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100 metres Freestyle, Women

Date18 – 19 July 1976
StatusOlympic
LocationPiscine olympique, Montréal, Québec
Participants45 from 25 countries

Kornelia Ender had won this event at the 1973 and 1975 World Championships, and had set nine world records in the 100 freestyle since the Munich Olympics. She came into Montréal as the prohibitive favorite and would not disappoint. Her winning time was her 10th consecutive world record in the event, finishing in 55.65, and was the fifth time she had bettered 56 seconds, the only woman to do so at this time. Behind her for silver was her teammates Petra Priemer followed by the Netherlands’ Enith Brigitha, making Brigitha the first black swimmer to win an Olympic medal. Three American women made the final, placing 4-5-7.

PosSwimmerNOCR1SFFinal
1Kornelia EnderGDR55.81 (1 h7)55.82 (1 h2)55.65 (1)Gold
2Petra PriemerGDR56.95 (1 h1)57.21 (4 h2)56.49 (2)Silver
3Enith BrigithaNED56.61 (1 h6)57.08 (2 h1)56.65 (3)Bronze
4Kim PeytonUSA57.26 (2 h6)56.89 (1 h1)56.81 (4)
5Shirley BabashoffUSA58.06 (1 h4)56.95 (2 h2)56.95 (5)
6Claudia HempelGDR57.35 (1 h5)57.05 (3 h2)56.99 (6)
7Jill SterkelUSA57.41 (1 h3)57.19 (3 h1)57.06 (7)
8Jutta WeberFRG57.71 (2 h2)57.35 (5 h2)57.26 (8)
9Barbara ClarkCAN58.29 (2 h4)57.72 (4 h1)
10Anne JardinCAN57.61 (1 h2)57.78 (6 h2)
=11Gail AmundrudCAN58.01 (2 h7)58.10 (5 h1)
=11Lene JenssenNOR58.10 (2 h5)58.10 (7 h2)
13Rebecca PerrottNZL57.66 (2 h1)58.13 (6 h1)
14Ineke RanNED58.08 (3 h6)58.50 (7 h1)
15Guylaine BergerFRA58.79 (2 h3)58.62 (8 h1)
16Jenny TateAUS58.78 (3 h5)58.88 (8 h2)
17Lyubov KobzovaURS58.93 (3 h7)
18Irina VlasovaURS58.99 (3 h3)
19Anne RichardBEL59.11 (4 h7)
20Pia MårtenssonSWE59.15 (3 h1)
21Marina KlyuchnikovaURS59.30 (4 h5)
22Drue Le GuierAUS59.40 (4 h6)
23Ida HansonSWE1:00.22 (4 h1)
24Elaine GrayGBR1:00.31 (4 h3)
25Sachiko YamazakiJPN1:00.43 (3 h2)
26Diana OlssonSWE1:00.46 (5 h7)
27Regina NissenFRG1:00.60 (4 h2)
28Susan EdmondsonGBR1:00.64 (3 h4)
29Shelley CramerISV1:00.67 (5 h1)
30Berber KamstraNED1:00.68 (4 h4)
31Geert BoekhoutBEL1:00.76 (5 h4)
32Beate JaschFRG1:00.80 (5 h6)
33Rachaniwan BulakulTHA1:01.33 (5 h5)
34María ParísCRC1:01.53 (6 h6)
35Lesleigh HarveyAUS1:01.59 (5 h2)
36Rossana JuncosARG1:01.89 (6 h5)
37Deirdre SheehanIRL1:02.11 (6 h2)
38Myriam MizouniTUN1:02.42 (6 h1)
39Susana CoppoARG1:02.46 (6 h7)
40Marianela HuenVEN1:02.51 (6 h4)
41Jane FayerPUR1:02.89 (7 h7)
42Ivis PoleoVEN1:03.07 (5 h3)
43Vilborg SverrisdóttirISL1:03.26 (7 h2)
44Georgina OsorioPAN1:03.88 (7 h4)
45Karen RobertsonHKG1:04.29 (6 h3)
DNSElisabetta DessyITA– (DNS h1)
DNSLee Yue-HwanTPE– (DNS h5)
DNSMaría RamónCUB– (DNS h6)
DNSJudit PelleHUN– (DNS h3)

