The women's 200 metre backstroke event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal. The event took place on July 25, 1976.
Results
Heats Heat 1 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Nancy Garapick 2:16.49 Q, OR 2 Wendy Cook-Hogg 2:17.30 Q 3 Monique Rodahl 2:19.22 4 Naoko Miura 2:22.28 5 Gabriella Verrasztó 2:23.36 6 Yoshimi Nishigawa 2:23.49 7 Susan Hunter 2:26.21 8 Sansanee Changkasiri 2:48.56
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Antje Stille 2:18.07 Q 2 Cheryl Gibson 2:20.14 3 Miriam Smith 2:22.05 4 Antonella Roncelli 2:24.45 5 Joy Beasley 2:25.14 6 Angelika Grieser 2:25.38 7 Karin Bormann 2:26.72 8 Liliana Cian 2:37.06
Heat 3 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Ulrike Richter 2:17.58 Q 2 Klavdiya Studennikova 2:18.47 Q 3 Maryanne Graham 2:19.07 4 Diane Edelijn 2:22.77 5 Heike John 2:25.55 6 Kim Wilkinson 2:26.53 7 Silvia Fontana 2:31.37 8 Paola Ruggieri 2:34.89
Heat 4 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Birgit Treiber 2:17.62 Q 2 Melissa Belote 2:17.63 Q 3 Nadiya Stavko 2:17.67 Q 4 Glenda Robertson 2:18.62 5 Sharron Davies 2:24.94 6 Michelle de Vries 2:28.18 7 Claudia Bellotto 2:32.60
Final Rank Athlete Country Time Notes Ulrike Richter 2:13.43 OR Birgit Treiber 2:14.97 Nancy Garapick 2:15.60 4 Nadiya Stavko 2:16.28 5 Melissa Belote 2:17.27 6 Antje Stille 2:17.55 7 Klavdiya Studennikova 2:17.74 8 Wendy Cook-Hogg 2:17.95
References
External links 1976 Official Olympic Report