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

Event:	Women's 100 metre breaststroke
Games:	1976 Summer
Venue:	Olympic Pool, Montreal
Date:	22 July (heats) 24 July (final)
Competitors:	40
Nations:	23
Win Value:	1:11.16
Gold:	Hannelore Anke
Goldnoc:	GDR
Silver:	Lyubov Rusanova
Silvernoc:	URS
Bronze:	Marina Koshevaya
Bronzenoc:	URS
Prev:	1972
Next:	1980

The women's 100 metre breaststroke event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in the Olympic Pool, Montreal. The event took place between 22–24 July 1976.^{[1] [2]}

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			1:14.64	Q
2			1:15.79	Q
3			1:15.95
4			1:18.61
5			1:20.46

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			1:14.14	Q
2			1:14.31	Q
3T			1:17.16
3T			1:17.16
5			1:17.20
6			1:20.93

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			1:14.14	Q
2			1:15.05	Q
3			1:15.36	Q
4			1:19.06
5	Véronique Brisy		1:19.56
6			1:21.44

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			1:14.81	Q
2			1:15.41	Q
3			1:17.21
4			1:17.30
5			1:17.31
6			1:17.94
7			1:21.39

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			1:11.11	Q, WR
2			1:14.23	Q
3			1:15.55	Q
4			1:16.31
5			1:16.76
6			1:18.63
7			1:22.95

Key: WR = World record

Heat 6

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			1:13.36	Q
2			1:14.81	Q
3			1:14.94	Q
4			1:15.43	Q
5			1:16.76
6			1:21.53
7			1:21.62

Semifinals

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			1:13.53	Q
2			1:13.73	Q
3			1:13.96	Q
4			1:14.49	Q
5			1:14.50	Q
6			1:14.59
7			1:15.38
8			1:16.30

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			1:10.86	Q, WR
2			1:13.20	Q
3			1:13.57	Q
4			1:14.56
5			1:14.84
6			1:14.86
7			1:15.20
8			1:15.41

Key: WR = World record

Final

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
			1:11.16
			1:13.04
			1:13.30
4			1:13.33
5			1:14.15
6			1:14.17
7			1:14.20
8			1:14.21

External links

• Official Olympic Report

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Breaststroke . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165608/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1976/SWI/womens-100-metres-breaststroke.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 18 December 2016 . Sports Reference.
2. Web site: 100 meters Breaststroke, Women . https://web.archive.org/web/20231125203543/https://www.olympedia.org/results/6666 . live . 25 November 2023 . 25 November 2023 . Olympedia.