The women's 400 metre individual medley event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal on 24 July. 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 Becky Smith 4:52.90 Q, OR 2 Judith Hudson 5:00.25 3 Anne Adams 5:09.60 4 Ann Bradshaw 5:10.82 5 Allison Smith 5:17.51 6 Nancy Deano 5:34.89

Heat 2 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Donnalee Wennerstrom 4:55.16 Q 2 Sabine Kahle 4:56.85 Q 3 Lynne Rowe 5:09.21 4 Nataliya Popova 5:15.75

Heat 3 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Ulrike Tauber 4:51.24 Q, OR 2 Cheryl Gibson 4:55.30 Q 3 Monique Rodahl 4:58.47 Q 4 Susan Richardson 5:06.39 5 Jeanne Haney 5:10.53 6 Pierrette Michel 5:15.86

Heat 4 Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Birgit Treiber 4:57.39 Q 2 Joann Baker 4:58.86 Q 3 Susan Hunter 5:03.82 4 Colette Crabbe 5:06.87

Final Rank Athlete Country Time Notes Ulrike Tauber 4:42.77 WR Cheryl Gibson 4:48.10 Becky Smith 4:50.48 4 Birgit Treiber 4:52.40 5 Sabine Kahle 4:53.50 6 Donnalee Wennerstrom 4:55.34 7 Joann Baker 5:00.19 8 Monique Rodahl 5:00.21

References

External links Official Olympic Report