Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley explained

The women's 400 metre individual medley event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal on 24 July.^[1] All swimmers in the final would have won the 1972 final in this event. Ulrike Tauber won in a new world-record time.

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			4:52.90	Q, OR
2			5:00.25
3			5:09.60
4			5:10.82
5			5:17.51
6			5:34.89

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			4:55.16	Q
2			4:56.85	Q
3			5:09.21
4			5:15.75

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			4:51.24	Q, OR
2			4:55.30	Q
3			4:58.47	Q
4			5:06.39
5			5:10.53
6			5:15.86

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1			4:57.39	Q
2			4:58.86	Q
3			5:03.82
4			5:06.87

Final

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
			4:42.77	WR
			4:48.10
			4:50.48
4			4:52.40
5			4:53.50
6			4:55.34
7			5:00.19
8			5:00.21

External links

Official Olympic Report

Notes and References

Web site: Swimming at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Women's 400 metres Individual Medley . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165857/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1976/SWI/womens-400-metres-individual-medley.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 20 December 2016 . Sports Reference.