The women's 200 metre freestyle event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal. The event took place on 22 July.
Results
Heats Heat 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Claudia Hempel 2:03.36 Q, OR 2 Larisa Tsaryova 2:03.98 3 Jutta Weber 2:08.02 4 Sonya Gray 2:10.73 5 Ratchaneewan Bulakul 2:12.92 6 Vilborg Sverrisdóttir 2:14.27
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Gail Amundrud 2:03.85 Q 2 Debbie Clarke 2:05.10 3 Lyubov Kobzova 2:05.55 4 Gunilla Lundberg 2:09.51 5 Jane Fayer 2:19.93 6 Raphaelynne Lee 2:20.76
Heat 3 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Irina Vlasova 2:03.67 Q 2 Rebecca Perrott 2:03.94 3 Andrea Pollack 2:06.12 4 Marion Platten 2:06.70 5 Regina Nissen 2:14.66 6 Deirdre Sheehan 2:15.69 7 Susana Coppo 2:19.26
Heat 4 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Enith Brigitha 2:01.54 Q, OR 2 Jennifer Hooker 2:03.72 Q 3 Anne Richard 2:07.90 4 Lesleigh Harvey 2:08.60 5 Pia Mårtensson 2:09.85 6 Ann Bradshaw 2:10.93 7 Georgina Osorio 2:19.06
Heat 5 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Shirley Babashoff 2:01.64 Q 2 Annelies Maas 2:03.01 Q 3 Anne Jardin 2:05.28 4 Guylaine Berger 2:06.74 5 Susan Edmondson 2:10.08 6 Vania Vázquez 2:13.54 7 Shelley Cramer 2:14.94
Heat 6 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Kornelia Ender 2:02.50 Q 2 Jill Sterkel 2:03.94 3 Ineke Ran 2:05.01 4 Michelle Ford 2:05.72 5 Susan Barnard 2:08.76 6 María París 2:13.17 7 María Pérez 2:13.97
Final Rank Athlete Country Time Notes Kornelia Ender 1:59.26 WR Shirley Babashoff 2:01.22 Enith Brigitha 2:01.40 4 Annelies Maas 2:02.56 5 Gail Amundrud 2:03.32 6 Jennifer Hooker 2:04.20 7 Claudia Hempel 2:04.61 8 Irina Vlasova 2:05.63
References
External links Official Olympic Report