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Venue	Olympic Pool
Competitors	471 from 51 nations
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Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Freestyle
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 m		women
4 × 200 m	men
Medley relay
4 × 100 m	men	women
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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

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Participating nations

471 swimmers from 51 nations competed.^[1]

Argentina (5)
Australia (28)
Austria (1)
Bahamas (2)
Belgium (10)
Brazil (9)
Bulgaria (5)
Canada (38)
Colombia (5)
Costa Rica (1)
Iran (7)
Czechoslovakia (1)
Denmark (2)
East Germany (23)
Ecuador (1)
Finland (1)
France (16)
Great Britain (39)
Greece (2)
Hong Kong (4)
Hungary (8)
Iceland (3)
Indonesia (1)
Ireland (4)
Israel (2)
Italy (13)
Japan (15)
Malaysia (1)
Mexico (9)
Monaco (1)
Netherlands (15)
New Zealand (9)
Nicaragua (2)
Norway (7)
Panama (3)
Paraguay (1)
Philippines (3)
Poland (3)
Portugal (5)
Puerto Rico (12)
Soviet Union (31)
Spain (14)
Sweden (18)
Switzerland (2)
Thailand (2)
Tunisia (2)
United States (51)
Virgin Islands (2)
Uruguay (1)
Venezuela (12)
West Germany (22)
Yugoslavia (4)

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

^ ^a ^b "Swimming at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
^ "Olympedia – Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2023-12-17.

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