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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 | Ewa Kamińska-Eichler | 23 | Poland | POL | 2:12.38 | QU |
| 2 | Carola Zirzow | 21 | East Germany | GDR | 2:12.54 | QU |
| 3 | Klára Rajnai | 22 | Hungary | HUN | 2:14.90 | QU |
| 4 | Maria Ştefan-Mihoreanu | 22 | Romania | ROU | 2:15.00 | |
| 5 | Anastázie Hajná-Fridrichová | 30 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 2:16.43 | |
| 6 | Brigitte Vernaillen | 18 | Belgium | BEL | 2:21.21 | |
| 7 | Marita Skogh | 19 | Sweden | SWE | 2:22.14 | |
| 8 | Françoise Bonetat | 32 | France | FRA | 2:22.38 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tatyana Korshunova | 20 | Soviet Union | URS | 2:11.58 | QU |
| 2 | Julie Leach | 19 | United States | USA | 2:13.00 | QU |
| 3 | Irene Pepinghege | 34 | West Germany | FRG | 2:13.90 | QU |
| 4 | Roza Georgieva | 19 | Bulgaria | BUL | 2:14.23 | |
| 5 | Sheila Burnett | 27 | Great Britain | GBR | 2:17.07 | |
| 6 | Kate Olsen | 29 | Denmark | DEN | 2:18.26 | |
| 7 | Sue Holloway | 21 | Canada | CAN | 2:18.86 |