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

The women's 100 metre breaststroke event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in the Olympic Pool, Montreal. The event took place between 22–24 July 1976.^[1][2]

Women's 100 metre breaststroke at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Pool, Montreal
Date	22 July (heats) 24 July (final)
Competitors	40 from 23 nations
Winning time	1:11.16
Medalists
Hannelore Anke  East Germany Lyubov Rusanova  Soviet Union Marina Koshevaya  Soviet Union
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Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Marina Koshevaya	Soviet Union	1:14.64	Q
2	Annick de Susini	France	1:15.79	Q
3	Dagmar Rehak	West Germany	1:15.95
4	Ann-Sofi Roos	Sweden	1:18.61
5	Beatriz Camuñas	Mexico	1:20.46

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Robin Corsiglia	Canada	1:14.14	Q
2	Gabriele Askamp	West Germany	1:14.31	Q
3T	Anna Skolarczyk	Poland	1:17.16
3T	Anette Fredriksson	Sweden	1:17.16
5	Kazuyo Inaba	Japan	1:17.20
6	Nancy Deano	Philippines	1:20.93

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Lyubov Rusanova	Soviet Union	1:14.14	Q
2	Lisa Borsholt	Canada	1:15.05	Q
3	Karla Linke	East Germany	1:15.36	Q
4	Karin Deleurand	Denmark	1:19.06
5	Véronique Brisy	Belgium	1:19.56
6	Elena Ospitaletche	Uruguay	1:21.44

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Maryna Yurchenia	Soviet Union	1:14.81	Q
2	Lauri Siering	United States	1:15.41	Q
3	Iris Corniani	Italy	1:17.21
4	Marcia Morey	United States	1:17.30
5	Helen Burnham	Great Britain	1:17.31
6	Cristina Teixeira	Brazil	1:17.94
7	Dacyl Pérez	Venezuela	1:21.39

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Hannelore Anke	East Germany	1:11.11	Q, WR
2	Maggie Kelly-Hohmann	Great Britain	1:14.23	Q
3	Joann Baker	Canada	1:15.55	Q
4	Toshiko Haruoka	Japan	1:16.31
5	Renee Laravie	United States	1:16.76
6	Ilse Schoors	Belgium	1:18.63
7	Angela López	Puerto Rico	1:22.95

Key: WR = World record

Heat 6

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Carola Nitschke	East Germany	1:13.36	Q
2	Wijda Mazereeuw	Netherlands	1:14.81	Q
3	Christine Jarvis	Great Britain	1:14.94	Q
4	Susanne Nielsson	Denmark	1:15.43	Q
5	Maritzka van der Linden	Netherlands	1:16.76
6	Rossana Juncos	Argentina	1:21.53
7	Allison Smith	Australia	1:21.62

Semifinals

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Lyubov Rusanova	Soviet Union	1:13.53	Q
2	Carola Nitschke	East Germany	1:13.73	Q
3	Maryna Yurchenia	Soviet Union	1:13.96	Q
4	Karla Linke	East Germany	1:14.49	Q
5	Gabriele Askamp	West Germany	1:14.50	Q
6	Christine Jarvis	Great Britain	1:14.59
7	Susanne Nielsson	Denmark	1:15.38
8	Annick de Susini	France	1:16.30

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Hannelore Anke	East Germany	1:10.86	Q, WR
2	Marina Koshevaya	Soviet Union	1:13.20	Q
3	Maggie Kelly-Hohmann	Great Britain	1:13.57	Q
4	Robin Corsiglia	Canada	1:14.56
5	Lauri Siering	United States	1:14.84
6	Wijda Mazereeuw	Netherlands	1:14.86
7	Joann Baker	Canada	1:15.20
8	Lisa Borsholt	Canada	1:15.41

Key: WR = World record

Final

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Hannelore Anke	East Germany	1:11.16
	Lyubov Rusanova	Soviet Union	1:13.04
	Marina Koshevaya	Soviet Union	1:13.30
4	Carola Nitschke	East Germany	1:13.33
5	Gabriele Askamp	West Germany	1:14.15
6	Maryna Yurchenia	Soviet Union	1:14.17
7	Maggie Kelly-Hohmann	Great Britain	1:14.20
8	Karla Linke	East Germany	1:14.21