Women's 800 m freestyle - Swimming |  | ||||
 Women's 800 m freestyle 1976
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| Final | |||||||||
 | 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 | |||||
| Round 1 | |||||||||
| 1. | Nicole Kramer | | USA | 8.46,81 | OR | ||||
| 2. | Shannon Smith | | CAN | 8.52,66 | q | ||||
| 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 | |||||
| Round 1 | |||||||||
| 1. | Petra Thümer | | GDR | 8.46,58 | OR | ||||
| 2. | Regina Jäger | | GDR | 8.49,19 | q | ||||
| 3. | Wendy Weinberg | | USA | 8.49,78 | q | ||||
| 4. | Wendy Quirk | | CAN | 8.53,93 | |||||
| 5. | Eleonora Pandini | | ITA | 9.12,47 | |||||
| 6. | Fernanda Perez |  | COL | 9.36,10 | |||||
| Maria Guimaraes |  | BRA | dq | ||||||
| Round 1 | |||||||||
| 1. | Shirley Babashoff | | USA | 8.47,74 | q | ||||
| 2. | Jennifer Turrall | | AUS | 8.51,41 | q | ||||
| 3. | Rosemary Milgate | | AUS | 8.53,65 | q | ||||
| 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 | |||||
Women's 800 m freestyle - Swimming - Montreal 1976 Summer Olympics
Event Format: Swimmers competed in preliminary heats and final. The eight swimmers with the best time in the preliminary heats advanced to the final. The winner of the final was the Gold Medal winner. Event facts: Women's 800 m freestyle competition was held at the Olympic Pool and 19 athletes participated in the event. |
| These results for Women's 800 m freestyle - Montreal 1976 Summer Olympics - are based on the official Olympic reports and the Olympian Database |
