Swimming at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games:

The world record had not moved since Mark Spitz set it to win this race in Munich. But the Montréal final would see six swimmers better Spitz’s mark, and a seventh equal it. Bruce Furniss led out the final with a first 50 split of 26.43, just ahead of John Naber who, only ½-hour before, had won gold in the 100 backstroke final. Naber took over the lead, though narrowly, at 100 and 150 metres, but Furniss came back strongly to win gold in 1:50.29, Naber finishing in 1:50.50. Just behind him was the third American, as Jim Montgomery completed the United States’ sweep. Furniss’s brother, Steve Furniss, had won a bronze medal in 1972 in the 200 individual medley. John Naber would eventually four gold medals in Montréal, in addition to his silver in this race.