Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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Swimming at the Games of the XXI Olympiad | |
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Venue | Olympic Pool |
Competitors | 471 from 51 nations |
Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | women | |
4×200 m | men | |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
The 1976 Summer Olympics were held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; 26 events in swimming were contested. There was a total of 471 participants from 51 countries competing.[1]
Events[]
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Participating nations[]
471 swimmers from 51 nations competed.[1]
- Argentina (5)
- Australia (28)
- Austria (1)
- Bahamas (2)
- Belgium (10)
- Brazil (9)
- Bulgaria (5)
- Canada (38)
- Colombia (5)
- Costa Rica (1)
- Czechoslovakia (1)
- Denmark (2)
- East Germany (23)
- Ecuador (1)
- Finland (1)
- France (16)
- Great Britain (39)
- Greece (2)
- Hong Kong (4)
- Hungary (8)
- Iceland (3)
- Indonesia (1)
- Ireland (4)
- Israel (2)
- Italy (13)
- Japan (15)
- Malaysia (1)
- Mexico (9)
- Monaco (1)
- Netherlands (15)
- New Zealand (9)
- Nicaragua (2)
- Norway (7)
- Panama (3)
- Paraguay (1)
- Philippines (3)
- Poland (3)
- Portugal (5)
- Puerto Rico (12)
- Soviet Union (31)
- Spain (14)
- Sweden (18)
- Switzerland (2)
- Thailand (2)
- Tunisia (2)
- United States (51)
- Virgin Islands (2)
- Uruguay (1)
- Venezuela (12)
- West Germany (22)
- Yugoslavia (4)
Medal table[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States (USA) | 13 | 14 | 7 | 34 |
2 | East Germany (GDR) | 11 | 6 | 2 | 19 |
3 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
5 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
6 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
8 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (8 nations) | 26 | 26 | 26 | 78 |
Medal summary[]
Men's events[]
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 m freestyle |
Jim Montgomery United States |
49.99 (WR) | Jack Babashoff United States |
50.81 | Peter Nocke West Germany |
51.31 |
200 m freestyle |
Bruce Furniss United States |
1:50.29 (WR) | John Naber United States |
1:50.50 | Jim Montgomery United States |
1:50.58 |
400 m freestyle |
Brian Goodell United States |
3:51.93 (WR) | Tim Shaw United States |
3:52.54 | Vladimir Raskatov Soviet Union |
3:55.76 |
1500 m freestyle |
Brian Goodell United States |
15:02.40 (WR) | Bobby Hackett United States |
15:03.91 | Stephen Holland Australia |
15:04.66 |
100 m backstroke |
John Naber United States |
55.49 (WR) | Peter Rocca United States |
56.34 | Roland Matthes East Germany |
57.22 |
200 m backstroke |
John Naber United States |
1:59.19 (WR) | Peter Rocca United States |
2:00.55 | Dan Harrigan United States |
2:01.35 |
100 m breaststroke |
John Hencken United States |
1:03.11 (WR) | David Wilkie Great Britain |
1:03.43 | Arvydas Juozaitis Soviet Union |
1:04.23 |
200 m breaststroke |
David Wilkie Great Britain |
2:15.11 (WR) | John Hencken United States |
2:17.26 | Rick Colella United States |
2:19.20 |
100 m butterfly |
Matt Vogel United States |
54.35 | Joe Bottom United States |
54.50 | Gary Hall, Sr. United States |
54.65 |
200 m butterfly |
Mike Bruner United States |
1:59.23 (WR) | Steve Gregg United States |
1:59.54 | Bill Forrester United States |
1:59.96 |
400 m individual medley |
Rod Strachan United States |
4:23.68 (WR) | Tim McKee United States |
4:24.62 | Andrey Smirnov Soviet Union |
4:26.90 |
4 × 200 m freestyle relay |
United States (USA) John Naber Mike Bruner Bruce Furniss Jim Montgomery |
7:23.22 (WR) | Soviet Union (URS) Vladimir Raskatov Andrei Bogdanov Sergey Kopliakov Andrey Krylov |
7:27.97 | Great Britain (GBR) Alan McClatchey Brian Brinkley Gordon Downie David Dunne |
7:32.11 |
4 × 100 m medley relay |
United States (USA) John Naber John Hencken Matt Vogel Jim Montgomery |
3:42.22 (WR) | Canada (CAN) Stephen Pickell Graham Smith Clay Evans Gary MacDonald |
3:45.94 | West Germany (FRG) Klaus Steinbach Michael Kraus Walter Kusch Peter Nocke |
3:47.29 |
Women's events[]
Gallery of the medalists[]
Some of the Olympic medalists in Montreal:
John Naber, winner of the 100-metre backstroke, 200-metre backstroke, 4×200-metre freestyle relay, and 4×100-metre medley relay.
Jim Montgomery, winner of the 100-metre freestyle, 4×200-metre freestyle relay, and 4×100-metre medley relay.
Mike Bruner, winner of the 200-metre butterfly and 4×200-metre freestyle relay.
John Hencken, winner of the 100-metre breaststroke and 4×100-metre medley relay.
Kornelia Ender, winner of the 100-metre freestyle, 200-metre freestyle, 100-metre butterfly, and 4×100-metre medley relay.
Ulrike Richter, winner of the 100-metre backstroke, 200-metre backstroke, and 4×100-metre medley relay.
David Wilkie, winner of the 200-metre breaststroke.
Petra Thümer, winner of the 400-metre freestyle and 800-metre freestyle.
References[]
- ^ a b "Swimming at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
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