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Host City: Montréal, Canada
Venue(s): Olympic Basin, Notre Dame Island, Montréal, Québec
Date Started: July 28, 1976
Date Finished: July 28, 1976
Format: Top three in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.
| Gold: | Carola Zirzow |
| Silver: | Tatyana Korshunova |
| Bronze: | Klára Rajnai |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maria Ştefan-Mihoreanu | 22 | Romania | ROU | 2:06.60 | QU |
| 2 | Sheila Burnett | 27 | Great Britain | GBR | 2:10.59 | QU |
| 3 | Sue Holloway | 21 | Canada | CAN | 2:11.39 | QU |
| 4 | Françoise Bonetat | 32 | France | FRA | 2:11.61 | |
| 5 | Brigitte Vernaillen | 18 | Belgium | BEL | 2:15.72 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anastázie Hajná-Fridrichová | 30 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 2:10.22 | QU |
| 2 | Roza Georgieva | 19 | Bulgaria | BUL | 2:10.57 | QU |
| 3 | Kate Olsen | 29 | Denmark | DEN | 2:13.10 | QU |
| 4 | Marita Skogh | 19 | Sweden | SWE | 2:14.60 |