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

Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Women's 800 metre freestyle; at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Medalists
	← 1972 1980 →

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.^[1]

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Nicole Kramer	United States	8:46.81	Q, OR
2	Shannon Smith	Canada	8:52.66	Q
3	Lisa Geary	Canada	8:56.49
4	Allison Calder	New Zealand	8:57.24
5	Carine Verbauwen	Belgium	8:57.31
6	Laura Bortolotti	Italy	9:00.16

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Petra Thümer	East Germany	8:46.58	Q, OR
2	Regina Jäger	East Germany	8:49.19	Q
3	Wendy Weinberg	United States	8:49.78	Q
4	Wendy Quirk	Canada	8:53.93
5	Eleonora Pandini	Italy	9:12.47
6	Fernanda Pérez	Colombia	9:36.10
-	Maria Guimarães	Brazil	-	DQ

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Shirley Babashoff	United States	8:47.74	Q
2	Jenny Turrall	Australia	8:51.41	Q
3	Rosemary Milgate	Australia	8:53.65	Q
4	Annelies Maas	Netherlands	8:57.38
5	Tracey Wickham	Australia	9:01.93
6	Antonia Real	Spain	9:07.24
7	Diana Hatler	Puerto Rico	9:43.51

Final

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	Petra Thümer	East Germany	8:37.14	WR
	Shirley Babashoff	United States	8:37.59
	Wendy Weinberg	United States	8:42.60
4	Rosemary Milgate	Australia	8:47.21
5	Nicole Kramer	United States	8:47.33
6	Shannon Smith	Canada	8:48.15
7	Regina Jäger	East Germany	8:50.40
8	Jenny Turrall	Australia	8:52.88

References

↑ "Swimming at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Women's 800 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2016.

[SportsRef-1] "Swimming at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Women's 800 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2016.

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