Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle

The women's 200 metre freestyle event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal. The event took place on 22 July.[1]

Women's 200 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Medalists
Kornelia Ender  East Germany Shirley Babashoff  United States Enith Brigitha  Netherlands

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Claudia Hempel	East Germany	2:03.36	Q, OR
2	Larisa Tsaryova	Soviet Union	2:03.98
3	Jutta Weber	West Germany	2:08.02
4	Sonya Gray	Australia	2:10.73
5	Ratchaneewan Bulakul	Thailand	2:12.92
6	Vilborg Sverrisdóttir	Iceland	2:14.27

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Gail Amundrud	Canada	2:03.85	Q
2	Debbie Clarke	Canada	2:05.10
3	Lyubov Kobzova	Soviet Union	2:05.55
4	Gunilla Lundberg	Sweden	2:09.51
5	Jane Fayer	Puerto Rico	2:19.93
6	Raphaelynne Lee	Hong Kong	2:20.76

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Irina Vlasova	Soviet Union	2:03.67	Q
2	Rebecca Perrott	New Zealand	2:03.94
3	Andrea Pollack	East Germany	2:06.12
4	Marion Platten	West Germany	2:06.70
5	Regina Nissen	West Germany	2:14.66
6	Deirdre Sheehan	Ireland	2:15.69
7	Susana Coppo	Argentina	2:19.26

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Enith Brigitha	Netherlands	2:01.54	Q, OR
2	Jennifer Hooker	United States	2:03.72	Q
3	Anne Richard	Belgium	2:07.90
4	Lesleigh Harvey	Australia	2:08.60
5	Pia Mårtensson	Sweden	2:09.85
6	Ann Bradshaw	Great Britain	2:10.93
7	Georgina Osorio	Panama	2:19.06

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Shirley Babashoff	United States	2:01.64	Q
2	Annelies Maas	Netherlands	2:03.01	Q
3	Anne Jardin	Canada	2:05.28
4	Guylaine Berger	France	2:06.74
5	Susan Edmondson	Great Britain	2:10.08
6	Vania Vázquez	Venezuela	2:13.54
7	Shelley Cramer	Virgin Islands	2:14.94

Heat 6

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Kornelia Ender	East Germany	2:02.50	Q
2	Jill Sterkel	United States	2:03.94
3	Ineke Ran	Netherlands	2:05.01
4	Michelle Ford	Australia	2:05.72
5	Susan Barnard	Great Britain	2:08.76
6	María París	Costa Rica	2:13.17
7	María Pérez	Venezuela	2:13.97

Final

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Kornelia Ender	East Germany	1:59.26	WR
	Shirley Babashoff	United States	2:01.22
	Enith Brigitha	Netherlands	2:01.40
4	Annelies Maas	Netherlands	2:02.56
5	Gail Amundrud	Canada	2:03.32
6	Jennifer Hooker	United States	2:04.20
7	Claudia Hempel	East Germany	2:04.61
8	Irina Vlasova	Soviet Union	2:05.63

References

1. "Swimming at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Women's 200 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2016.

External links

• Official Olympic Report