Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Women's 800 metre freestyle
Games:	1976 Summer
Gold:	Petra Thümer
Goldnoc:	GDR
Silver:	Shirley Babashoff
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Wendy Weinberg
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	1972
Next:	1980

The final of the women's 800 metre freestyle event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held on July 25, 1976, in Montreal, after the preliminary heats on July 24, 1976.^[1]

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			8:46.81	Q, OR
2			8:52.66	Q
3			8:56.49
4			8:57.24
5			8:57.31
6			9:00.16

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			8:46.58	Q, OR
2			8:49.19	Q
3			8:49.78	Q
4			8:53.93
5			9:12.47
6			9:36.10
-			-	DQ

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			8:47.74	Q
2			8:51.41	Q
3			8:53.65	Q
4			8:57.38
5			9:01.93
6			9:07.24
7			9:43.51

Final

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
			8:37.14	WR
			8:37.59
			8:42.60
4			8:47.21
5			8:47.33
6			8:48.15
7			8:50.40
8			8:52.88

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Women's 800 metres Freestyle . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170434/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1976/SWI/womens-800-metres-freestyle.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 17 December 2016 . Sports Reference.