Round One (18 July 1976 — 10:15)

Fastest 16 advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One

PosLaneSwimmerNOCTime
14Petra PriemerGDR56.95QOR
25Rebecca PerrottNZL57.66Q
33Pia MårtenssonSWE59.15
46Ida HansonSWE1:00.22
57Shelley CramerISV1:00.67
61Myriam MizouniTUN1:02.42
DNS2Elisabetta DessyITA

Heat Two

PosLaneSwimmerNOCTime
14Anne JardinCAN57.61Q
25Jutta WeberFRG57.71Q
37Sachiko YamazakiJPN1:00.43
46Regina NissenFRG1:00.60
53Lesleigh HarveyAUS1:01.59
62Deirdre SheehanIRL1:02.11
71Vilborg SverrisdóttirISL1:03.26

Heat Three

PosLaneSwimmerNOCTime
14Jill SterkelUSA57.41Q
25Guylaine BergerFRA58.79Q
33Irina VlasovaURS58.99
42Elaine GrayGBR1:00.31
57Ivis PoleoVEN1:03.07
61Karen RobertsonHKG1:04.29
DNS6Judit PelleHUN

Heat Four

PosLaneSwimmerNOCTime
14Shirley BabashoffUSA58.06Q
25Barbara ClarkCAN58.29Q
32Susan EdmondsonGBR1:00.64
43Berber KamstraNED1:00.68
56Geert BoekhoutBEL1:00.76
67Marianela HuenVEN1:02.51
71Georgina OsorioPAN1:03.88

Heat Five

PosLaneSwimmerNOCTime
14Claudia HempelGDR57.35Q
25Lene JenssenNOR58.10Q
36Jenny TateAUS58.78Q
43Marina KlyuchnikovaURS59.30
51Rachaniwan BulakulTHA1:01.33
62Rossana JuncosARG1:01.89
DNS7Lee Yue-HwanTPE

Heat Six

PosLaneSwimmerNOCTime
14Enith BrigithaNED56.61QOR
25Kim PeytonUSA57.26Q
33Ineke RanNED58.08Q
46Drue Le GuierAUS59.40
52Beate JaschFRG1:00.80
67María ParísCRC1:01.53
DNS1María RamónCUB

Heat Seven

PosLaneSwimmerNOCTime
14Kornelia EnderGDR55.81QOR
25Gail AmundrudCAN58.01Q
33Lyubov KobzovaURS58.93
46Anne RichardBEL59.11
52Diana OlssonSWE1:00.46
67Susana CoppoARG1:02.46
71Jane FayerPUR1:02.89

Semi-Finals (18 July 1976 — 19:00)

Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Heat One

PosLaneSwimmerNOCTime
15Kim PeytonUSA56.89Q
24Enith BrigithaNED57.08Q
33Jill SterkelUSA57.19Q
41Barbara ClarkCAN57.72
52Gail AmundrudCAN58.10
66Rebecca PerrottNZL58.13
77Ineke RanNED58.50
88Guylaine BergerFRA58.62

Heat Two

PosLaneSwimmerNOCTime
14Kornelia EnderGDR55.82Q
27Shirley BabashoffUSA56.95Q
33Claudia HempelGDR57.05Q
45Petra PriemerGDR57.21Q
52Jutta WeberFRG57.35Q
66Anne JardinCAN57.78
71Lene JenssenNOR58.10
88Jenny TateAUS58.88

Final (19 July 1976 — 19:15)

PosLaneSwimmerNOCTime
14Kornelia EnderGDR55.65WR
21Petra PriemerGDR56.49
32Enith BrigithaNED56.65
45Kim PeytonUSA56.81
53Shirley BabashoffUSA56.95
66Claudia HempelGDR56.99
77Jill SterkelUSA57.06
88Jutta WeberFRG57.26