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.
Results
Heats Heat 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Nicole Kramer 8:46.81 Q, OR 2 Shannon Smith 8:52.66 Q 3 Lisa Geary 8:56.49 4 Allison Calder 8:57.24 5 Carine Verbauwen 8:57.31 6 Laura Bortolotti 9:00.16
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Petra Thümer 8:46.58 Q, OR 2 Regina Jäger 8:49.19 Q 3 Wendy Weinberg 8:49.78 Q 4 Wendy Quirk 8:53.93 5 Eleonora Pandini 9:12.47 6 Fernanda Pérez 9:36.10 - Maria Guimarães - DQ
Heat 3 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Shirley Babashoff 8:47.74 Q 2 Jenny Turrall 8:51.41 Q 3 Rosemary Milgate 8:53.65 Q 4 Annelies Maas 8:57.38 5 Tracey Wickham 9:01.93 6 Antonia Real 9:07.24 7 Diana Hatler 9:43.51
Final Rank Athlete Country Time Notes Petra Thümer 8:37.14 WR Shirley Babashoff 8:37.59 Wendy Weinberg 8:42.60 4 Rosemary Milgate 8:47.21 5 Nicole Kramer 8:47.33 6 Shannon Smith 8:48.15 7 Regina Jäger 8:50.40 8 Jenny Turrall 8:52.88
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