The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal, with the final on 25 July 1976.
U.S. victory over East German dopers who received state support from the Soviet Bloc is often considered the greatest upset in swimming history. East Germans swept most of the other medals and even finished first and second in the women's 100m freestyle event while the US didn't win a medal.
Heats Heats Summary Heat 1 Place Swimmers Time Notes 1 3:50.27 2 3:53.40 3 3:56.89 4 3:57.48 5 3:58.09 6 4:00.35 7 4:12.81
Heat 2 Place Swimmers Time Notes 1 3:48.95 2 3:49.69 3 3:53.67 4 3:58.87 5 4:00.97 6 4:14.57 7 4:18.40
Final RankFinalTimeKim PeytonWendy BoglioliJill SterkelShirley Babashoff(Jennifer Hooker)3:44.8256.9555.8155.7856.28 Kornelia EnderPetra PriemerAndrea PollackClaudia Hempel3:45.5055.7956.1656.9956.56 Gail AmundrudBarbara ClarkBecky SmithAnne Jardin3:48.8157.6057.0557.1357.03 4.Ineke RanLinda FaberAnnelies MaasEnith Brigitha3:51.6758.8659.4257.4855.91 5.Lyubov KobzovaIrina VlasovaMarina KliyuchnikovaLarisa Tsaryova3:52.6958.0758.5858.5757.47 6.Guylaine BergerSylvie Le NoachCaroline CarpentierChantal Schertz3:56.7358.9958.7659.8259.16 7.Pia MårtenssonYlva PerssonDiana OlssonIda Hansson3:57.2559.0659.0659.7658.86 8.Jutta WeberMarion PlattenRegina NissenBeate Jasch3:58.3358.0259.351:00.591:00.37 Parenthesis indicate that the athlete competed in preliminary rounds, but not in the final.
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