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

The women's 100 metre freestyle event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal, with the final on 18 July 1976.^[1]

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			56.95	Q, OR
2			57.66	Q
3			59.15
4			1:00.22
5			1:00.67
6			1:02.42

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			57.61	Q
2			57.71	Q
3			1:00.43
4			1:00.60
5			1:01.59
6			1:02.11
7			1:03.26

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			57.41	Q
2			58.79	Q
3			58.99
4			1:00.31
5			1:03.07
6			1:04.29

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			58.06	Q
2			58.29	Q
3			1:00.64
4			1:00.68
5			1:00.76
6			1:02.51
7			1:03.88

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			57.35	Q
2			58.10	Q
3			58.78	Q
4			59.30
5			1:01.33
6			1:01.89

Heat 6

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			56.61	Q, OR
2			57.26	Q
3			58.08	Q
4			59.40
5			1:00.80
6			1:01.53

Heat 7

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			55.81	Q, OR
2			58.01	Q
3			58.93
4			59.11
5			1:00.46
6			1:02.46
7			1:02.89

Semifinals

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			56.89	Q
2			57.08	Q
3			57.19	Q
4			57.72
5			58.10
6			58.13
7			58.50
8			58.62

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			55.82	Q
2			56.95	Q
3			57.05	Q
4			57.21	Q
5			57.35	Q
6			57.78
7			58.10
8			58.88

Final

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
			55.65	WR
			56.49
			56.65
4			56.81
5			56.95
6			56.99
7			57.06
8			57.26

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Freestyle . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165456/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1976/SWI/womens-100-metres-freestyle.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 11 December 2016 . Sports Reference.