Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke

Swimming events at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m				women
1500 m		men
Backstroke
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Breaststroke
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Butterfly
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
Individual medley
400 m		men		women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m				women
4×200 m		men
Medley relay
4×100 m		men		women

The Women's 100 metre Backstroke event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal. The event took place on 20 and 21 July 1976.

Semi finals

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	TIME
1	Ulrike Richter	GDR	1:02.39 # OR
2	Birgit Treiber	GDR	1:04.21 #
3	Cheryl Gibson	CAN	1:04.89 #
4	Klavdia Studennikova	URS	1:05.73
5	Linda Jezek	USA	1:06.01
6	Michelle De Vries	AUS	1:06.02
7	Tauna Vandeweghe	USA	1:06.29
8	Glenda Robertson	AUS	1:06.93

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	TIME
1	Nancy Garapick	CAN	1:03.75 #
2	Antje Stille	GDR	1:03.94 #
3	Wendy Hogg	CAN	1:04.17 #
4	Enith Brigitha	NED	1:05.21 #
5	Nadiya Stavko	URS	1:05.23 #
6	Diane Edelijn	NED	1:05.58
7	Heike John	FRG	1:06.26
8	Yoshimi Nishigawa	JPN	1:06.46

Final

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	COUNTRY	TIME
	Ulrike Richter	GDR	1:01.83 OR
	Birgit Treiber	GDR	1:03.41
	Nancy Garapick	CAN	1:03.71
4	Wendy Hogg	CAN	1:03.93
5	Cheryl Gibson	CAN	1:05.16
6	Nadiya Stavko	URS	1:05.19
7	Antje Stille	GDR	1:05.30
8	Diane Edelijn	NED	1:05.53

References

• Official Olympic Report