Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle

Women's 400 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Women's 400 metre freestyle; at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Medalists
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The women's 400 metre freestyle event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal. The event took place on 20 July.^[1]

Quick facts Women's 400 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXI Olympiad, Medalists ...

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Rebecca Perrott	New Zealand	4:15.71	Q, OR
2	Regina Jäger	East Germany	4:20.05
3	Tracey Wickham	Australia	4:24.44
4	Carine Verbauwen	Belgium	4:26.27
5	María Pérez	Venezuela	4:38.93
6	María París	Costa Rica	4:40.35
7	Vilborg Sverrisdóttir	Iceland	4:48.28

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Brenda Borgh	United States	4:17.20	Q
2	Wendy Quirk	Canada	4:19.69
3	Wendy Lee	Canada	4:20.16
4	Laura Bortolotti	Italy	4:29.71
5	Antonia Real	Spain	4:30.37
6	Fernanda Pérez	Colombia	4:45.73
7	Karen Robertson	Hong Kong	5:03.90

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Annelies Maas	Netherlands	4:17.16	Q
2	Kathy Heddy	United States	4:19.34	Q
3	Susan Barnard	Great Britain	4:30.05
4	Maria Guimarães	Brazil	4:32.63
5	Linda Faber	Netherlands	4:36.98
6	Susana Coppo	Argentina	4:57.41

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Shirley Babashoff	United States	4:16.07	Q
2	Shannon Smith	Canada	4:16.70	Q
3	Sabine Kahle	East Germany	4:19.34	Q
4	Irina Vlasova	Soviet Union	4:21.19
5	Ratchaneewan Bulakul	Thailand	4:32.98
6	Susan Edmondson	Great Britain	4:33.33
7	Diana Hatler	Puerto Rico	4:49.73

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Petra Thümer	East Germany	4:17.20	Q
2	Rosemary Milgate	Australia	4:21.20
3	Jenny Turrall	Australia	4:21.33
4	Allison Calder	New Zealand	4:23.64
5	Eleonora Pandini	Italy	4:34.69
6	Myriam Mizouni	Tunisia	4:43.11
7	Georgina Osorio	Panama	4:49.80

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