Drue Le Guier	Australia	59.40
5	Beate Jasch	West Germany	1:00.80
6	María París	Costa Rica	1:01.53

Heat 7

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kornelia Ender	East Germany	55.81	Q, OR
2	Gail Amundrud	Canada	58.01	Q
3	Lyubov Kobzova	Soviet Union	58.93
4	Anne Richard	Belgium	59.11
5	Diana Olsson	Sweden	1:00.46
6	Susana Coppo	Argentina	1:02.46
7	Jane Fayer	Puerto Rico	1:02.89

Semifinals

Heat 1

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

Heat 2

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

Final

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