Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle

Women's 800 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Medalists
Petra Thümer   East Germany   Shirley Babashoff   United States   Wendy Weinberg   United States

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 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

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Petra Thümer (GDR)	8:37.14 WR
	Shirley Babashoff (USA)	8:37.59
	Wendy Weinberg (USA)	8:42.60
4.	Rosemary Milgate (AUS)	8:47.21
5.	Nicole Kramer (USA)	8:47.33
6.	Shannon Smith (CAN)	8:48.15
7.	Regina Jäger (GDR)	8:50.40
8.	Jennifer Turrall (AUS)	8:52.88

Qualifying Heats

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Nicole Kramer (USA)	8:46.81
2.	Shannon Smith (CAN)	8:52.66
3.	Lisa Geary (CAN)	8:56.49
4.	Allison Calder (NZL)	8:57.24
5.	Carine Verbauwen (BEL)	8:57.31
6.	Laura Bortolotti (ITA)	9:00.16

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Petra Thümer (GDR)	8:46.58
2.	Regina Jäger (GDR)	8:49.19
3.	Beth Weinberg (USA)	8:49.78
4.	Wendy Quirk (CAN)	8:53.93
5.	Eleonora Pandini (ITA)	9:12.47
6.	Fernanda Pérez (COL)	9:36.10
—	Maria Guimarães (BRA)	DSQ

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Shirley Babashoff (USA)	8:47.74
2.	Jennifer Turrall (AUS)	8:51.41
3.	Rosemary Milgate (AUS)	8:53.65
4.	Annelies Maas (NED)	8:57.38
5.	Tracey Wickham (AUS)	9:01.93
6.	Antonia Real (ESP)	9:07.24
7.	Diana Hatler (PUR)	9:43.51

References

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