Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal .[1]
U.S. victory over East German dopers who received state support from the Soviet Bloc is often considered the greatest upset in swimming history. East Germans swept most of the other medals and even finished first and second in the women's 100m freestyle event while the US didn't win a medal.[2]
Heats
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Heat 1
Place
Swimmers
Time
Notes
1
Jill Sterkel , Wendy Boglioli , Jennifer Hooker , Kim Peyton (USA )
3:50.27
2
Ineke Ran , Linda Faber , Annelies Maas , Enith Brigitha (NED )
3:53.40
3
Guylaine Berger , Sylvie Le Noach , Caroline Carpentier , Chantal Schertz (FRA )
3:56.89
4
Pia Mårtensson , Ylva Persson , Gunilla Lundberg , Ida Hansson (SWE )
3:57.48
5
Jutta Weber , Gudrun Beckmann , Regina Nissen , Marion Platten (FRG )
3:58.09
6
Anne Richard , Carine Verbauwen , Chantal Grimard , Geert Boekhout (BEL )
4:00.35
7
Vania Vázquez , Ivis Poleo , Marianela Huen , María Pérez (VEN )
4:12.81
Heat 2
Place
Swimmers
Time
Notes
1
Kornelia Ender , Petra Priemer , Andrea Pollack , Claudia Hempel (GDR )
3:48.95
2
Gail Amundrud , Barbara Clark , Debbie Clarke , Anne Jardin (CAN )
3:49.69
3
Lyubov Kobzova , Irina Vlasova , Marina Klyuchnikova , Larisa Tsaryova (URS )
3:53.67
4
Jenny Tate , Lesleigh Harvey , Tracey Wickham , Drue Le Guier (AUS )
3:58.87
5
Debbie Hill , Ann Bradshaw , Susan Edmondson , Elaine Gray (GBR )
4:00.97
6
Susana Coppo , Patricia Spohn , Claudia Bellotto , Rossana Juncos (ARG )
4:14.57
7
Diana Hatler , Angela López , María Mock , Jane Fayer (PUR )
4:18.40
Final
Parenthesis indicate that the athlete competed in preliminary rounds, but not in the final.
References
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1912 : Belle Moore , Jennie Fletcher , Annie Speirs , Irene Steer (GBR )
1920 : Margaret Woodbridge , Frances Schroth , Irene Guest , Ethelda Bleibtrey (USA )
1924 : Euphrasia Donnelly , Gertrude Ederle , Ethel Lackie , Mariechen Wehselau (USA )
1928 : Adelaide Lambert , Albina Osipowich , Eleanor Saville , Martha Norelius (USA )
1932 : Helen Johns , Eleanor Saville , Josephine McKim , Helene Madison (USA )
1936 : Jopie Selbach , Tini Wagner , Willy den Ouden , Rie Mastenbroek (NED )
1948 : Marie Corridon , Thelma Kalama , Brenda Helser , Ann Curtis (USA )
1952 : Ilona Novák , Judit Temes , Éva Novák-Gerard , Katalin Szőke (HUN )
1956 : Dawn Fraser , Faith Leech , Sandra Morgan , Lorraine Crapp (AUS )
1960 : Joan Spillane , Shirley Stobs , Carolyn Wood , Chris von Saltza (USA )
1964 : Sharon Stouder , Donna de Varona , Lillian Watson , Kathy Ellis (USA )
1968 : Jane Barkman , Linda Gustavson , Susan Pedersen , Jan Henne (USA )
1972 : Shirley Babashoff , Jane Barkman , Jenny Kemp , Sandy Neilson (USA )
1976 : Kim Peyton , Jill Sterkel , Shirley Babashoff , Wendy Boglioli (USA )
1980 : Barbara Krause , Caren Metschuck , Ines Diers , Sarina Hülsenbeck (GDR )
1984 : Jenna Johnson , Carrie Steinseifer , Dara Torres , Nancy Hogshead (USA )
1988 : Kristin Otto , Katrin Meissner , Daniela Hunger , Manuela Stellmach (GDR )
1992 : Nicole Haislett , Angel Martino , Jenny Thompson , Dara Torres , Ashley Tappin , Crissy Ahmann-Leighton (USA )
1996 : Angel Martino , Amy Van Dyken , Catherine Fox , Jenny Thompson , Lisa Jacob , Melanie Valerio (USA )
2000 : Amy Van Dyken , Courtney Shealy , Jenny Thompson , Dara Torres , Erin Phenix , Ashley Tappin (USA )
2004 : Alice Mills , Libby Lenton , Petria Thomas , Jodie Henry , Sarah Ryan (AUS )
2008 : Inge Dekker , Ranomi Kromowidjojo , Femke Heemskerk , Marleen Veldhuis , Hinkelien Schreuder , Manon van Rooijen (NED )
2012 : Alicia Coutts , Cate Campbell , Brittany Elmslie , Melanie Schlanger , Emily Seebohm , Yolane Kukla , Libby Trickett (AUS )
2016 : Emma McKeon , Brittany Elmslie , Bronte Campbell , Cate Campbell , Madison Wilson (AUS )
2020 : Bronte Campbell , Meg Harris , Emma McKeon , Cate Campbell , Mollie O'Callaghan , Madison Wilson (AUS )